Now that you’ve written your resume in English, and you’ve found a job advertisement, here are a few tips on how to write a respectable cover letter. I consider these tips to be the ‘good manners’ you’d want to extend to your potential new company. When we’re editing » Read More
Top 5 Tips to Ensure Effective Communication at Work
Ever felt like you’re banging your head against the proverbial brick wall? At work, not literally! If you’ve ever suffered frustration due to a lack of effective communication in the workplace, you’re not alone. A 2008 survey “Communication in the Workplace,” found that a lack of communication skills » Read More
PowerPoint Presentations – What NOT to Write
Psst. Can’t be bothered to read? Why not listen to our recorded blog post instead? I’ve heard it said that we can only take three things away from a presentation. Maybe that also applies to readers of blogs, so to test the above theory, this post will only have three points » Read More
How to Write a Report
Psst. Can’t be bothered to read? Why not listen to our recorded blog post instead? Being able to write a structured and well-argued report is an important part of our lives, whether it is an essay for school or university or a report for work. And yet, we rarely ever » Read More
Conference Calling in English
Skype. MegaMeeting. Face Time. SightSpeed. Tinychat. ooVoo. Pidgin. Google Talk. Nefsis. WebEx. If you’re in business it’s highly likely that you’ll be using one or some of these tools. Skype alone is used by 35% of small business as their primary communication service. You might be using » Read More
How to Avoid an Angry Email Meltdown
Psst. Can’t be bothered to read? Why not listen to our recorded blog post instead? I was furious with my client! He was mad and was accusing me of being incompetent in an angry email. But it wasn’t entirely my fault, most of the blame lay with the delivery company I » Read More