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Lying on your resume?
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September 16, 2005
Have you ever lied on your resume? Have you ever-fabricated information just so you can enhance your work history and be perceived as more credible to...
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Selling our souls to cell phones
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September 9, 2005
We have done cell phone etiquette articles in the past but requests have been made to once again remind cell phone users of how to use the technology,...
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Colonialist, sexist mentality holding us back
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September 2, 2005
In order for Caribbean nations to be truly free, it is imperative to free people, especially young people, from the crippling effects of the coloniali...
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Power struggles in the workplace
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August 26, 2005
Every human being wants and needs to feel important so its inevitable when people work all day long especially in close environments something will ha...
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The dark side of office romance – Is it worth it?
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August 19, 2005
An innocent look, a quick email or an invitation to lunch is enough to spark an office romance. But are you being foolish and at the same time jeopard...
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How good is your company?
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August 12, 2005
Do you work for a great company? Do you look forward to going to work and meeting your coworkers and enjoying the work you do every day? Let’s exami...
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Be courteous to customers
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August 5, 2005
Another article on customer service may seem exhausting but until business owners and employees understand that they can increase their revenue and im...
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Golfing for gold
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July 29, 2005
Many American business colleges offer courses in golf. Although this may seem to some people like a waste of resources, knowing how to play golf is an...
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Is your tattoo holding you back?
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July 22, 2005
You are so much in love that you tattoo the name of your boyfriend or girlfriend on your body for everyone to see. You get great feedback and you get ...
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Money out the window
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July 15, 2005
While attending a few business meetings recently, it was interesting to note the number of business people who attended the function and did not bring...
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Engaging the disengaged worker
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July 1, 2005
In a recent company gathering, supervisors and managers all expressed the same lament: How do we get employees motivated and excited about coming to w...
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Who pays the price for tardiness?
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June 10, 2005
There are those days when almost nothing goes as planned, traffic is backed up, the children are screaming and moving extremely slowly, the hair just ...
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It costs twice as much to get a new customer than to keep one
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June 3, 2005
St. Lucia has done it with their Jazz festival and Barbados has mastered it with Crop Over. These are not just mere festivals, these events are cash c...
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Procrastination
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May 20, 2005
After doing everything the time-management experts and books say, do you still procrastinate? Some days procrastination seems to be the easiest and be...
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Caribbean – a paradise
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May 13, 2005
Is there a Caribbean dream? Do we publicize how wonderful the Caribbean is for Caribbean people? The Caribbean is a hotbed of activity for business pe...
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Working illegally in the United States
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May 6, 2005
Nothing is wrong with wanting a better life for your family; it's a desire most humans share and for many people around the world, America holds the a...
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Tackling brain drain
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April 29, 2005
Every employer with a vacant position for more than three months understands the impact of the massive brain drain that the Caribbean islands are expe...
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Embarrassing details
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April 22, 2005
The meeting had already started when a gentleman walked in and took a seat. When he began speaking, people quickly spotted a piece of dried mucus hang...
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Salary negotiation
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April 15, 2005
Salary negotiation is a game that employers usually win. So it is important for job seekers to be savvy enough to represent themselves and get an agre...
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Land of Dreamers
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April 8, 2005
Dreams do come true and over the last year Vincentians have much of which to be proud, from Kevin Lyttle’s break out on the international music scen...
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Set an example – Fire them!
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April 1, 2005
The combination of a bad attitude, a half hearted approach to assisting customers, lack of enthusiasm, tardiness, a sense of entitlement and the sheer...
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E-mail too hot to handle
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March 18, 2005
The recent e-mail missteps of Harry Stonecipher, former CEO of Boeing, should cause all workers to re-evaluate their use of e-mail. According to The W...
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Sales Basics
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March 11, 2005
Selling really is an art and not everyone who has the title of sales person knows how to master this art. Unfortunately, the sales profession has been...
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10 steps to your next production
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March 4, 2005
Do you have a plan to get your next promotion? Or are you simply hoping and praying that someone will notice you and move you up? If you want to be pr...
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Toxic Colleagues
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February 25, 2005
It has been said that when a person angers you he defeats you. If that is true, how many times have you been defeated this week? With all its responsi...
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Lost opportunities
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February 18, 2005
It was the perfect opportunity, a room full of business executives attending a university luncheon, eager to network and offer their assistance. On th...
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What to do when looking for a job
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February 11, 2005
A university student sent an email with the following request. • Q. I am about to start sending out applications for jobs, but my problem is I don't...
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Empowering women – Equal rights
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February 4, 2005
As we wrap up this series on empowering women, there are a few more tips that must be addressed in order to give women the competitive edge in the wor...
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Empowering women in the workplace – How you look and sound
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January 28, 2005
Sometimes it’s the simple things that women do that sabotage their careers. There are no business finishing schools to teach women how to thrive in ...
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Empowering women in the workplace
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January 21, 2005
Work is A Game! Women have not been taught that work is like playing a game of chess; it requires strategy and calculated moves. Instead, we often see...
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Empowering women in the workplace
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January 14, 2005
Part 1 – Conditioned to Fail Calm down gentlemen, this is not a male bashing series or a call for women to abandon their roles at home. Instead, it'...
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Break the cycle – Your best for 2005
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January 7, 2005
It's become a vicious cycle: we spend the first few days of the year making resolutions and plans for our personal and professional lives that dissipa...
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The gift of Christmas common sense
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December 17, 2004
A visit to our archives has produced this holiday treasure. Let’s remember the true reason for the season. Christmas in the Caribbean is second to n...
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Holiday survival tips for managers and supervisors
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December 10, 2004
Stressed out and stretched thin is usually how many managers and supervisors of retail service feel when holiday shoppers descend on the shops during ...
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Holiday gift giving etiquette
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December 3, 2004
Just the thought of the holidays and the possibility of having to participate in some form of gift exchange could seem like cruel and unusual punishme...
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Are you a good customer?
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November 26, 2004
Are you a good customer or are you the type that gives service representatives sleepless nights? Businesses invest millions annually into customer ser...
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Meeting Savvy
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November 19, 2004
Jack was not interested in what his new boss had to say and couldn’t care about the meeting so he positioned his chair to look out the window and re...
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Tips for holiday networking success
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November 12, 2004
Mid-November often means the beginning of the holiday networking season; it’s the time to rub elbows with those you hope to get to know in the comin...
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Quick ways to motivate your staff
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November 5, 2004
As the year winds down, retail businesses and service organizations are gearing up for what is the busiest time of the year. As an employer or supervi...
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Personal Independence
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October 29, 2004
You probably spent this week celebrating our country’s independence, but have you given any thought to your independence as a worker? If you lost yo...
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Are you visible on the Job?
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October 22, 2004
Besides your immediate supervisor and your best friend at work, does anyone else in the organization know what you are capable of doing on a professio...
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Do you deserve a raise?
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October 15, 2004
Almost everyone feels they are underpaid and deserve a raise, but do you know how to have a successful conversation with your boss about increasing yo...
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Attracting and retaining our valued customers
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October 8, 2004
Building an active, growing client list does not happen overnight. It takes time to acquire customers and even more effort is needed to make them loya...
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Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...

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