SINGAPORE, 8 April 2010 – The highly-esteemed Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) programme is now available in Singapore for individuals who are keen to deepen their knowledge and pursue the franchising business. The Singapore Workforce Development Age...

Have you ever thought of giving up and just go away? Never to return and just hang around, and not worry about anything. I have been to that situation and, it felt bad, especially if there are people who believed that I can do it, and that those people ke...

This article offers three tips you can use to improve your chances of landing a new job. In today's competitive job market, it pays to learn as much as you can about conducting an effective job search campaign. Use all the technology available to you t...

Alcohol-based hand sanitizer has been around for years, but the research was never quite clear whether it was as effective against germs as washing your hands. The verdict is in, and it looks like hand sanitizer is at least as effective. An alcohol free h...

Recent statistics have shown that some of the most popular products sold online are computers. This should come as no surprise as there are a multitude of computer users out there, all looking for the latest products on computers and software. In fact, on...

Today's economic news may be gloom and doom but it need not derail your job hunt. You can still win a great job, even in a lousy economy. You will have to get smarter in your job search strategy, though. The tough economy and so many job losses has made s...

ITIL - the Information Technology Infrastructure Library - is a set of best practices and guidelines that define an integrated, process-based approach for managing information technology services. ITIL can be applied across almost every type of IT environ...

A resume is more of "a life on a page," but how could anyone put everything important about herself on a single piece of paper? Resumes are much more specific in nature, it includes relevant information about yourself. Just like life, the resume has its p...

To this day, many ‘experts’ still recommend that you include an objective statement in your resume, suggesting something along the lines of ‘Account Executive at XYZ Company’ or ‘To secure a management position with a finance company’. What i...

Regardless of income, job, background or education, nearly everyone thinks they are entitled to more money than they are getting. Salary negotiation, however, has to be based on realistic expectations within the current marketplace and, like investments, ...

So, you have been offered that new job and you have maneuvered your way through the salary negotiations and reached an agreement. What happens though if your current employer comes back with a counter offer? Most people’s reaction upon receiving a c...

The word on the street is that college graduates are among the hardest hit in this current recession. With little or no work experience to offer, and with employers looking for those with a history of proven results behind them to help them claw their wa...

Of all the interview questions that you are likely to encounter, ‘Tell me about yourself’ is almost guaranteed, and in fact, many interviews begin with this very one. While it may be tempting to leap in and tell the interviewer all about your thre...

Gone are the days when interviewers only asked standard, factual questions. These days, you could be faced with anything from these to the downright oddball questions, situational questions or behavioral questions. But what is a behavioral question? ...

When the going gets tough, the tough get…creative. With over 11 million people in the country now out of work and the unemployment rate up to over 9%, competition in the job market is getting hotter than ever. Gone are the days when waiting for job...