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Quick Tips for Teleconferencing
...someone face-to-face on a screen is much worse. It’s the need for making the instant right reply that ... what’s being said. Modern communication technology at its nervewracking finest. So we talk about what they...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 27 2020 -
Tekna bygg og anlegg
As a part of the network, you get: Professional replenishment and community within ... professional, and political meeting places within the field. It is completely free and non-binding to participate...
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What’s your look on ‘Link’?
...way. But it isn’t always just their words that need looking at. A pro photo? Nah, I’d say it’s the photo ... LinkedIn profiles. Figuring maybe that if it looks good in one place, it’ll look good in the other. Out of touch...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2020 -
How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat
...description once again, looking for key words in it that I’ll try to work into my answers during the ... hiring managers that it’s surprising how few people do this before an interview. It’s as if they’re just...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 27 2020 -
How/Why Should You Write a CV Summary?
What’s a Summary? In Norway I’ve been told that it’s a section that should include your key skills that ... world, it seems we have a slightly different approach to writing a Summary. That is, while it’s good to...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 18 2020 -
LinkedIn Connections: Time to grow/weed your garden?
...profile, Working in Norway Is it time to grow your LI Connections garden? Or weed it? Back when I was first ... attending courses on how best to use it to ‘grow my network’, it was indeed more like a social network...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2020 -
Have You Looked at Your LinkedIn Headline Lately?
Maybe that something was a job with a title? Because it’s an important part of your identity that tells everyone ... Maybe that something was a job with a title? Because it’s an important part of your identity that tells everyone...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 21 2020 -
Meeting People: What do you tell them about yourself?
...tell them about myself? Answer: It’s up to you. But it’s smart to keep it short and to the point. Foreign-born ... tell them about myself? Answer: It’s up to you. But it’s smart to keep it short and to the point. Foreign-born...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 27 2019 -
What’s Your Feeling About Phone Interviews?
...left hand column in big, bold letters. Only to open it up and read that you’ve been chosen for a phone interview ... conversation is an inexpensive way of doing this. It’s also a time saver, an interview taking anywhere...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 18 2019 -
Can You Find the Mistake?
...case you’re wondering, no Googling allowed here. It was all up to me and ‘the little grey cells’, as ... asked you what the biggest mistake was here? Answer: It’s the one that a huge number of job seekers make when...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 27 2019 -
Working in Norway: The Colleague Conversation
Consider the Norwegian term medarbeidersamtale. It’s one of those long words where Norwegians stick two ... Consider the Norwegian term medarbeidersamtale. It’s one of those long words where Norwegians stick two...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 15 2019 -
Phone Follow-up: Job Seeking in a Perfect World
...there’s one thing I’d wish for you as a job seeker, it’d be that whenever you called the organization where ... there’s one thing I’d wish for you as a job seeker, it’d be that whenever you called the organization where...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 31 2019 -
Hate Your CV? Try Some TLC
(tender loving care) with the words until you like it. business English,CV writing skills,English writing ... that what she was seeing wasn’t really her because it seemed put on and fake. I wrote back and asked her...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 29 2019 -
Working and living in Norway
What characterizes working life in Norway, what is the "Norwegian Model" and how is the wage system in Norway? See recordings living ... Norway has meant to her in: The Norwegian Model: It Works.
Article Working in Norway Oct. 15 2019 Streaming -
Your job search: How to show how smart you are?
...you need to show other people that you’re smart? It’s okay if you do (we all do). Especially when you’re ... you need to show other people that you’re smart? It’s okay if you do (we all do). Especially when you’re...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 30 2019 -
The Norwegian Model: It Works
...savvy of organized labor and the political parties it backed, the long struggle produced a system that ... cooperative, and then redistributes equitably the wealth it helps to produce.’ This point made me recall the...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 10 2019 -
The Most Common Mistake CV Writers Make
...for grammatical and spelling mistakes. So I looked it over. At first glance there appeared to be no mistakes; ... for grammatical and spelling mistakes. So I looked it over. At first glance there appeared to be no mistakes;...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 29 2019 -
Me, overqualified? How to show you’re not by a long shot
Have you been on the full-time work hamster wheel and want to get off? Most job seekers give ... network this same information, asking them to pass it along should your name come up in conversation with...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 22 2019 -
Let’s be perfectly clear: Writing the Summary on your CV
...is no right or wrong, just better…and bad? While it won’t lead to an overpass collapsing, unclear writing ... reader’s/hiring manager’s eye will skip right over it and go down to the writer’s work experience and education...
Article Working in Norway June 30 2019 -
Business Emails: Using a Format to Clear Up Your Writing Style
...having written to their contact with (a) question(s). It can take several rounds of … business communication ... having written to their contact with (a) question(s). It can take several rounds of back-and-forth emails...
Article Working in Norway June 14 2019 -
Job Seekers: Can you write less and get more?
...definition says that it was first used in 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was what he felt ... definition says that it was first used in 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was what he felt...
Article Working in Norway May 31 2019 -
Shopping and CV Writing: Can you curb your urge?
...for proofreading and was having an initial look at it. What jumped out at me was the excess items that ... six languages, b) were skilled in a dozen different IT-related areas, and c) skilled in an equal number...
Article Working in Norway May 26 2019 -
The CV Creator
...is free for all Tekna members. Do you want to use it, too? Join Tekna here! What other members are saying ... quite useful, it helped me get a job interview." "CV Builder was really easy to use, it provided great...
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CV Writing: Giving up before you even start?
...they have to in order to look for a (new) job. Yet it’s a fact of life for many of us that at one time or ... reason or another). It’s just time to go. So we either dust off our old CV and give it the onceover or look...
Article Working in Norway May 11 2019 -
Relationships Working for You?
...people with whom you have some sort of connection, be it biological and/or emotional. Parents, siblings, partner ... people with whom you have some sort of connection, be it biological and/or emotional. Parents, siblings, partner...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 30 2019
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