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Losing Brains and Brawn: Outmigration from Ukraine
BY DENYS KIRYUKHIN Until a few years ago, the steady increase in outmigration from Ukraine and the subsequent loss of labor and intellectual capital were not at the forefront of the country’s concerns. Today the situation has changed: politicians and state authorities have injected a note of urgency in discussions of migration.
Claims processing in the 21st century
Data, advanced analytics and claims expertise will be critical factors for insurer success. (Photo: Shutterstock) A highly competitive insurance market… accelerating technological change… ever-increasing customer expectations. Chief claims officers have no time to sit back and relax as the current wave of insurance automation sweeps through their space.
65 Powerful Words to Take Your Resume to the Next Level
Do you consider yourself a hard worker? A team player? A people person? Whatever you do, don’t tell that to the person reading your resume. Why not? Because if they hear about one more of those, they’re going to tear the resume into itty-bitty shreds. As good as certain terms might seem, they’ve been on a few billion too many resumes to mean anything to potential bosses.
How Power Words Can Help You Land Your Dream Job
There’s no silver bullet to get you the job you want, but power words might be the closest thing. What are power words, you ask? Power words are buzzwords and special phrases that signal to a company that you’re on their wavelength. Use them to tailor your application to a specific company and show that you know their mission, their approach and their values — and that you’ve done your homework.
How Power Words Can Help You Land Your Dream Job
There’s no silver bullet to get you the job you want, but power words might be the closest thing. What are power words, you ask? Power words are buzzwords and special phrases that signal to a company that you’re on their wavelength. Use them to tailor your application to a specific company and show that you know their mission, their approach and their values — and that you’ve done your homework.
10 ways to make sure you aren't overlooked or undervalued at work
Choose your words carefully in the workspace. Strelka Institute/Flickr/Attribution License Whether a bad day's got you down, you don't love speaking up, or you're constantly playing the comparison game, chances are good that you could use an added dose of confidence at work. In some cases, decision-makers in any job setting put more stock in confidence than competence when they're making picks for a promotion or filling out a performance review.
10 Ways to Be More Confident at Work
Whether a bad day’s got you down, you don’t love speaking up, or you’re constantly playing the comparison game, chances are good that you could use an added dose of confidence at work. In some cases, decision-makers in any job setting put more stock in confidence than competence when they’re making picks for a promotion or filling out a performance review. Don’t get overlooked or undervalued because you’re not projecting your best.
9 Things to Avoid on Social Media While Looking for a New Job - Glassdoor Blog
To share or not to share? That’s the twenty-first-century Hamlet’s dilemma. With good reason: if you post those pictures of the weekend’s booze cruise, will a potential employer pass you over? Here’s the answer: set the privacy on those pics to friends-only. More and more employers are scoping out candidates on social media, so the image you present could affect your prospects. To maintain a professional profile while job hunting, make sure you avoid these nine dangerous don’ts on social media.
No ordinary walk in the park
By Alice Underwood A revolution or a conflagration? A lurking, silent threat or a growing and unprecedented opportunity? Our articles in this issue of Emphasis all deal to varying degrees with how accelerating technological change presents the insurance industry with the potential for any or all of these possibilities at both operational and strategic levels.
Strategies to Deal With Chronic Interrupters - Glassdoor Blog
Getting interrupted is no fun. Whether it’s at work or with a friend or family member, being the interruptee can make you feel disrespected and unheard. The good news: there are strategies for dealing with interrupters. First, approach the situation differently based on the context and kind of interrupting. Here are some examples: Some of these interruptions are worse than others, and there’s a reason.
The Russian State’s Lost Birth Certificate
The centennial of the Russian revolution is not a big thing in modern Russia. It feels like an obscure old holiday or a literary anniversary known only to the initiated. It is no longer a historical event that forms the nation’s founding myth. On Monday, just a few days before November 7, the date the centennial strikes, President Vladimir Putin took part in an unveiling of the Wall of Sorrow, a monument to victims of the very state that turns 100 years old in a week.
8 Words and Phrases to Never, Ever Use at Work - Glassdoor Blog
Every industry has its jargon. But some words and phrases can be unclear, unnecessary or even offensive. Maybe some of these are phrases you like building into your business vocab, but use them with caution. If you’re going to offend or annoy someone, or if there’s a clearer way to say something, why not go the easy way and avoid them altogether? Our little caveat: every office has different protocol. If you’re buddies with your coworkers, it’s not so strange to talk to them about personal issues.
Why the Kremlin Loves Foreign News
The foreign policy agenda is again dominating Russia’s airways. There was a period during this past summer when the Kremlin seemed to have started redirecting its media policies toward covering domestic issues. But somehow that did not work out. “Television does not know how to talk about domestic issues.… Things discussed on television and the kinds of subjects that grip audiences online often have nothing in common.
Moscow and Washington: Stopping the Slide
A question is haunting the ever-worsening relationship between Russian and the United States: how low can it go? Diplomats are waging a tit-for-tat war of retaliation, closing consulates, slashing numbers of staff, and even eliminating parking spaces near embassies. Moscow and Washington accuse each other of violating arms control agreements.
What Is the Point of Navalny’s “Pointless” Election?
In early July, Russian media reported Vladimir Putin’s decision to run as an independent candidate in the 2018 presidential election. To do this, it seems, he plans to propose his own candidacy on general grounds, rather than as an official representative of United Russia—the party that since its creation in 2001 has identified itself exclusively as the party of Putin.
10 Words and Phrases to Never, Ever Use at Work
Every industry has its jargon. But some words and phrases can be unclear, unnecessary, or even offensive. Maybe some of these are phrases you like building into your business vocab, but use them with caution. If you’re going to offend or annoy someone, or if there’s a clearer way to say something, why not go the easy way? Our little caveat: every office has different protocol. If you’re buddies with your coworkers, it’s not so strange to talk to them about personal issues.
Strategies to Deal With Chronic Interrupters
Getting interrupted is no fun. Whether it’s at work or with a friend or family member, being the interruptee can make you feel disrespected and unheard. The good news: there are strategies for dealing with interrupters. First, approach the situation differently based on the context and kind of interrupting. Here are some examples: Some of these interruptions are worse than others, and there’s a reason.
Despite vs. In Spite Of
What’s the difference between despite and in spite of? The easy answer: none. Despite and in spite of, despite what you may have heard, work identically in a sentence. In other words, these two prepositions, in spite of what you may have heard, are basically identical. In most cases, both mean “notwithstanding,” “even though,” or “regardless of.” Despite their similarities, keep these things in mind to make sure your usage gives no cause for complaint.
How to Use Whose
Who’s and whose: one is a contraction and one is possessive. Put them together and you sound like an owl starting to fall asleep. These two words are homonyms, meaning they sound the same, but mean different things. Keep your apostrophes where they belong by heading through this handy guide to who’s vs. whose. First up, an intro to this exceptionally tricky pronoun. It has many forms, and many a brave soul has cowered in the attempt to use it correctly.
Treasure Doving? The Past Tense of Dive
Many folks’ grammar abilities take a nosedive when it comes to this verb. After this article, that will all be in the past. But does that mean your grammar abilities nosedived, or nosedove? Dive on in to get the details on the difference between dived and dove. To dive is an verb meaning: To swim under water To jump into water head-first To descend sharply or steeply Or, figuratively: To undertake with enthusiasm, or to plunge into a subject, question, business, etc.
23 Women You Won't Believe Actually Exist
People come in all shapes and sizes, but you’ll be shocked when you read these next stories. Check out this wild list of women you won’t believe actually exist. Their stories are amazing and inspirational! Worlds Tiniest Woman Jyoti Amge is a truly unique woman. Born in 1993, she is coming up to her twenty first birthday, and is hoping to celebrate it in Nagpur, India, where she lives. Jyoti is only 62.8cm tall. That’s 2ft. 0.6 inches. Jyoti was born with a medical growth anomaly called achondroplasia.
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