Wow the Crowd with your Outstanding Presentation Skills!

Public speaking can be very stressful. It takes a lot of discipline, practice and preparation to pull off a good presentation. Becoming a competent, rather than just confident, speaker requires a lot of experience. Here are a few things you can do to start sharpening your presentation skills now:

1. Don’t Read- Go prepared, do your research and expect all sorts of questions.

2. Try making eye contact with each person in the room.

3. Engage the audience by asking them questions and by getting their opinion on specific subject matters.

4. Be Entertaining - Include appropriate humor, but make sure it doesn’t insult anyone.

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Want to know what happens to your CV once you upload it on Akhtaboot.com? Watch the Video!

Want to know what happens to your CV once you upload it on Akhtaboot.com? In a 3 minute explanatory video, Akhtaboot Jobs himself will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour to show you how Akhtaboot works!

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Not a Morning Person?

Are you one of those people who really struggle to get out of bed in the morning? Most employees hate mornings and find a hard time waking up to a new day, every day! Becoming a morning person won’t happen overnight; it’s an ongoing process that takes time and dedication. Here are some tips that really work:

1. Try to go to bed earlier than you usually would; such an obvious tip but it makes all the difference. If you can't sleep right away, read a book or a magazine!

2. Set your alarm clock on the weekends as well! Keep your biological clock intact and make it a habit to wake up a bit earlier than you usually would on your days off.

3. If a cup of coffee is all you need after you wake up, then make sure to prepare all the ingredients the day before to help you kick-start a productive day.

4. Have your outfit prepared the night before. Have your laptop, keys, phone, and whatever you take with you all in one place, organized and prepared for you just to grab on your way out.

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Strange Interview Questions: Akhtaboot Hashtag Campaign on Twitter Concludes

As if job interviews aren’t tough enough, hiring managers nowadays are going for weird and hard to answer interview questions that can put an A-lister in the hot seat. To being with, you must keep in mind that many of the toughest interview questions don’t necessarily have right and wrong answers. The real purpose of such questions is to find out more about the true personality of candidates when put under pressure and how they form decisions when faced with tough situations.

If candidates knew the exact questions to be asked in a job interview, they will rehearse beforehand, preventing their true personality from coming out. As a result, employers won’t be able to compare candidates based on certain personality traits.

Strange interview questions can reveal a lot about you as a job seeker, will you panic? Get angry? Give up? No matter what an interviewer expects to learn from such questions, no one wants to hire someone who is easily irritated, has no opinion or who is a quitter.

We decided to ask our @akhtaboot followers on Twitter what is the strangest job interview question they have ever faced. Here are some of the most interesting - yet weird – questions provided by our dear followers:

“Are you an only child?”
“Do you think we should mourn Saddam?”
“Would you spend your lunch break with your boyfriend?”
“What do you think about loving a woman?”
“What picture do you have hung above your bed?”
“If you were a tree,what kind of tree would you be?”

Job seekers need to understand the kind of analytical skills being sought by hiring companies. Think out of the box, be creative, organize your thoughts in a logical manner and never let your fear overcome your true identity. Just remember that the interviewer is just trying to find out how quickly you can think and how you stand up before stress or pressure.

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Learn How to Manage Job Stress

The ability to manage stress in the workplace can not only improve your physical and emotional health, it can also make the difference between success and failure on the job. Being stressed can have a great impact on the quality of your interactions with your colleagues, boss, family and friends. The better you are at managing your own stress level, the more you'll be able to positively affect those around you:

1. Take responsibility for improving your physical and emotional well-being.

2. Avoid people with negative attitudes. Surround yourself with people who are enthusiastic and hard workers.

3. Revive the great lost art of conversation; improve your communication skills to enhance your relationship with your coworkers and boss.

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BUiD’s BizQuiz 2012 1st Inter-Collegiate Business Quiz Competition -ICBQ 2012

The British University in Dubai’s Faculty of Business is organizing the first intercollegiate business quiz competition for University and College students in the UAE. The objective of the event is to create a fun-filled atmosphere for learning and acquiring knowledge for University students. It is fervently hoped that the event will motivate students to bring themselves up to date with the latest news and other emerging developments in the following areas; Business, Economics Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Technology, Business History, Management Thinkers and UAE Economy.

Number of Teams: University students within a University or three students of different Universities can form teams. Only three members are allowed in a team but no restrictions on number of teams colleges or universities can depute to participate at the event. Only students pursuing their undergraduate courses are eligible to participate in the competition. Students will have to produce their student ID’s on the event day. BUID will hold a paper based multiple choice test to all teams as an elimination round. Only five teams will be chosen to compete for the final round. The elimination round will be a paper based MCQs of 30 minutes duration and would consist of 30 Questions.

Quiz Master: Dr Elango Rengasamy – Head of Finance and Banking Programme- The British University in Dubai.

Final Round: The Top 5 teams from the written preliminary will feature in the Final round. The Finals would consist of 10 to 14 rounds, which include Audio, Video, Image, Rapid-Fire and Clue-based rounds. The Questions could be drawn from the following domains: Marketing, Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Current Affairs (Business / Economic) – Local, Regional & Global, Business History, Management Thinkers and UAE economy.

Prizes: BUiD will award trophies to the winning team and two runners up team. It will also try and arrange for Airline tickets, laptops, mobile phones, BUiD’s merchandise etc to the winners and runner up teams and if possible for all the participating teams’ .There will be onsite instant prozes for audience from the sponsors/partners at the event.

Sample Questions:

1. Which company's tag line is 'Yours Is Here'?
2. Apart from water, what is the most widely consumed drink in the World? Coffee, Tea or Coca-Cola?
3. What is the first product of Sony?
4. It is made from thermo-plastic paper and the manilla hemp used to make rope, it is designed to withstand boiling water, what is it?
5. What do you understand from the abbreviation? “PIIGS”

Key:

1. Dell Computers
2. Tea
3. Sony Rice Cooker
4. Tea Bag
5. PIIGS stands for economically weaker Euro zone nations currently facing downturn. (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain)

Register your Team NOW!

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Being a Great Leader

Some people believe that leaders are born with the necessary qualities that make them successful as leaders. While others believe that leadership, like many other similar characteristics, can be learned and developed through life. We at Akhtaboot believe that it’s a mix of both. That being said, one fact remains the same; you should work hard to become a great leader. Below are some tips to help you improve your leadership skills:

1. Work on improving your communication skills and abilities, especially your ability to listen to others.

2. Be willing to take risks.

3. Focus on working and living with integrity and respect for others.

4. Have confidence in yourself and in your abilities.

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