The Employee Makeover Guide
By being an outstanding employee, you not only assist your company but also further your own interests significantly. Unsurprisingly, when supervisors consider who should be promoted, they take a critical look at their staff to determine the best person for the job. Here are some tips to help you become recognized as a superior worker.
London: A Creative Capital
London has long been considered one of the world’s creative capitals. Students from across the globe compete to get into the top art and design schools like Central Saint Martins, London College of Fashion and Goldsmiths. This year, a variety of showcase events have put London’s creative prowess in the spotlight once more — and we’re not even counting the Olympics!
Don’t Let Your Desk Weigh You Down
An average office worker drives to work, takes the elevator, and then spends 8-10 hours at a desk. It’s no wonder office workers’ waistlines are getting bigger, putting their health at risk. Modern office lifestyles are linked to weight gain and obesity. Fortunately, we have some tips to help you unwind your hunched-up body in a cubicle and stay fit.
“Just do it.” That’s Nike’s slogan, and it looks like the sportswear giant may well have done it once again. The Oregon-based company is not the world’s biggest sportswear manufacturer for nothing, but this time it has gone against the grain, abandoning the strategy on which its success was built.
Traditional top-down TV and print advertising, always seen as the keystone of Nike’s success, has receded into the background as Nike has gone digital. Spending on traditional media has dropped by 40 percent since 2009. However, the company’s total budget for marketing was a record US$2.4 billion last year. Where has that money gone? In a word, online.
Singapore Strides Ahead
In outmuscling Asian powerhouse Hong Kong in a recent competitiveness report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Singapore has come into its own. The city-state finished top in Asia and third in the world in the overall rankings, sponsored by Citibank. It was also joint top for physical capital and financial maturity. The European Development Bank has predicted that Singapore will attract more than US$12 billion in fixed asset investments in 2012. Meanwhile, the economy is expected to grow by up to 3 percent, following a 4.9-percent rise last year.
Unleashing Your Creativity
One way of looking at the world is to divide people into two groups — those who are creative and those who are not. To those who put themselves into the latter category, creativity appears shrouded in mystery. Yet, everyone has the ability to develop his or her creative talent. Here are six tips designed to foster this wonderful, innate trait
Detox and Feel Refreshed
Feeling sluggish? Suffering from unexplained skin or digestive problems? It might be time for a body detoxification. Add specific natural foods to your daily diet to flush out unwanted toxins.
Contains Graphic Content
Since the days when man was daubing images on cave walls, graphic representation of facts and figures has been important. In the Internet age, infographics — as the field is now widely known — have taken on a new scope. Social media, in particular, abounds with visualized information relating to trending topics as diverse as politics, business, economy and sports. There are infographics representing stats relating to social media usage itself and even infographics showing infographic trends. The types of infographic also vary, with the static variety still the most prevalent at present, mainly because they are the easiest to create and host. Their relative simplicity also affects the ease with which they can be downloaded, uploaded and reposted via various social media.
