The art of keeping friends is in decline. How many friends do you have? If you're a northerner, you're likely to have at least 15 close mates - three times as many as lonely Londoners, who have only five shoulders to cry on, according to a survey published this week.
Friendship's in a bit of a
They're hard working and taking the jobs we refuse to fill .. but what does 20,000 immigrants in 2years say about economy
CELTIC striker Maciej Zurawski is one of more than 20,000 Poles who have come to work in Scotland in the last couple of years.
But while Zurawski's goals earn him huge
If your 'job' entails loitering in coffee shops, armed with only a laptop and mobile, then you're part of a brave new world, says Fleur Britten in the Times.
"I SUPPOSE you would describe me as a consultant," says Clare Crean, a 40-year-old mother of one in the vanguard of a new
If you're working your socks off and still being paid peanuts it's time to take the bull by the horns and get negotiating, writes Clare Dight in the Times.
Colleagues call you ace, you always look busy and the chief executive knows who you are thanks to some smart moves at the office Christmas
When you're expecting a baby, there's a lot to think about - at the office as well as at home. Lucia Cockcroft in the Guardian guides mums, and colleagues, through being pregnant at work.
While the days of women being whisked over to a comfy chair and treated as invalids the moment their bump
When we're not toiling we busy ourselves with social commitments and exercise. What became of rest? We shouldn't feel guilty napping on the sofa, writes Vicky Frost in the Guardian.
Finding time to wind down - rather than doing "relaxing" things - can be difficult. By the time you have
Eaten up with envy? Hold on to those jealous feelings, writes Catherine Quinn in the Guardian. Most of us are brought up to know that jealousy is not a nice trait. But as grownups we're also usually realistic enough to understand that in real life, you can't always help how you feel. Sometimes, it
They're called many things - "lazy", "unproductive", "lacking in ambition" - but late risers are starting to fight back. Long the butt of demeaning office jokes, sleepyheads are officially up in arms thanks to a Danish campaign to stop "the tyranny of early
THERE is a term that applies to a great many people in our country - "Scottish by formation". To be "Scottish by formation" you need at some point to be "formed". That's not going to happen until you're here. At some point you are at the start of your "
ważna jest chęć doskonalenia umiejętności. Rozwój i podnoszenie kwalifikacji zawodowych to również główny kierunek działań prowadzonych w ramach wsparcia sektora HoReCa przez MAKRO. Sieć do tej pory przeszkoliła 5309 właścicieli lokali gastronomicznych, regularnie organizuje "Zgotuj sobie sukces
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H&M, www.hm.com
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LEVI'S, www.levi.com
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TIMEX, www.timex.pl
VISTULA, www.vistula.pl
WITTCHEN, www.wittchen.pl
more formal, keen on marketing-speak and like horrible, mission-statement posters and strict hierarchy. Small companies are great if you fancy a bit of responsibility - in theory you're more likely to have regular contact with those who hold the purse strings and power. So if you're good, you'll get
gastronomicznych. Mam nadzieję, że przekazywana przez nas wiedza pomoże w rozwoju przedsiębiorstw z sektora HoReCa na polskim rynku. - mówi Grzegorz Kazubski, ekspert projektu "Idealny Biznes".
Wachlarz szkoleń, w których przedsiębiorcy będą mogli wziąć udział, jest bardzo szeroki. Począwszy od modułów
There are many potential reasons to doubt yourself, and many enthusiastic managers willing to step in.
Annual appraisals, constant belittling comments, work sent back to you with "PLEASE RE-DO!" scrawled over it in red biro - most of us have at least some idea where we're going wrong
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structuring you're unlikely to be angry anyway. So is Rolle really saying that it's never OK to be angry? - Once you get to the point of being cross, you are on the verge of losing it," he says. "You have to observe the line between assertive and angry if you want to get your point across.
Dr
Even if you're lucky enough to work with people you like, chances are that from time to time they will drive you mad. But what if you're being bullied? If people you work with threaten, undermine, offend or humiliate you?
A bully is a person who uses their strength or power to threaten
trip around the world? They're bound to appreciate your years of wisdom and learned advice at 2am in a Bangkok nightclub - particularly as you'll have so much in common now (ie, your new-found passion for daytime TV, etc). It's important to develop new interests and hobbies now you've got all this time
excellent failures and punish mediocre success. Here's what he has to say about it.
Here's an 'excellent failure': You take a bold leap forward. Ooops! It hasn't worked! You're bruised and battered, maybe even broke. Well, good for you! What!? Why!? Because you went for it! You made a step towards the
trip around the world? They're bound to appreciate your years of wisdom and learned advice at 2am in a Bangkok nightclub - particularly as you'll have so much in common now (ie, your new-found passion for daytime TV, etc). It's important to develop new interests and hobbies now you've got all this time
feel secure in providing for their basic needs, especially once they're established in their careers and the housing market. So they're ready to ditch material ambitions for a better quality of life. They seek ethical and spiritual dimensions in their work. They want their careers to contribute towards
metal balls are strictly taboo. They're the kind of thing you can only pull off if you're senior enough to have an office of your own, and people have to think twice before laughing at you. So what about that old stand-by: pinning up a picture of somebody fanciable? Who could deny you the odd stolen
;ding!" will interrupt you when you're trying to focus and will trigger a response to check your email.
Set your email client to display just the title and first few lines of the email, so you can easily decide if it really is important enough to deal with right now.
Use other tools. Twitter and instant
example, you say to your friend Joe who is in publishing that you're looking for a job. Some time later his publishing company is looking for somebody. Joe goes to his boss and says: 'I know this bloke who is very bright and would be ideal for the job'. The boss - the so-called weak tie - then calls you
shared enthusiasms to chat about and build a personal bond.
The trouble is, you appear to have little in common. When you're talking to someone who earns several times your salary, even the most tried-and-tested conversational openings become fraught. Ask your boss what they're doing at the weekend
kampanią pod hasłem: "It's not a Choice. It's the Way We're Built" (To nie wybór. To kwestia konstrukcji), adresowaną po raz pierwszy w historii reklamy do homoseksualnych kobiet. Po badaniach efektywności lesbijki okazały się idealnym konsumentem Subaru i do dziś w USA na te samochody mówi się
because it's assumed you're being rewarded for your relationship with the boss rather than your own accomplishments.
Can being friends with a superior ever work to mutual advantage? Where a close relationship of trust is concerned, friendship can certainly be more of a help than a hindrance.
It
you're at an event like a meeting which is all about formality and seriousness, if you do something, or even think about something, that doesn't fit into that environment it can make you laugh. This laughter then feeds on itself because you're then doing something incongruous and that makes you laugh
.Szwecja- Po ostatnim kryzysie, a więc w ciągu dwóch-trzech minionych lat następował stopniowy wzrost zatrudnienia we wszystkich branżach. Jednak obecnie nastroje są umiarkowane - informuje Piotr Janicki z agencji rekrutacyjnej reConnect. Wpływ na stan tamtejszej gospodarki ma przede wszystkim eksport. To
something new, just because you're worth it!
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spendaholic - (neologizm) 'wydatkoholik'
to spend - wydawać
shop until you drop - kupuj do upadłego
to pay - płacić
the plastic - tu
experienced both playgrounds and offices, I can safely say that the latter is definitely as cruel an environment.
The problem is that bitching is such a good bonding experience. Everyone gets to feel simultaneously superior and grateful they're not the person that the whole office hates. Everyone gets to
, figured that the people who invented the concept knew what they were talking about. Recently, though, I have concluded that we're all being taken for a multitasking ride.
Does multitasking make you a more effective worker? Not in my experience. I'm doing a bit of multitasking while I write this, in
with them; they demonstrate team leadership and show that they're interested in more than simply their own progress. She argues that ambition connotes the pursuit of individual, personal success while drive is inclusive of others. As to whether displays of ambition are read differently according to
now. It would probably read something like this, "Hi Louise! Well done on getting those documents out last week. Great that you managed to do it without re-drafting too. You're so clever! Don't know how you do it. Just one thing - did you see you'd used the '$' sign rather than 'GBP' all the way
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It's not what you know, it's who you know, writes Giles Morris in the Guardian.
While nepotism has its limits (you're never going to get a job as a molecular biologist purely on the basis of having the right connections), knowing someone in the industry you want to get into can't do your chances
such discord that employees look for new jobs? "People like to think that they're tolerant of different people, but the truth is people generally surround themselves with people like them," says Lucy McGee of employment psychologists OPP. "They socialise with people just like them - and
've done the same can now claim you as a "friend". Facebook emails you, to ask if they're really your friend. Depending on your mood, you can accept or reject these tendrils of companionship. Upon accepting, the person might message you with some sort of goodwill and you'll chat away, and then
question that might come at you. But the minute you step out in front of your colleagues, your mouth goes dry, your knees tremble, and you can barely stammer out a sentence.
Sounds familiar? If this scenario resonates with your own working life then you're certainly not alone. Speaking in public is
situation. 'My colleague snapped at me this morning when I asked her a simple question about the report we're both working on'. B - is the Belief - how you interpret the event. You can interpret your colleague's behaviour either positively or negatively. Positive belief: 'She has a lot on her plate at the
przyszłości pojawić się w centrum. Dysponują potrzebnym do tego wykształceniem i pasją. Pomagali już np. przy tworzeniu otwartej 3 marca wystawy ?Re:generacja? skierowanej do nastolatków i młodych dorosłych.Magda, która także pracuje jako animator w "Świecie w ruchu" jest z wykształcenia fizykiem
spreadsheet reports in EXCEL - what a result, eh?)
Time-bound - do I have a timeframe or a deadline allocated to my goal? Yes, 3 months. I'll be able to produce those spreadsheet reports using EXCEL in three months' time. (They're due to be presented at the AGM in three months' time).
Use SMART to help
targach CEATEC Matsushita pokazała napęd BD o grubości niecałych 13 milimetrów. W przeciwieństwie do urządzenia Toshiby był to jednak nie tylko czytnik, ale również nagrywarka Blu-ray; sprzęt obsługiwał następujące formaty: BD-RE, BD-R oraz DVD+R/-R (w tym także płyty dwuwarstwowe), DVD+RW/-RW, DVD
it is like that, then you're doing it all wrong.
Look at Bill Gates or Richard Branson. Gates gives money to charities; Branson is such a nice chap! But what about those who have built their empires on fraud or abused the trust of their shareholders? What about dishonest businessmen and crooked
like it. What's more, the average British boss is unlikely to warm to employees who suddenly start taking two hours for lunch. However, according to the experts, we're not talking laziness here, but strategies for survival.
"Slow is very important in psychology in general,"says Dr Gail
success. We're all in sales. All the time.
We assume that you know your product or project inside out. But do you know your customer? Every project has to have customers. So, become a research fanatic. Scour the web. Network like mad. Know the politics of your customer's decision making structures. Get
Some people think that they can't pursue ambitious projects because they haven't got the power. But you do have the power even when you think you're powerless. In fact, according to some modern management experts, being (officially) powerless, gives you the power. Here's how:
First of all
ultrafioletowe, które następnie jest re-emitowane w wymienionych barwach). Ale to nie wszystko - skrzydła motyla dysponują też mikroskopijnymi lustrami - ich synchroniczny ruch pozwala owadowi kontrolować intensywność kolorów.
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, a nie tylko jedna czy dwie osoby.
Metoda nr 2: Wróć do nas!
Gdy jednak u siebie nie mamy tego, kogo potrzebujemy, jeszcze nic straconego. Coraz powszechniejszą metodą poszukiwania pracowników jest re-recruiting, czyli odzyskiwanie dla firmy osób, które w niej pracowały, ale odeszły. Najczęściej
people gain an average of a pound each winter, which doesn't seem too horrendous, until you reach the devil's punchline - you're very unlikely to lose this weight. Winter after winter those pounds creep on, until one day you notice your chins cascading towards the vast hillock that is your stomach.
In
appear to be experiencing a similar boom.
In Russia, Moscow's stores have reported roaring business with Vadim Karashuk, the head of Moscow's 16 state-owned pawn shops, estimating that they collectively loan around $200,000 a day compared to about $130,000 two months ago.
"We're lending out
Beijingers whose homes don't meet the organisers' high standards are being hidden behind walls and screens. Last week, the city even offered residents sartorial advice. Combining more than three colours or teaming white socks with black shoes are off-limits. When authorities can't re-dress, repaint or
therapist. She helps family businesses to work on their relationships. "When you work with someone who knows you really well, they can predict what you're going to do, understand your responses and explain your reactions to other people around you," she says. This might seem an advantage but, says
With the right attitude, filling maternity absence can be a smart move, says Mira Katbamna in the Guardian.
Got a new job? Exciting stuff - even if it is only until the person you're replacing returns to work. While it's not unheard of for bosses to moan about the pain of finding someone to
scale up your business, you will never be a true entrepreneur. Why? Because you will be caught up in the vicious circle of 'the more successful the business is, the busier I become and the busier I become the less able I am to give my best'. And if you're not giving your best your business won't grow
for an exit strategy? What do you want from work and from life - now? Here's the last stage of your professional life: The Sage.
The Sage
So you're 50+. You've been the Eager Beaver, the Peak Practitioner and the Top Player for some time. What now? Now you've got enough know-how, wisdom
"It's not you, it's me".
The differences are more marked. You're very unlikely to go on a date with a panel of people. Rarely, if ever, will a date ask you if you've ever faced any challenges or ethical conflicts in your personal, academic or professional life. Interviews very rarely end
information you need to put your case across," says Lees. "If you can't do either of these, reschedule to a different time." So if you're keen to discuss a pay rise, a new role, or more flexible hours, make sure your manager knows in advance, and go armed with any relevant material to support
't forget the 'H' word - How the message is delivered. Apparently words account for only 7 per cent of the message; body language, eye contact and the tone of voice account for the rest of the emotional make-up of the message.
Speaking of which don't get emotional - especially when you're making a
phenomenon does not bear analysis. Their displays are not religious, though that does not necessarily make them irreligious. If, at a time of global austerity, you're happy to pay a massive electricity bill in the interests of spreading a warm glowing feeling, you are unquestionably a warm-hearted soul
. Bennett's successor as chief executive, Noel Shanahan, is now focused on the agency's practices and processes. "In some parts of the business we have very good sickness rates, better even than in the private sector," he says. "They're often our local offices round the country with a small
2 razy do tej samej rzeki, ale ta zasada nie sprawdza się w zatrudnieniu. Dowodem na to jest re-recruiting, czyli odzyskiwanie dla firmy pracowników, którzy wcześniej z niej odeszli. Żeby można było re-rekrutować pracownika, jego uprzednie rozstanie z firmą musi być przyjazne, żadna ze stron nie
, wylew
heart attack - atak serca
karoshi - (z japońskiego) śmierć z przepracowania (death by overwork)
to re-examine - ponownie zbadać/przeanalizować
long term goals - cele/zadania długoterminowe
to imagine - wyobrażać (sobie)
deathbed - łoże śmierci
short term - krótkoterminowy
to focus
, mask their true personalities at interview. They too pretend to be someone they're not!
Maybe that's why so many businesses now are supplementing interviews with psychometric tests and other assessments. But - beware - many employers are now consulting social networking websites such as Facebook to
. Osoba oceniająca menadżera lub sam menedżer, zaznacza na pięciostopniowej skali trafność danego stwierdzenia w opisie badanej osoby.
Tabela 1. Fragment kwestionariusza MSAI.
Źródło: Cameron K.S., Quinn R.E., Kultura organizacyjna - diagnoza i zmiana, Oficyna Ekonomiczna, Kraków, 2003.
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than managers and structures, it has leaders and open-plan offices. Instead of collegial spirit, employees are given BlackBerrys. And those uncooperative IT workers? They're probably subcontracted from another firm.
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outsourcing of key functions - zlecanie podwykonawcom podstawowych zadań
," says Hodson, "In order to function, we have to function with our emotions, not against them. You cry when tension needs to be dissipated. If we don't use this system we're not being very intelligent." To go by the outpouring of tears at the Olympics , this particular taboo might be eroding at
in the world. It's what the suffragettes chained themselves to the railings for. Let's not quit while we're ahead.
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peaked in the 90s and is now waning - osiągnął szczyt w latach 90., a teraz opada
these two things hang together - da się te dwie rzeczy pogodzić
big picture, it rubs
friend at work can increase productivity while also helping staff to relax (unless, of course, you're allergic to pet hair).
The theory for why pets help beat stress at work is based on the idea that the workplace is full of sources of stress - but how we respond to these sources determines whether we
boring of meetings: with its short-term stimulant effect on the brain, it increases the capacity for physical and mental labour. The only
problem comes when the stimulant wears off and you're left with the corresponding trough, in which you feel excessively tired - and you reach for another coffee to
their level of confidence and changes their psychology, so they actually do become luckier - because they're not afraid to seize opportunities that may have once appeared too risky. So go on, be a lucky devil! Act as if you are lucky and you probably will be. Act as if you are unlucky and you almost
course, your concerns about leaving the building might be negated entirely if the job you're applying for is actually in the building. An internal move might seem, at first glance, far easier to keep secret. No one's going to be that shocked to see you hanging around the office, chatting to a colleague
disposable income, yet we're further in debt than ever before. We suffer from stress, depression and obesity as we wrestle with the ills of overconsumption and the endless disappointments of consumer life What's going on? Is the western world is in the grip of 'affluenza', a consumption binge that is eating
makes the office an interesting place to be, even if only from the perspective of a slightly appalled anthropological observer. And next time you're pondering how boring work is, consider the fact that the person opposite you is constructing a model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa out of paperclips. This
pretend they're above it. It is the lifeblood of a workplace and one of the few things that makes photocopying bearable.
The Hooksett Four's (Hooksett is the small town in New Hampshire where the four women live) crime was to discuss an already circulating rumour that the town administrator at the local
It's early afternoon and the office is buzzing with activity. So why are two women packing their bags and putting on coats? They're taking time off. Why? One of them has just learned that her son broke his arm and the other has a nanny who has just called in sick. As they rush home
Cup regardless of the successes or failures of our national team. The difficulty sure to arise from hysterical exaltations for "our boys" to win the cup, is that they're not going to win the cup, writes Steel. The same applies to all national teams but one.
However, we should be able to
show that they can create a product that doesn't thrash the planet or the people making it, but still makes a profit.
So far thousands of people have bought their trainers, including celebrities like Cate Blanchett and Fatboy Slim. And what about the shoes? Hey, they look cool! They're made from
't seem forthcoming, it might pay to look out for other opportunities to develop your career. "Even if employers can't offer a promotion, the good ones ensure they offer other ways to make a staff member feel they're progressing," says recruitment consultant Lindsay Cuthill. "If an employee
't share racy political opinions, squabble, look a mess, or get trollied - but make sure you have a glass of wine, are unfalteringly charming and sound as if you won't make waves. And all for a job you're not even going for.
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partner-vetting - lustracja partnerów
who mouths all the usual
- after all, if you are going to be assessed solely on your response to colours then blind candidates are going to stand little chance of succeeding. Even if a recruiter accepts that they should just chat rather than making you do impressions or pick out colour schemes, it doesn't mean that you're safe
daughter, Zahara, 18 months, from Ethiopia (Jolie and Brad Pitt also have a biological daughter, Shiloh). Jolie has talked about adopting again, from another country. "We don't know which country," she told CNN. "But we're looking at different countries. It's going to be the balance of what
makes software to detect plagiarism. Students increasingly are having their knowledge tested with oral exams and in-class writing exercises. Or they're being asked to demonstrate their knowledge in unconventional ways - say, by assuming the role of a colonial pamphleteer railing against the Stamp Act
communication, it privileges those who prize informality. What happened to "Dear Sir", "Yours faithfully" and the bracing pleasures of a firm handshake?
Many of us don't care for slacker email correspondence where all the words are in lower case. Frankly, if you're going to bother to
photographer who goes out and shoots everything they see.'
Rebekka, who is separated from her sons' father, lives with her parents and has a boyfriend. Her sons are enthusiastic about her work. 'They like my pictures, they think they're cool.' she told the
Observer
.
So many amateur photographers are
całej planecie. Setki przedstawień You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown wypychają co roku portfel twórcy Peanuts, Charlesa Schulza - wraz z komiksami, które nadal pojawiają się w tysiącach dzienników na całym świecie. Zobacz galerie na stronach Forbes.com: Najlepiej zarabiające nieżyjące osobistości
? Yes, we know the sort you're talking about. The strange guy in the corner who fiddles around all day with a computer program that nobody else understands. And the funny woman in that office at the end of the corridor who churns out reports that nobody reads. Can anyone explain the point of them
wydrukowanym życiorysem innej osoby. Amerykańskie powiedzenie (przypisywane oryginalnie Benjaminowi Franklinowi) "If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail" (jeśli nie udało ci się przygotować, przygotuj się, że ci się nie uda), ma więc również odniesienie do rozmów rekrutacyjnych.
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with a new employee and they do something dreadful like put the milk in with the tea bag before they put the water in, you think, 'I'm going to have to re-evaluate everything I thought about you. Because you really are out of order making the tea like that.'"
Perhaps over-zealous milk
. By the time Christmas Day arrives we're exhausted, and the idea of pulling another cracker and eating another mince pie seems redundant.
This would be fine if we could all claim to enjoy it, but instead we lodge the perennial complaint that the Christmas season has become too long, too commercial
allowed to take their place centre stage and revel in it. In the theatre, if you're female, crime really does pay ...
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the movies got in on the act - przyłączył się do tego także film
had to be caught, tamed and punished - musiały być schwytane, poskromione i ukarane
if they did not
zawiera raport opublikowany w maju przez Swiss Re - jedną z największych na świecie firm reasekuracyjnych.
Konkluzja Drexlera zapewne nie spodoba się jednemu z najlepiej zarabiających dziś pisarzy na świecie. Mowa o Michaelu Crichtonie, który dwa lata temu napisał thriller "Rój" (Prey) o
pieniędzy transferowana jest do Polski w kieszeniach - twierdzi.Podsumowanie badania opublikował również angielski dziennik "Daily Mail" - "We're never going home... 300,000 Polish migrants plan to stay permanently in UK" - przeczytaj artykuł i komentarze BrytyjczykówPrzypadek Agnieszki
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wzrokowa, a także, przynajmniej na etapie nauki - umiejętność rysowania i malowania. Istotna będzie także duża wiedza o technologiach fotograficznych i ich zastosowaniach.
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