5 Tips for Young Employees to Succeed in the First Job

September 14, 2021


Dubbed as the Queen City of the South for its strategic location and economic stability, Cebu offers the best of both worlds: the vibrancy and prosperity of city life and the beautiful scenery and laid-back vibe of provincial life. No wonder more and more young professionals, especially from other parts of Central Visayas, are looking for Cebu jobs or vacancies rather than taking their chances in Metro Manila.

Perhaps you’ve just landed your first ever job after months of sending out resumes and attending interviews for some of the top companies in Cebu City. If so, congratulations are in order. Whether you’ll start working in a call center firm, a manufacturing company, or any other type of business, you’ve been given a remarkable opportunity to earn a living and gain valuable experiences that can help build your long-term career.

That said, you better make the most of your new job. To help you out, here are several pointers that you may want to consider to prepare for your new role and the challenges you’ll face in the world of work:

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17 Proven Ways to Attain Career Success

August 30, 2021


The corporate world is highly competitive, and everyone is scrambling to get to the tip of that pyramid. Frankly, academic qualifications alone are not enough to succeed careerwise. It would be best if you strived to stand out from the rest. Here, we have compiled a list of proven ways to attain that career success.

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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Workplace Harassment

August 18, 2021


In the modern world, there should be no place for bullying, harassment, or any type of degradation based on nationality, skin color, etc. Unfortunately, this isn’t yet the case. In fact, it is estimated that an amazing 72% of Australians have been sexually harassed. It is clear that there is a long way to go in the fight for equality.

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How Can Business Owners Improve Employee Morale with Recreation Facilities

August 1, 2021


Business owners who want to grow their business first need to focus on their employees, not customers. This seems somewhat unusual! After all, it’s the customers who really bring cash to your business. Employees cost businesses money in terms of salary and benefits business owners need to provide.

However, when you think hard it is not as unusual as it seems at a first glance. Your employees are the face of your business. They interact with customers every day. If your employees are not happy it will reflect on their interaction with customers. Your customers will not receive good customer service and they will not come back to your business. That is why it is important to keep employee morale high.

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Financial Consequences of Work-Related Injuries

August 1, 2021


The direct and indirect costs associated with workplace injuries can be massive. Business owners must worry about medical expenses, compensation payments for the injured worker, legal fees, possible OSHA penalties, and lost productivity. And even with workers’ compensation coverage, injured employees can still face numerous challenges before obtaining the financial help they need.

Read on to discover the financial consequences of a work-related injury.

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How Can Businesses Protect Employees from Covid-19

July 28, 2021


Covid-19 has wreaked havoc in the lives of everyone all over the world. Ever since its first appearance in China in December 2019 and subsequent spread in every country, the lives of people have not remained the same. Masks are ubiquitous anywhere you go; social gathering has been limited or completely eliminated and businesses have been shut down.

In the last few months there are signs that the spread is getting under control, resulting from higher vaccination rate and herd immunity. Businesses are slowly making plans to open up and bring employees back to the office. As they prepare to do, it is still very important to take all the necessary precautions to protect employees, and themselves, from being affected. Here are the steps business owners can take to prepare for reopening and protect their employees.

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5 Technologies Your Business Needs to Support Work from Home

July 23, 2021


COVID-19’s recent expansion has prompted an increasing number of businesses to invite employees to work from home. Have they, on the other hand, equipped their personnel to do so? Modern offices are jam-packed with technology and infrastructure that allows people to work, yet most houses lack even that.

If you want to keep your productivity levels up at home, you’ll need to upgrade your technology. Being behind your coworkers — or other organizations — can have a significant impact on your performance.

It may be difficult to know where to begin for people who are not used to working from home. To stay on top of their work, remote workers should consider the following five technologies.

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What to Do When Your Business Cannot Meet Payroll

July 22, 2021


There are a lot of things that can impact a business’s cash flow and start causing a knock on effect down the line. For instance, when there is not enough incoming and too much outgoing at the time that employees need to be paid you could have a shortfall. This can put your business in a bind as it is the law that employees must be paid what they are owed for hours worked and at the regular pay period.

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7 Ways to Reignite Your Passion for a Job

July 19, 2021


You struggle to wake up in the morning even though it never used to be a problem before. The thought of having to go to work makes you go “oh no, not again”. You dread Mondays, strike that, you dread every next working day.

Sounds familiar? In most cases, it means you’re snowballing towards burning out. It also means that you need to act on it, and you should do it fast. It’ll get only worse if you do nothing.

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How to Get More Out of Your Employees

July 13, 2021


No matter what kind of business you happen to run, it is hugely important that you have employees who work hard, all day every day. Being able to encourage them to do this is one of the most powerful tools you can have as an entrepreneur, so it is definitely something that you are going to want to think about in some detail. As it happens, getting more out of your employees is something that you can do in many ways. In this post, we’ll take a look at just a few of the best options you might have here.

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