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Ghosting People Professionally: How to Lose Friends and Alienate Co-workers

“Ghosting” is a term that has gained popular widespread use in recent years to describe the act of suddenly cutting off all communication with someone, usually without explanation. While it may be tempting to ghost someone you no longer wish to communicate with, it is never a good idea to ghost people professionally. Ghosting in

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Recruitment: true or false?

Starting my 6-month internship at Global Talent 2020 has been an eye-opening experience for me in more ways than one. Prior to this, I had never worked in the recruitment industry and only had a vague notion of what it entailed, primarily informed by stereotypes and hearsay. Like most people, I had certain preconceived notions

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Nudge – Ask the Question

How do you persuade people to do something? An age-old question that doesn’t really have one correct answer. It’s a conundrum that marketers and copywriters spend their careers trying to solve for the product or service they are selling. A cleverly written piece of copy can translate into millions of global sales, and a carefully

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Viva La Resolution! Facts about New Year’s resolutions and how to keep them

So, the Christmas Tree has dropped its last few pines on the pavement outside the house, awaiting its recycling collection. The remnants of the least favorite chocolates, rumble disconsolately around the sweetie tin, and the decorations are parcelled taped up and posted back into the loft for another year. Forlornly we all have started back

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