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Staying On the Lookout for a Better Job

2013-08-26 / / 321 Comments

You rarely find people who are extremely happy and comfortable at the job they are in. Most employees are either unhappy with their manager, want a better salary, need more challenging tasks, or they’re simply looking to change their career path. But how hard are they trying to find that ‘ideal’ job everyone is dreaming about? Here are a number of smart ways to stay on the lookout for a better job!

Online Recruitment Portals 

Online recruitment portals can be of great value in providing you with fresh job content on daily basis. Akhtaboot for example provides job seekers of all career levels and industries with hundreds of jobs all over MENA.... Read More ...

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The Path to Becoming a CEO

2013-08-21 / / 0 Comments

Working your way up the corporate ladder

Any top professional would tell you that the key to becoming CEO is to have certain leadership characteristics that set you apart from the crowd. Typically those who have the vision, determination, integrity, and respect for everyone in the workplace end up landing the high profile jobs. But is there a certain plan to follow in order to become CEO? Since very few of us are born leaders, you need to make a conscious effort to facilitate the development of your own leadership skills. Here are a number of qualities you are going to need to become a competent CEO:

Knowing Where You are Going – The best leaders lead by example.... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot Announces the Launch of its Twitter Competition 2013 “#CompanyFix”

2013-08-18 / / 0 Comments

In its efforts to reward its loyal followers on Twitter, Akhtaboot – the career network announces the launch of its twitter competition 2013 – #CompanyFix – to begin today Sunday, August 18th, 2013.

Participants can compete by tweeting their most creative answers to the question “If you were the owner of the previous company you worked for, what would you change?” within a period of 2 weeks (18/08/2013 – 31/08/2013). After this period, the 5 most creative answers will be chosen by Akhtaboot’s competition committee and placed on akhtaboot.com for people to retweet within 2 weeks (08/09/2013 – 21/09/2013). The answer that gets the highest number of retweets wins a “Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus” mobile phone.... Read More ...

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Dream Job: Reality or Myth?

2013-08-14 / / 0 Comments

What is a dream job? Do you know someone who actually has a dream job? Is there really such a thing as a dream job? Great jobs usually develop out of hard work and dedication, not just dreams. This is not to say that you can’t create or find a great job. It all depends on your personality, desires and dedication.

So how can you identify the dream job that suits YOU? Start by identifying who you are as a person, what your natural talents are, what your personal values are and then get into a job where you get to apply your talents on a day to day basis and where your personal values go hand in hand with the company you work for.... Read More ...

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The Right Career Path for your Personality Type

2013-08-06 / / 32 Comments

Find out which type of career best suits your personality.

Many people choose their career paths for all the wrong reasons; they could be influenced by their parents, or they could be passing time until they figure out what they really want to do but end up in the same job for tens of years. When it comes to identifying a suitable life partner, we all look for someone with compatible personality traits. You should do the same thing when choosing your career. It’s a known fact that your personality type may be better suited for one career path over another and more often than not, if you choose a career that doesn’t suit your character you become confused, unhappy and will end up switching jobs.... Read More ...

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Professional Maturity in the Workplace

2013-07-29 / / 1 Comment

What is it & how to achieve it?

In psychology, maturity is defined by the person’s ability to react to the environment in a learned manner, rather than instinctively. Maturity has nothing to do with age; it’s all about knowing the right time and place to behave in a certain manner, and according to the culture one lives in. Just as it is the case in life, success at work depends on a lot of factors. Some think it’s all about luck or fate, but for the majority of us it all comes down to our ability to demonstrate professional maturity no matter what might be your position or career level.... Read More ...

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The Attitude That’s Ruining Your Career

2013-07-17 / / 40 Comments

Career-limiting habits that might be getting in your way!

It’s a known fact that your attitude at work can dramatically make or break your career. While having a positive attitude is not easily achievable for the majority of employees as many of them are stuck with career limiting habits that keeps them from reaching their full potential at work. Some examples on those habits include but not limited to: unreliability, “it’s not my job” attitude, procrastination and resistance to change. Many people have a misconception that positive attitude is a genetic behavioral pattern that we inherit and have no control over.... Read More ...

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Infographic: Evaluating Employee Motivation in the MENA Region

2013-07-08 / / 0 Comments

One of the main concerns employers have nowadays is how to motivate and stimulate their employees as employee motivation affects one’s happiness and creativity at the workplace and therefore affects the company’s retention rates and productivity. Akhtaboot surveyed job seekers from all over the MENA region in order to evaluate Employee Motivation in terms of: pay raise, promotions, public recognition, the relationship they have with their direct managers, ownership and personal growth.

Take a look at the infographic below for some interesting facts on Employee Motivation in the MENA region from Akhtaboot.
 

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Confidentiality in the Workplace

2013-07-02 / / 0 Comments

Keeping private information from getting into the wrong hands.

In today’s competitive market, confidentiality is considered highly essential to the success of any organization. Every employee is responsible for handling all company information with care and cautiousness. No information should be disclosed to a third party unless proper permissions were obtained. This is because if it gets into the wrong hands, it can be considered as a breach of confidentiality and you may even be terminated for it. Since your ability to maintain confidentiality can have a profound effect on the success of your career, Akhtaboot is here with a number of tips to help you master the art of keeping confidential information, confidential!... Read More ...

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University Students across the region to participate in BUiD’s Second week long Sustainability Summer School

2013-06-25 / / 317 Comments

“Greener Hands for a Greener Community” is the theme for Summer School at The British University in Dubai

The British University in Dubai (BUiD) declared open the BUiD’s 2nd Sustainability Summer School today. BUiD SSS 2013 event is being held under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chancellor of the University and under the guidance of Prof Abdullah Alshamsi, BUiD Vice-. Some 50 undergraduate and postgraduate students from various universities across the region will actively engage in a week long professional development program on sustainability from the 23rd to 27th June. BUiD’s Summer School was the brain child of Dr Hanan Taleb, the Atkins Assistant Professor in Sustainable Design and Built Environment.... Read More ...

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What to Do When your Best Employee Quits

2013-06-17 / / 37 Comments

 In a world of fairytales, your top employees would stay on board for years and years, and you wouldn’t have to worry about substituting them. Unfortunately, reality proves otherwise. When one of your best employees resigns, you can try to convince them to stay but you can’t refuse to accept their resignation. Top employees leave for many different reasons: lack of advancement opportunities, excessive workload or simply because they want to pursue a new challenging role. Once the resignation decision has been made final, there may be nothing you can do to change the employee’s mind. The good news is that there are some steps to take to ensure you handle the process as efficiently as possible.... Read More ...

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Dealing with Competitive Colleagues

2013-05-26 / / 0 Comments

Handling overly competitive attitude in the workplace

On a day-to-day level, maintaining a professional relationship with your colleagues while keeping in mind that they have different working styles is essential to creating a productive environment. However, sometimes overly competitive attitude can make this difficult to achieve and can create disagreements in the workplace. Workplace competition has both advantages and disadvantages. By only highlighting the downside of it, you overlook the potential benefits such as increasing innovation, creativity and motivation. On the other hand, it’s clear that too much competitiveness can be exhausting and intimidating, pushing those who are less competitive to the side, can eventually result in bad office politics.... Read More ...

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