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using agile and scrum the correct way
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 […]
how to get ready for a job interview
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 you. This […]
Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 3
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/ http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2010/01/using-office-politics-to-upgrade-your-salary-%E2%80%93-part-2/ Using the office politics this approach requires the most of you, if earlier when using the “get it” approach you were nominated for an Oscar,this approach is one step above –it’s Oscar winning performance.as […]
Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 2
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 Approach this step can be done […]
Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 1
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/ http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/12/i-need-the-compensation-%E2%80%93-tactic-3/ This article deals with the usage of the office politics in order to upgrade your salary. It’s not a secret that the real job in the office (and it doesn’t matter which office) […]
Social networking pitfalls –3 rules of precaution
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 (www.twitter.com) , facebook (www.facebook.com) or any other social networking that answer your needs. It’s a known fact (almost) that everyone […]
Office Politics-Wars Guide to the new Employee
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 and […]
Going on a “blind date” with customers
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 found at themarker: http://cafe.themarker.com/view.php?t=1382261 . First meeting […]
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