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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Of course you understand that I as a blogger write a lot! But since I’m Dutch and all my blogs are in the English language I have been looking for possibilities to check my grammar. My intention was to download several software trails, test a while and then purchase a copy.
One of the first reviews I stumbled on was of the software called WhiteSmoke Writing Software. I was reading several reviews and most of the reviewers liked Whitesmoke but they didn’t sounds too excited. There was only was solution and that was that I needed to download WhiteSmoke and give it a try myself. I thought I couldn’t loose and if I would decide that I wanted to return it after all then I could because of the satisfactory guarantee.
What is WhiteSmoke Writing Software exactly?
“The All-in-One writing software”, “The All-in-One solution to help you write better, right now!” and “The Business Writing Version is the perfect choice for the office”. If I read this WhiteSmoke should be the perfect gift from heaven for my blogs and e-book, Hmm. However, when you look a bit further you’ll also see some very remarkable WhiteSmoke Reviews by MSN, Softpedia, The Jerusalem Post and many many others. So I, the skeptical gave the software a try.
Office in a Box; Just Pretend You’re Busy.
Monday, April 28th, 2008Imagine this; you just started your own company on your attic and a potential customer rings you and exactly on that moment the baby starts crying. Or your wife shouts you that the washing machine doesn’t work. This is far from professional and it can crumble your credibility.
This scenario belongs now to the past. Today you’ll simply play a cd with the sounds of a large office.
Thriving Office is the name of the CD with sounds of voices, keyboard sounds, ringing phones and much more. You can choose from two tracks: busy and very busy.
The idea is so simple that it’s almost is brilliant. Prominent newspapers and illustrated magazines are all talking about it. Even papers like the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today and even the Harvard business school.
I can’t tell you if this is the correct way to go but the reviews are all very positive. If you’re interested you can buy Thriving Office here.
Lying During Your Job Interview Pays Off.
Monday, January 28th, 2008Lying during a job interview; did you guys ever do it? Although it is seen by most managers as unethical it proved beneficial for most applicants. However during a Dutch World-Wide research it seemed that not all managers think it’s unethical. In this research one out of ten managers admitted ever have lied during a job interview.
This lying is always about two things. The first is the job experience. It seems that most of us are apparently insecure about this and the second is the height of our salary. Which is of course the oldest trick in the book for raising your salary without asking for it?
The consequences can be firm, especially when you are a manager in a top position. During the first internet hype many managers were assigned without being checked before they were actually enrolled. Ken Lonchar; the cfo of Veritas Software was forced to quit when it became public that he had lied about the completion of his Stanford MBA. The value of the company’s stock reduced with 16%.
11 Ways To Get Fired From Your Job.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008We’ve wrote about the mistakes you must avoid when writing your resume cover letter and we also wrote an article with great tips for your salary negotiation. So you got the job but now you’ve probably need some tips on how to keep your job. I got fired not so long ago because I was working on my blogs too much; this is now why I can make a living as a problogger ;). I’m glad my boss fired me. As a matter of fact it was probably the best thing happening to me in 2007. LOL
If you want to get fired or not, you better watch out and be careful. Here are 11 ways that can get you fired.
Be honest with your job interview letters.
To start off with number 1; you should have been honest with writing your resume and job interview letter. There’s a big change your boss will check your references and this can lose you your job before you even have it.
Start a relationship with your boss.
The Dumbest Mistakes in the 2007 Corporate World.
Thursday, December 20th, 2007It’s almost 2008 and it’s time for Fortune to create their already famous list with the 101 dumbest moments in business. I’m not copy-pasting the whole list here but if you want to view the whole list than you can do that here.
I do want to highlight 3 of them here on the World of Modern Men which were pretty amazing.
At number 8 there is KFC/Taco Bell with their rat videos.
Multiple video’s appeared on You-Tube with rats who are taking over KFC/Taco Bell. These videos where viewed more than a million times and where world news.
Free advertising via You Tube is great but gents of KFC/Taco Bell; you could have done this better!!
We are staying in the fast food corner but now with McDonald’s on number 67.
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McDonald’s launches a "word battle" against the Oxford English Dictionary to amend the definition of McJobs, which the OED currently describes as an "unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects." The goal, according to a company vice president, is to change the citation to "reflect a job that is stimulating, rewarding, and offers skills that last a lifetime."
