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Published February 10, 2017

How to lose your job in 7 simple steps

Losing a job can be quite tricky, especially if you have a steady career with a stable company – even if you fall way short of being a model professional, it can take a lot to get your P45.

That said, it can also be all-too-easy to lose your job, especially if you’re prepared to go out in an ignominious blaze of glory – punching a horrible boss, or trashing your work station in a fit of pique ought to do the trick.

In reality though, if someone kills their career, it’s usually a slow and painful death, and will probably contain one of these seven deadly workplace sins…

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Published November 9, 2016

How to make flexible working work

Flexible working is more common in the workplace than ever before – it’s even enshrined in legislation, following the introduction of new flexible working laws in 2014 – but reports that the traditional nine-to-five is dead appear to be well wide of the mark.

According to a survey from Britain’s Healthiest Workplace, almost three quarters (73%) of UK companies still don’t offer this option to all their staff – if your workplace is one of them, here’s why you need to get on board to avoid getting left behind.

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Published June 3, 2016

Everything you need to know about flexible working

More than half of all UK office workers are now allowed to work remotely, and a third report they are more productive when working outside of the usual workplace.

Figures from the latest YouGov Omnibus research found over half (54%) of UK office workers are currently able to work remotely – just under a third (30%) found this increased their capacity to put a shift in, compared to just under a fifth (17%) who said the opposite was true.

So what exactly does remote working entail? And is there a difference between that and flexible working? Let’s take a look…

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Published February 11, 2016

How to invite participants to an international conference call

Updated Thursday, February 11, 2016

If you do business in more than one country, then there’s a good chance that you’ll need to use conference call facilities to hold meetings with your clients – it’s always good to meet face-to-face but not always practical and international travelling costs quickly mount up.

So, if you conference call with overseas clients, how do you invite all the required participants?

With ConferenceCall.co.uk, it’s just as easy as inviting employees from your own office.

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Published February 8, 2016

How to invite participants to a conference call

Updated Monday, February 8, 2016

If you’re in business, you’ll need to make sure all lines of communication are open, both internally and externally – if not, you could miss a crucial business call or find your staff are unable to communicate effectively, especially if they work from home or across various sites.

And if this sounds like your business, you’ll need a reliable and cost-effective conference call provider – so here’s how to set up a teleconference for up to 100 participants, using nothing more than a landline or a mobile telephone.

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Published November 27, 2015

How to set up a conference call between Turkey and UK

Updated Friday, November 27, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty regarding travelling to Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border earlier this week – here is Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travelling to Turkey.

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Published September 17, 2015

How does your small business use social media?

Is your small business using social media effectively? Is your small business using social media at all?

Yesterday we took a look at the importance of having a website and the influence this can have on the growth of a small business, and today we’re going to get to grips with how small businesses in the UK are using social media.

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Published September 2, 2015

How to deal with technology addiction

Do you wake up each morning feeling like you could do with an extra hour or two before you’re ready to face the day ahead? Do you often hit the wall mid-afternoon? Do you struggle to switch off from the working day, or feel compelled to check social media last thing at night, first thing in the morning, or both?

Then it sounds like you could be suffering from technology addiction.

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Published June 10, 2015

How to properly use your phone

Using a phone is pretty much second nature to all of us – unless there are any readers born before the turn of the 20th century, it’s unlikely any will remember a time when we never used phones.

(Note for fact fans and pub quiz types…Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patent drawing, March 7, 1876. The first successful bi-directional transmission of clear speech by Bell and Watson was made on March 10, 1876 when Bell spoke into the device, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” and Watson answered.)

And since the advent of smartphones, the things have become an extension of ourselves, a Swiss Army-style tech tool for all occasions.

Here’s the twist though, you’ve no idea how to use the thing properly…

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