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by Paul — 6 years ago — 2 Comments

Do You Know How Many People Lost Their Jobs in 2014?

An article I saw on a technology blog this morning stated rumours of plans by MTN South Africa to cut jobs and it got me thinking – just how much jobs are cut in Nigeria annually or at least this year or last year? Lots of jobs are lost... Read more →

by ngcareers — 6 years ago —

5 Most Distasteful Workplace Behaviour You Should Avoid

If you have ever worked in a mid or large sized organisation you know there are some employees who exhibit some form of annoying behaviour or the other. If you work with people in an organisation there are stuff you shouldn’t be doing.... Read more →

by Paul — 6 years ago —

How To Cope With Stress in a New Job

If you are starting a new job it is important that you try to commence work in the best possible conditions and frame of mind. This includes ensuring that you are note stressed up with the demands of your new workplace and with the desire to... Read more →

by ngcareers — 6 years ago —

How to Deal with an Insulting or Over-Agitated Boss

Depending on your career trajectory and where you work you probably would have worked with a supervisor, manager or superior who gets angry at the slightest provocation and hurls insults without thought. If you have a boss who directly or indirectly... Read more →

by David Okezie — 6 years ago —

5 Tips to Securing Your Career

Securing your career is about the easiest thing you could do for yourself. It’s imperative to understand that securing your job (thus potentially your career path) is not about making other people lose theirs through lobby and foul plays in... Read more →

by Paul — 7 years ago —

How to Apply to Jobs Within Your Organisation: Positioning Yourself to Take Advantage of Internal Job Vacancies

If you are working in an organisation and not taking advantage of internal job openings to advance you surely are not doing yourself any favours. Many large organisations regularly have need to fill in jobs and while they may advertise publicly,... Read more →

by Andy — 7 years ago —

What Kind of Smart Are You?

A good IQ is often required for success at work, but more often than not it’s other forms of intelligence that really make or break a team. This is a guest post (infograph) by Bonnie More from besteducationdegrees.com In summary the real indicator... Read more →

by Paul — 7 years ago —

Need a Salary Increase at Work? Here’s How to Ask for a Raise

Do you feel like you have been doing a great work consistently over the past months or years and should be ripe for a pay rise? Do you believe that despite your work the management may not just give you a raise until you ask for it? Then you... Read more →

by Paul — 7 years ago —

6 Tips to Cope With Losing Your Job

Editor’s note: A version of this article was previously published by Ngcareers on Bellanaija. Everyday people get sacked, retrenched or whatever name is used to show when someone no longer has a job. Many can relate to how irritating and... Read more →

by Paul — 7 years ago —

Practical Tips on How to Ask for a Pay Increase and Get It

Editor’s note: This article was previously published on BellaNaija by the Ngcareers Content Team Do you feel like you have been doing a great work consistently over the past months or years and should be ripe for a pay rise? Do you believe... Read more →

by Paul — 7 years ago —

8 (Hilarious?) Ways to Handle a Difficult Boss

Bosses come in a whole lot of different shades; they could be egomaniacs or totally disorganised that you sometimes wonder how they got to be the boss in the first place. There are many types of bosses (haven’t I said that before?) but... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

Calling in Sick: Dos and Don’ts

Has your day ever been ruined, just because a colleague with whom you are working on an important project suddenly called in sick for some scarcely believable reasons? You’d have imagined that playing truancy is left for mischievous college... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

Keeping Motivated at Work in Face of Targets, Pressure and Employer Antics

Keeping motivated at work has been identified as one of the necessary characteristic an employee must possess if he must last in a workplace. Research has proven that when employees are motivated that productivity is usually on the high side.... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

Office Dress Code Tips for Employees

The way that people dress is really important. Within the next few lines we would like to talk about office dress code and some of the do’s and don’ts. The office-appropriate fashion seems obvious. However, there are still too many people... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago — 1 Comment

Tips to Handling Uncomfortable Salary Discussions in the Workplace

Have you noticed how that not many people seem to want to discuss their salaries at the workplace? Oftentimes, when the issues are raised, many hesitate to give a direct answer (I mean, we are Africans). Actually, employees see discussing how... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

What to Do When the Boss Takes the Kudos for Your Work.

Have you ever labored for days spearheading a project and after the chips are down, the management thanks your supervisor and gives him a promotion while all you get is your salary (which by the way will come at the end of the month irrespective... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

How to Have a Great Day at the Office: Five Things We Recommend You Should Start Your Working Day With.

It is no longer a myth that how you begin a thing goes a long way to determine how well you do it. When it comes to your working day, most people have eight hours to work while other have far more. What our attitude and disposition is as we... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

Tips to Becoming Indispensable in the Workplace

With the workplace becoming more and more productivity driven and lesser guarantee that people can keep their jobs, especially when more and far younger better-qualified graduates would gladly offer twice the productivity you presently offer... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

Mistakes You Mustn’t Make Asking For a Pay Raise

When people own a business, their perspective is usually different from what it would have been were they to be employees. Imaging being hired by a firm; initially, you are started with minor responsibilities and even lesser criticism when you... Read more →

by ngcareers — 7 years ago —

5 Tips for Handling a Know-It-All Co-Worker

Being in the same team with a Mr. Know-it-all can be quite a frustrating experience. Generally, they have this sense of entitlement which often stems from their ego that when coupled with a healthy volume of choleric temperament, what you have... Read more →

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