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It’s All Good: How to Answer (Exasperating) E-Mails

...their linguistic challenge has now landed on your business plate. Several problems here This is a problem ... even bigger when the two writers involved have English as their second language. A second problem is that...

Job Seekers: Can you write less and get more?

...cover letter writing skills,CV writing skills,English writing skills,job seeking, Working in Norway The ... ‘elaborate embellishment’. Given that I teach business writing, my mind automatically went to CVs and...

Say What? Foreign Language Anxiety in the Global Workplace

Recently, during the break in one of my evening business communication courses, a student approached me ... official ‘working language’ is English. This was not a problem, as English was his second language and he...

How/Why Should You Write a CV Summary?

...must be the season for CV writing, as I’ve been busy lately editing an extraordinary number of them, ... I’ve noticed that the CV a … CV writing skills,English CV writing skills,job search tips,job seeking tips...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

...had applied for was teaching different levels of English to these students, some of whom really wanted to ... teachers’ viewpoint in that since the school was a business, their teaching would be evaluated by students...

Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking

...speaking with a participant after giving a recent business course in Oslo on interview technique. I had spoken ... had a question for me about grammar. She spoke English fluently but had lived in Norway only a short time...

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

...intellectual property rights, whether in the form of business secrets, know-how, patents, trademarks, designs ... right is linked to utilising the invention in business activity. This means that you can prevent others...

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The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?

...way. For example, in the arena of international business, job interviews taking place between people whose ... not being called back on their lack of perfect English skills (‘It was my accent that put them off…I messed...

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