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using agile and scrum the correct way

February 16, 2010 By Shadowmaster 12 Comments

Agile and scrum are the new methods every company want to have on one side, but on the other not all of them know how to use it correctly. In this article I'm going to give my 2 cents regarding what can went wrong and how it should be taken into consideration if you planning to take your company … [Read more...]

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how to get ready for a job interview

February 13, 2010 By Shadowmaster 13 Comments

The time has come (once again) and you starts to look for a new job....as this step requires your skills as office survivor as you have to use your brain in order to "vanish" from work and in order to get the answers you want and most chances the interviewer don't want to tell … [Read more...]

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Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 3

January 22, 2010 By Shadowmaster 14 Comments

This is the final chapter for using the office politics to upgrade ours salary. you can find previous posts here: http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2010/01/using-office-politics-to-upgrade-your-salary-%E2%80%93-part-1/ … [Read more...]

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Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 2

January 19, 2010 By Shadowmaster 24 Comments

Hello there office survivor, it's time for chapter number #2. when you want to upgrade your salary you might come across difficulties as companies sometimes tend not to give what you want. In this article we are going to deal with the 2nd approach, the "get it" approach. Get it … [Read more...]

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Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 1

January 17, 2010 By Shadowmaster 13 Comments

As an opposite to the compensation's articles which you can read all about it in previous articles , right here: http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/11/i-need-the-compansation-tactic-1/ http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/12/office-politics-i-need-the-compensation-tactic-2/ … [Read more...]

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Social networking pitfalls –3 rules of precaution

January 12, 2010 By Shadowmaster 16 Comments

This article is a sequel a previous article I have wrote: http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/11/using-social-networking-for-your-office-survival/ One of the buzz word today is networking, as you can find different type of social networking sites such as linkedin (www.linkedin.com), twitter … [Read more...]

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Office Politics-Wars Guide to the new Employee

January 9, 2010 By Shadowmaster 13 Comments

Searching a new office to work at , is a hard job. You always know from where you are coming, but you never know where you are going to be just like a blind date. As a new comer-the new employee in the office playground, you aren't aware of the different office-politics that exists … [Read more...]

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Going on a “blind date” with customers

January 3, 2010 By Shadowmaster 12 Comments

I have read a nice article that define meeting with customers as a blind date, the translation is tend to be as much close to the original. All credit are to Yaniv Zaid (linkedin page: http://il.linkedin.com/in/yanivzaid), owner and CEO of "The art of persuasion". Original article can be … [Read more...]

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