In a well-crafted cover letter, not all paragraphs are equal. Master the hierarchy! A cover letter (also known as a motivation letter), is a prolonged elevator pitch to future employers about highlights from your professional background and top assets you possess that will bring added value currently missing in a…

How long is too long for oral answers to interview questions? Think logically and analytically about your interview strategy: Let’s say you have a 45-minute interview scheduled. In an ideal world, you have all 45-minutes to speak. Were that the case, if each of your interview responses lasted anywhere from…

If you speak negatively about yourself or others, will you still get the job? How horrible is it when you're excelling at your interview, only to find the next question guts your confidence and ability to stay focused? Believe me, it is 100 percent intentional in order to see if…

Sometimes, career life works out really well and in your favor. If you’re one of the lucky ones who have been successfully sifted and selected for multiple companies, then use this strategy to top up your benefits and salary with the company or organization you’d like to work at the…

Cross-cultural misunderstandings with the best intentions. On Petrovka Street in Moscow, Russia, there is a casual and cozy restaurant called, LavkaLavka. This restaurant was one of the first victims of my limited foreign language skills. In severely broken Russian, I asked the waitress, “How do I order tea in Russian?” …

A report on wars’ corrosive power to divide. In many ways, the crisis in the Western Sahara is viewed as a “forgotten conflict”. This description seems even more appropriate after visiting MINURSO and speaking to the UN agencies, which seem to work in a frozen moment in time. Little by…

Take back control of your life. This week, I publicly declared I don’t want to be the driver of the limo. Nor do I want to be the one in the back seat of the limo. Instead, I want to be the one who creates, designs and owns the limousine…

A new way to break through your upcoming interview. Nothing says, ‘I’m taking back control of my life,’ like the words, ‘I quit!’ If you have yet to enjoy the pleasure of sacking your employer on your terms, I will leave you to fantasise the outcome. However, if you have…