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Why traditional office desks are about to die out January 26, 2015 There’s no longer room for space-guzzling furniture in the workplace. For all the talk of ergonomic office furniture and standing desks, a more fundamental issue is often overlooked: do we need desks at all? It sounds far-fetched, but with increasing restraints on office space, and technology reducing clutter and making us increasingly mobile, the staple [...]
How to deal with a horrible colleague January 25, 2015 Find a common enemy, outsource your emotion, or take a leaf out of Abraham Lincoln’s book. If there isn’t someone in your current workplace who irks you, chances are there has been in the past. A Conference Board research group study published in 2010 showed that just 56 per cent of people said that [...]
The tiny signals that can destroy effective teams January 22, 2015 Physics can make the workplace more productive for everyone. Quarks are tiny subatomic particles. They are so small that they are almost impossible to detect, but they are the fundamental constituents of everything. In quantum physics, we are simply clouds of atoms and we interact with each other on both a physical and personal [...]
Pros and cons of making the move into consultancy January 21, 2015 You won’t necessarily have more security as a formal employee. If you're thinking about moving on from your current job – and over a third of UK workers are, according to research from the Institute of Leadership and Management – instead of finding work as a formal employee, it may be worth considering a [...]
Building a nest egg: The best ways to invest for your child January 20, 2015 Don’t be afraid to take risks on your children’s behalf. With the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecasting that, in 18 years’ time, fewer than half of us will be able to own a home, saving for your children may well feel more important than ever. Calculations from Nutmeg show that, in order to amass a [...]
How parents can prepare for the financial hardship of university January 20, 2015 SINCE university tuition fees were first introduced in 1998, they have soared from £1,000 per year to a whopping £9,000 – the current annual cap on the amount universities are permitted to charge. The government sought to solve the problem of the greater strain this would place on families by introducing special student loans, which [...]
Investors should not ignore the deflation threat January 20, 2015 The spectre of deflation is once again looming, with Bank of England governor Mark Carney refusing to rule it out in the UK in the coming year. It may be the stuff of economists’ nightmares, but has the prospect of falling prices sent Britons scurrying to the hills? Not a bit of it. Many consumers [...]
Banish jobseeker jargon for a New Year career boost January 20, 2015 Your brand will suffer if you don’t differentiate yourself from competitors. Today is a big day for professionals: 21 January is traditionally when people kick-start their New Year job hunt. During the past few years, we’ve seen a significant spike in activity on LinkedIn on this day, as members revamp their profiles and look to [...]
Davos 2015 World Economic Forum: In search of a safe haven – CNBC Comment January 19, 2015 The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off in Davos this week and, if you’re actually making your way to the mountain resort, it’s time to put on your snow boots and weather the freezing Alpine conditions. But even if you’re staying put like most of us, you still won’t be able to escape the [...]
How Fibonacci can help improve your forex trading – DailyFX Tips & Picks January 19, 2015 FIBONACCI is one of the most famous names in mathematics, and his eponymous sequence of numbers can be observed in almost all areas of nature. But these same numbers can also be applied to FX trading, using the technical Fibonacci retracement tool. The tool’s major benefit is in identifying where potential entries and exits may [...]