Category: Career
What do you know about Sales representatives?
There are sales representatives in every company or organisation who look after the promotion and selling of the product. Like all other jobs it also has its share of ups-and-downs and cut-throat competition. It’s business so chase your target! Well, as the term ‘sales reps’ suggest they are professionals authorised by a company to represent it on the selling end. They have nothing to do with marketing principles, for their sole motive is to sell product or service to a customer. Sales reps may work within the country, communicating with domestic customers in their native language or as outsourcing salesperson representing an organisation to a foreign national. In latter’s case the sales person has to be an expert in that foreign language in order to communicate well, hence, sell well. This is the universal scenario. It’s a trend you must follow A European sales rep can also work as either ...
Job Interview First Impressions – The Fuzzy blue Slippers!
You have an interview for the career opportunity of your dreams. Energy and excitement pulse through you as you push open the door to the lobby of your future company. Moments later, you are shaking hands with your prospective employer who invites you to be seated. As you wait for the first interview question, you glance down and discover that you are not wearing your well-polished business shoes but your favourite fuzzy blue slippers. A scream of horror rises in your throat. The average first impression is made in less than 15 seconds but it may be the only impression that influences the outcome of your interview. Will your interviewer remember how well you grasped the complex issues and opportunities of the job? Or will the only thing to survive the interview be his (or her) unfavourable impression of your fuzzy blue slippers? Dressing appropriately for a job interview ...
Becoming a Mystery Shopper
Working as a mystery shopper can be both fun and rewarding. Shoppers have the ability to evaluate a store or another business like a restaurant on a number of subjects – including customer service, store stock levels, and overall shopping experience. What is a mystery shopper? Mystery shoppers are used by a number of companies to evaluate the type of service their employees provide because mystery shoppers are anonymous, so a true picture of the business is able to be captured. This allows you ‘inspect what you expect’, whether it is demonstrating sales knowledge, the ability to do a return courteously, or the general proficiency level of your staff. It also helps pinpoint any areas of opportunity, because most customers will not tell you when they have a bad experience, they simply leave and don’t come back. They will, however, tell their friends and family, and that negative publicity ...
How to work like interpreter in EU Institutions
When it comes to the European Union one would come across several EU members states and each of them have their own culture, identity and language. The EU is comprised of member states that speak various languages which is why there is a need for translators in the EU. EU laws, rules and regulations affect all member states. Since not too many states within the EU speak the same language as the other, there is a need for interpreters and translators who can help translate conversations, laws and rules into other languages. This is important for communicating with other nation states. People interested in becoming translators have to win competitions held by the EU every three years. While permanent translators work permanently, according to their contracts, there are temporary staff translators (who work for 2 or 4 years) and contract staff translators (who for up to 36 months) too. ...
Gender Gap in Employment and Salary In EU
In recent year’s world has been hit by major economic crisis which has been termed as Recession. The great economic slowdown which started in US in 2007 also affected several other countries. European Union was also affected. Some of the countries of European Union also saw a second phase of recession. Due to the global crisis many people lost their jobs during this period. In many places salaries were slashed. Although the recession is over it is warned that the crisis still continues. The Euro-zone GDP is 3% below that in year 2007/2008. The Greek economy has decreased by 23%, Ireland by 8%, Portugal by 8%, Spain by 8% and Italy by 9%. The unemployment rate in Euro-zone is 12%. The unemployment rate in different nations of European Union is Greece 28%, Ireland 14%, Portugal 17%, Spain 26% and Italy 14%. The percentage of youth who are unemployed is also ...
Call Centre jobs in Europe
Call centres are ICT –based workplaces that supply services to customers in diverse and remote locations via electronic media. In call centres people work by handling queries over phone. The very first call centres started in around 1960s and were simply responsible for answering questions by some workers with basic communication skills. In 1970s and 1980s the operators had to deal with a large number of repetitive requests and stress levels were high. In 1990s call centres became more customized and were heavily supported by ICT and had good communication skills. In 2002 there was around 1.3% of the total European workforce (i.e. 2 million people) who was employed in call centres. The number of people in call centres was more in Northern Europe as compared to that in Southern Europe. Studies have shown that there has been an increase in the number of call centres in Europe and the ...