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Best romantic gifts that you must try In the list below you can find few perfect romantic gifts for your for girlfriend or your wife. These are some general universal gifts as well as some gifts are very unique. But both types of gifts are very important as both have their own value. What Women really want from their Men on Valentines Day is still a mystery with many men. Here are some ideas or tips men can use to woo their loved ones. So allow me to share these gift ideas. Roses for the occasion A bouquet of roses is a universal gift yet very romantic to gift a girl/women. Girls really find it very romantic when their guys gift them roses. But you might be thinking that gifting a bouquet of roses to her could be quite boring, yes it can be. But the idea is not just to gift her. Why not to surprise her with roses. Let me tell you what all you can do to make this very romantic. Buy 4 bouquet of roses of different colors(not red color) and one single red rose, on every bouquet put a different note. This note could be expressing your love, caring and affection to her. A gown for the day On her birthday you must make her feel special. You must show how much you love and care about her. To make her feel special, I have an idea for you. Why not a gown for the day that would make her look like a prices. If you are throwing a party, then she can wear that gown for the event place. Heart shaped box with chocolates You can find this kind of gift in any local shops around your place or also you can find it from online gift sites. These are very decorated heart shaped box full of chocolates. It can be quite romantic gift for her. Most women love Chocolates. But if your woman is a fitness freak and watch her calories it can be a bad idea as a Gift. In that case buy her healthy chocolates. A pair of Louboutins You can never go wrong with these. It is surely a girls bestfriend. Jewelry Jewelry wins the race with any women as Romantic Gifts. There are hardly any women who cannot resist gold or gemstone jewelry. Silver or Platinum jewelry are welcome too as gifts. When you give jewelry try not to go for fakes. If you cannot afford a 22 caret go for 14 caret jewelry rather than gifting fakes. You can find affordable jewelry in Online Stores like Amazon. Heart Pendants and Rings are huge hits with women on Valentines Day. Birthstone Jewelry is also an instant hit with most women. Perfumes Perfumes make excellent romantic gifts if chosen wisely. If your woman is brand conscious make sure that you don’t pick up a cheap perfume for her from the street shop. Nice and soft. A Night out Women like to spend quality time along with their partner or like others to see you two as a couple. Take her for a Movie or Play she wanted to watch. You could also take her for a Valentines Day Party where you could dance together to the music. Pamper her with a Gift Voucher to her favorite Spa Most women like luxury spa items that help her to relax and unwind. Aromatherapy Products is a great gift idea with women. All women like pampering. You can pamper her with a nice massage if she is willing. Lingerie Lingerie is an all time favorite gift with majority of women. Women like silk especially and love the feel of it against the skin.If you are intimate with your partner you can buy her sexy lingerie and she would love it. More than as a gift for her it would be something you are gifting yourself as you would be watching her dressed up in the lingerie. So how about killing two birds with one stone? Digital Photoframe Most women are sentimental creatures. Arrange your special moments together in a Digital Photo frame and give it to her as a gift. You can get her a set of mugs with your snap together. Do not forget to cover your Gift with a nice gift wrapper and place a tag with your name. She would love it.
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Norstrademus:Lool, yh whatever, u shdnt put 2consonants together, but all the same, u were mean to the guy and it wasnt called for. You should learn to address people with respect. |
calexix:Abi oo, people are just mean and want to be noticed. Such an ass. |
Norstrademus:Just imagine this person correcting someone, With your own ' a MD' oga work on your English as well, no one is perfect! |
kay1one:I really wanted to ignore this but this is not a nice thing to write, if you were just going to laugh about the English of the op you dint have to comment. ![]() |
Dreament:Lmao, why so pained, you be calm ![]() |
1. Stay Positive Don’t be upset or surprised if you don’t have a job by graduation day. It is important to stay positive and continue your search. One way to maintain a positive frame of mind is to remind yourself how far you have come already – just like the challenges you faced in school, you will overcome being unemployed. And remember, it’s important to set aside at least an hour each day to do something you really enjoy. Take a jog, read a book, or spend time with your friends and family. This can go a long way to help you maintain a positive attitude, which could be the very thing that lands you a job. 2. Reduce Your Cost of Living If you don’t have an income, you need to reduce your expenses. And since you don’t know the duration of your unemployment, start eliminating expenses quickly to avoid depleting your savings and building up debt. Put Yourself on a Budget. One of the best ways to save money is to conserve it by implementing a personal budget. Determine the amount of money you have and how much you can spend each month for a specified period of time (perhaps one year). Then, limit your spending to that amount of money per month. Consider putting away your credit cards and using the envelope budgeting system if you tend to over-spend. 3. Spend Time Networking Professional networking can really pay off during a job search. Often, it’s not what you know, but who you know. Here are some good places to network: Conferences. You can meet many people by attending a conference for your profession or industry. Individual conferences are typically held once per year, and can be held anywhere in the country. The cost to attend these events is often high, but if you leave the conference with some job leads, it could make it worth every penny. Job Shadowing Opportunities. You can get a taste of a day in the life of a working professional by job shadowing. Even if the company for which you shadow does not have a current opening, they may remember you when they do have one. Check for job-shadowing opportunities with your college or local chamber of commerce. 4. Consider Going Back to School This may not be ideal if you’ve been looking forward to working. However, if you were planning to eventually earn another degree, it might be best to simply get it out of the way, during which time the economy can recover. On the flip side, if you were not planning to get another degree, don’t jump into a costly academic program out of frustration. As you know, earning a degree takes a lot of time, money, energy, and determination, and it’s not worth doing just to have something to do. 5. Keep Yourself Busy While looking for a job is often a full-time job in and of itself, don’t put your life on hold because of it. Pick up part-time work at a temp agency, pursue your hobbies, or learn something new. You may even want get additional training or licenses to benefit your career. 6. Broaden Your Job Search It took me seven months from the time I graduated to start my first job. I later realized that I had kept my job search too narrow by looking in a limited area, within only certain industries, and for one that required minimal travel. Had I been more open, I believe I would have found a job much more quickly. Consider broadening your search to find a job quicker and especially if you’ve been looking for several months. Open yourself up to more locations, industries, career types, and entry-level positions, even if you qualify for a higher level job. Focus on getting your foot in the door, and try not to be too idealistic. 7. Build Your Skills Every time you interview and are overlooked for the job, ask the interviewer what skills they recommend you improve. If you struggled answering the interview questions, ask a friend or family member to help you do mock interviews. This will also improve your confidence. 8. Volunteer or Work for Free In some industries, it is common for a recent hire to work an unpaid internship before becoming a paid employee. If you are unable to find a paid job, consider this option as a way to gain experience and network. You could have yourself a paid job before you know it. Another option is to volunteer for an organization and these organizations require a commitment. 9. Start a Business If the corporate world isn’t working out for you, take matters into your own hands by starting a business. Focus on an area in which you have a great deal of knowledge – for instance, if you are good with computers, a repair shop may be the perfect business to run out of your house. Consulting companies are also low-risk endeavors that require little start-up capital. 10. Start a Blog or Website If you have a passion that you would like to share with the world, write about it and see where it goes. For instance, healthy cooking, personal finance, sports, couponing, and new technology are all popular topics online. It will take work and dedication to develop your blog, and it will take patience and smart social media marketing to build up a readership – but over time, you could find yourself with a dedicated following and a solid source of income. You can put all this off and live a life of safety and boringness. Or you can start today, and see what life has to offer you. Lastly, what do you do when your parents and teachers pressure you to figure things out? Tell them you’re going to be an entrepreneur, start your own business, and take over the world. If you prepare for that, you’ll actually be prepared for any career.
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Those last three emails, check your mails. |
benedictac:ahn ahn, the DEA guy and the one in the mask are one and the same now, he is not fake. |
Hope this helps someone. Do you feel like you have been doing a great work consistently over the past months or years and should be ripe for a pay rise? Do you believe that despite your work the management may not just give you a raise until you ask for it? Then you probably should go ahead and ask for a salary increase. Asking your employer for a raise doesn’t guarantee you anything positive from them. There are several reasons your employer might not feel like giving you the raise you want; they don’t think you’ve done enough to deserve it, the economy is going down, cashflow is tight and so on. So how do you effectively approach your employer for a raise and get it? Think Like the Employer Today, apparently no company wants to be handing out money. If you’re going to make them do it then you must understand how they think and what could move them to hand over more money to you. An employer primarily will only reward excellent performance that plays a role in boosting company growth and revenues. They also want to be sure they are not going to give you a raise and not get even better productivity in return. If you think like an employer before asking for a raise you will also understand the importance of data and analytics. Do you see why there is always a target to be met? By how much have you exceeded the minimum work or target expected of you? If you can have the data at your finger tips the better for your argument. Thinking like an employer will help you base your arguments on the things that matter to the employer. No socialist thinking here! Just real data and information on what you have brought to the company since you were hired or since your last promotion plus specific information on how getting a raise will spur you to achieve more. The premise is simple; Employers don’t care about all the socialist bullshit lazy employees think. They are in business to survive and make big tons of money. Thinking like them or trying to picture their motivation and reaction will help you make a better argument. Do You Have Leverage? In most sectors it isn’t easy to get a raise unless you have the leverage. The leverage is anything that gives you a leg up, a bargaining power. Leverage can be in form of a job offer from another company (whether direct competitor or not), being a star employee (pulling in the best results consistently) etc. However if you must approach the employer with the offer of a job from another company as a leverage you must be careful. Many will not see it kindly and in fact a few might see it as a dark manipulative act (you wanting to push them to give you more money out of fear of losing you). Then also you should be sure the job offer is already cast in concrete as the boss might want to test your resolve and insist you should go for the new job because they won’t or can’t give you a raise. If this happens then you must be ready to walk. Know What is Obtainable It doesn’t help your cause if you are going to ask your boss for a raise and you make a demand very much above the industry rate average. Unless you are a superman employee and they will do anything to keep you in the company. And since that likely is not the case you will need to have the right information on what others in similar positions could be earning. The more moderate your demand is the higher the possibility that it would be met. Doing the Asking This actually is where the ball rolls to a stop for most people. Is it enough or even okay to send a letter asking for a raise? Some experts argue that simply writing a letter denies you the opportunity to make a case that could appeal to the human senses of the employer. So by all means request for a meeting from the person who could act or request for action on your request. When you have a face to face with your big boss then what? Know Your Company’s policies: Does the company require annual performance reviews before they actually determine if you are good for a raise? Consult your employee handbook or talk to someone at HR so you have the right information before going in for a talk. Building a Case: Prepare a list of your accomplishments in the past year. Be definite and don’t come with a long boring essay on how you have worked your ass off for the company. Simply outline data driven list of notable and very relevant stuff you have acheieved so far in your work. If you have helped increase userbase or revenues state clearly what you have brought on board. Here are some posers you could use to develop your case; Did you complete or help to complete a tough project? And get positive results from it? Did you work extra hours or meet an urgent deadline? Are you continuing to demonstrate this type of commitment? Did you take initiative? In what ways? Did you go beyond the call of duty? In what ways? Did you save the company time or money? Did you improve any systems or processes? Did you support or train others? “A rising tide lifts all boats,” you can bet that most bosses will want to keep people who make others work better It could help if you can memorise the list and tell your boss verbally. You can later on back it up with a copy. Outline your proposed future value to the company The Time to Ask Aside from how you ask the other very important factor to determine your success is in the timing of your asking. It’s all about the timing. Here are some tips on the timing for asking - Don’t ask too soon (you must have worked for at least a year with the organisation) - Ask when your value is high: choose successful moments to ask for a raise such as when you just pulled off a huge sale, when you just organised a successful conference for the company, when you just did some fantastic work that everybody can’t stop talking about etc. - Don’t ask when the company just took losses or the finances are taking a hit - If possible ask before the budget for a new business year gets decided - Don’t ask for a pay rise based only on overtime worked. You didn’t expect you’d go early everyday did you? - Ask for a meeting on Thursday; for some reasons I don’t know it seems the best day to do this kind of talk. Monday will be too busy for the week just starting, Friday you may not get the attention of the boss. Doing the Asking (Tips and Ideas) - Present yourself well - State your happiness at working with the firm and doing your best - Follow up with discussing your achievements. Be brief and restrict to facts and figures - Be specific with what you are asking for: tell your boss how much more money you want to make in percentage terms (eg 10% of your current pay) - Don’t be aggressive, be diplomatic - Whatever you do don’t threaten your employer - When your boss hears you out his response might be one of the following; yes, no or give me time - Thank your boss for his patience and time in hearing you out no matter what his response is. - If his response is positive (yes) thank him and hold him onto his word. Something like ‘I trust you will do as you say’ might do - If he asks you to give him sometime then certainly you must be patient. Perhaps he cannot take the decision alone. Let him know you are grateful for his consideration and are willing to wait for his response. - If he says no that doesn’t mean you go sour on him. That your employer turned down your request today doesn’t mean he wouldn’t consider giving you a raise in the coming months. Your reaction to the ‘no’ will matter a lot for future consideration of your request. So don’t walk out of the room and slam the door or your boss would think he was right not to give you the raise. - In the event of a ‘no’ ask your boss what you can do differently as this shows your willingness to listen to and take his opinions. - Keep doing stellar work and ask again for a raise in some months time. If you have consistently performed and then ask a second time your chances of getting a ‘yes’ will be enhanced. After the Asking Despite the response of your employer during your talk send a thank you message (email or note) to your boss showing your gratitude for the conversation. If he had turned down your request the thank you email will prove to him that you took it graciously and are not bitter with him or the organisation. Be Persistent Now you have made it public that you want a raise your boss will certainly have it in his consciousness. He will be deliberating the possibility that you may leave the company for any better offer. He will also be deciding if you are too valuable to be let go. To further push him towards making a decision decide to put in even more solid and spectacular work. Set a date in future to ask him again but before then make sure your work does the rest of the argument for you. If Nothing Happens If you work at your best for many months and still nothing comes you may consider quietly looking for other options elsewhere while still doing your best at the organisation. Ideally it should be better if you stay and keep at it until you get the raise you deserve but when you don’t see that forthcoming you might start networking to find other opportunities quietly. If you follow the above ideas and your work is of great value to your organisation then certainly you should get the raise even if falls below what you are asking for.
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preetydiva:Lmfao, this is soooooo true, she is annoying with her stupid eyes and her super annoying voice my God. It kills me everytime ![]() Yeah I think Gustavo is still into Laura. He is always uncomfortable around her. Please help me oo, she drove in, waited for them shot at them and drove out, but they do stupid stuff like this all the time. Even the way they make it seem like soooo many months have passed all the others changed a little. But Genesis and Violeta still the same, they dnt grow abi. The new soap seems like it would be nice Barbara, Bernardo and Blanca still retained their voices. Nice! |
omosoft:Abeg its not any mumu Chemistry, Juan is a SLUT asin Big time Prostitute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When he should start with those his eyes, you will think its Chemistry. The dude is worse than My Willy abeg. |
Cestmoi1:Verdugo yeah Javier "Verdugo" Falcón. Its sooo obvious. Angela is soooo annoying, always opening her useless eyes. Please Laura Enjoy! |
XtraSmooth404:Lmao. ![]() |
KillerBeauty:Lool. |
XtraSmooth404:Lmao , a sister had to try her luck naa.The materials are alot and they are busting my brain. Someone is now saying the questions are new. |
Saw this article somewhere, but does this really work in our economy? Many graduates leave school without any hint of available job opportunity for them to step into. From the moment you are done with school and youth service your job search should be an aggressive smart undertaking. To help you become more effective and successful in getting a job as soon as you graduate from college/university here are some tips; Create a Smart Compelling CV Your CV is your spokesman in your absence. It is the one document that lets a prospective employer into knowing the kind of candidate you are and how suitable you may be for the job. Many fresh graduates complain they hardly get called to interviews and one major reason for that is their poor CV. Just how do you create a compelling CV that can increase your chances of getting called for an interview? Develop an Attractive Cover/Application Letter Template As important as your CV is your Cover Letter as it is the letter the employer reads to have an idea of why he should go ahead and look at your CV. Because most recruiters and employers are busy with lots of applications it is always better for your cover letter to be brief (at least a page in length) and straight to the point so the employer can quickly glance through and see the highlights of your suitability for the job. You can see how we help people write great cover letters here. Learn All You Can About Preparing for Interviews It is of no use getting your CV and Cover letter to a high quality level if you do not take advantage of the interviews you’ll be getting. See expert tips on how to prepare for interviews to help you. Get a Constant Reliable Source of Job Vacancies Information As a fresh graduate you will need to have a reliable means of getting updates on vacancies and job opportunities around your area of interest. You can click here to sign up for free email updates on available jobs based on categories of your choice. Do a Relevant Practical Workshop or Training To beef up your skills and expertise for a good job you must lean to acquire the right kind of skills you need by attending practical workshops, seminars and training programs. Identify and Approach Influential and Accomplished People in Your Field and Community If you are ambitious and want to get to the pinnacle of your career it is important that you start early by building strong networks of accomplished individuals in your field. If you are interested in pursuing a career in investment banking the more influential investment bankers you know and connect with the better your prospects of getting information and references on new opportunities in investment banking. Pursue Internships With Target Companies and Employers Be willing to work for free, in order to get your foot in the door. Paid or unpaid Internships, part-time and summer jobs can lead to good jobs. Do not ignore summer and part-time jobs. Be ready to prove your worth. Contact Everyone in Your Network Expand your network every day. Develop four or five questions to ask each person in your network. (Do you know anyone who works at XYZ company? Do you know of any employers that might hire a college graduate with an ABC major?, etc.) Be certain to ask for referrals to other contacts who might be willing to talk with you. Ask if it would be OK to stay in touch with them. Remember, you must regularly talk with your most productive contacts. Follow up with them every three or four weeks. Prepare a new set of questions. Try to help them. Always show genuine appreciation for the help you receive. If you do the above with dedication you should find yourself in no time on a good paying job months after your graduation from college. Take control of your career and job search; Join Nigeria’s biggest jobs and career community and discover what it is like to work in thousands of companies in Nigeria.
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favoredgal:You have said it all. |
Please anyone who has done the test, kindly drop some of the questions if you can remember. ![]() Thank you. |
fattik:You can read fearless heart on caray caray. |
Depending on the nature of your career it could be very important that you acquire the skills and ability to speak and get people acting through your words. Public speaking or even speech making has never been easy for many people; I have known people who would rather die than be left in front of a small audience to make a presentation. Public Speaking along with spiders, heights, snakes etc, is one of the most common phobia people have. But the truth is the better you become at speaking before people the better for your career especially if you work in an interaction based and people oriented career area. Better public speaking skills is almost very essential if you aspire to leadership positions in your chosen career. If you are willing to try and become good or better in communicating publicly here are some nice ideas; 1. Become a Storyteller When trying to address or talk to a gathering of people the last thing you need is to be tensed up. One way to put both yourself and the audience at ease as a public speaker is to tell stories, stories that are relevant of course to the speech at hand. Stories make you come across as human and makes your speech more memorable. Before each speech try to pull into your past experiences and find a story that matches and illustrates what your speech is all about. It doesn’t have to be funny; it just needs to be a good and brief story that the audience can follow and certainly understand. When you get the hang of story telling it eventually makes your speech making much more fun and easier. 2. Preparation is The Key to Great Speeches Just as in every valuable accomplishment you cannot discount the importance of preparation. For your public speeches and discussions your preparation has to be strategic and effective. If especially your speech is of very great importance to your career progression for instance you are presenting before a group of clients it is a no no to try and ‘wing’ your way through the speech. First have a clear roadmap of what you are to be talking on and break them down to the key points. Do additional sufficient research for your statistics and figures to use if necessary (it can be bad for your image to quote wrong information). 3. Be Passionate You should probably make this a rule. If you aren’t passionate about what you do or what you are to talk about chances are that you may not convey the message with passion. Learn all you can about what you are going to speak on and make yourself familiar with the key points of the topic. If you spend your time talking about something you do not have a great level of interest on you are probably wasting your time in the wrong profession. 4. Take Note of Your Vocal and Bodily Communication While delivering a speech the vocal rhythm, pitch and tone of your voice determines how well enough your talk comes across. Monotonous tones are a bore to the audience. In addition to your voice delivery your body postures, actions etc pass a message across as well and can hinder or help in your speech delivery. You don’t want to be too mechanical, flailing your arms here and there wildly or standing still while the only part of your body that moves will be your lips. As you address your audience they will read your facial expressions, your voice tone and how your body moves along with your talk. Strive for a warm smile now and then and most times a calm facial appearance, moderate body movement in line with the various aspects of your speech. If the audience perceives you are strung up, pensive and tense it affects their reception of your talk. Better to appear calm, easy and composed. The audience will most certainly warm up to your speech if they read your disposition and see you are cool, calm and friendly. 5. Connect With Your Audience No matter who you are speaking to one skill you need to learn is how to connect with and carry along your audience. You shouldn’t talk down to them or seek to prove that you are smarter than they are. Of course in many situations you might be the expert talking to the rest of the group but trying to impress them with your intellect will naturally create a distance or disconnect between you and them. Be real and approachable and more importantly try to detect the mood of the audience and adjust accordingly.
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Hi, Please who wrote on this essay? It has been said that "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knoledge gained from books. In your opinion which source is more important? Why? |
evergreenbabe:Hi, What do they do in Audit? Please explain. |
chekmi:Check the kpmg 2014 thread, some of the questions are there. |
Bosses come in a whole lot of different shades; they could be egomaniacs or totally disorganised that you sometimes wonder how they got to be the boss in the first place. There are many types of bosses (haven’t I said that before?) but they generally can be broadly grouped into a manageable list of behaviour types. If you feel you’ve got a crazy, angry or plain stupid boss here are some ideas on how to cope or even handle them pretty well. We hope they help. If Your Boss is Abrasive Become a Sponge Scrub his ass (well .. not literally though) and become a sponge. Try and soak in his ideas on how things should be done. This type doesn’t really want to feel like they don’t know what they are doing. If He is Inconsistent Keep Him on Track Subtly If He is Indecisive? Take the Decisions You Can and Wait for the Rest If He is Hot Tempered Try to Keep Ignition Points Far Away If He is Rude Ignore Him An Unorganised Boss? Frets Whenever He Gets His Desk Clustered or His Schedule Muddled Up If He is Lazy Use the Initiative If He Talks Too Much Be Silent
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AgreatMan:Thank you sooo much. |
adeaks:Lool, yeah. I did it today and i dnt even remember seeing those other names. Let alone the option. |
AgreatMan:Hi please how was your GRE, please explain thoroughly as i am writing mine in Feb. Thank you. |
adeaks:Thank you so much, you were so helpful. My essay cuz i was shaking and rushing, im sure i dropped a few bombs for them oo. I hope they just breeze through and read correctly. |
teeteebalogs:There was no critical reasoning, it was sentence correction, find the meaning of impecunious Educe Sartorial Louche Who wrote this famous book 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' Ans- Maya Angelou Which of the following dint join AC to form APC? Ans- PDP If p2+q2 = 16 and p2 – q2 = 8, what is p3 +q3 Arithmetic Progression Quantitative comparison questions(GRE) I think other people have said the rest. |
Camilo be busting my brain, acting like a fool, doesnt he know how manipulative Bernardo is. JM is forever a womanwrapper! ![]() Please where is my Pablo? Nico&Jessica deserve each other, 2 stupid kids. That Rodrigo is a dummy. I am suspecting that Duval, he is so sneaky&dirty. ![]() Willy the loverboy. Too cute. |





their chemistry is fire!
