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Working in Norway: The Colleague Conversation

...roughly translated, … annual performance review,business culture in Norway,international workplace,medarbeidersamtale ... in Google Translate and got appraisal up as the English equivalent. Which isn’t quite as nice, is it? The...

Tell me: What’s the short version of your (working) life?

...version? Because you should be aware that when … English speaking skills,globalization,intercultural communication ... without having made a potentially interesting business connection. The sound of your own voice Back to...

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Say What? Foreign Language Anxiety in the Global Workplace

Recently, during the break in one of my evening business communication courses, a student approached me ... official ‘working language’ is English. This was not a problem, as English was his second language and he...

CV Writing: Giving up before you even start?

After spending as much time proofreading CVs as I have, I can write with certainty that people ... they have to in … business communication skills,CV writing skills,english CV,English writing skills,writing...

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Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking

...speaking with a participant after giving a recent business course in Oslo on interview technique. I had spoken ... had a question for me about grammar. She spoke English fluently but had lived in Norway only a short time...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

...had applied for was teaching different levels of English to these students, some of whom really wanted to ... teachers’ viewpoint in that since the school was a business, their teaching would be evaluated by students...

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

...intellectual property rights, whether in the form of business secrets, know-how, patents, trademarks, designs ... right is linked to utilising the invention in business activity. This means that you can prevent others...

The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?

...way. For example, in the arena of international business, job interviews taking place between people whose ... not being called back on their lack of perfect English skills (‘It was my accent that put them off…I messed...

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