Feb 14How to manage your business emails more efficiently?Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting. — Winston S. Churchill Messages are clearly a source of stress, especially if you keep interrupting your work to read them. Our brains can only handle so much information at a time and cannot concentrate effectively on a task in hand, if in between…Business3 min readBusiness3 min read
Published inHow to manage a virtual meeting·Updated Apr 11Virtual meetings: tricks and tipsSince 2020, 1.5 million Swiss people have been teleworking most of their time. That means a lot of virtual meetings, video conferences, phone calls with and without cameras, and other types of meetings where people are in different places. …Virtual Meetings4 min readVirtual Meetings4 min read
May 12, 2021Awakening our human potential to be happier at workDuring a “round table”, in videoconference, with human resources professionals, we talked about our vision of the awakening of human potential in companies. We wanted to share our experiences on this subject and evaluate the possibilities for the future, a future that begins today. We each had our own point…Human Potential6 min readHuman Potential6 min read
May 4, 2021Promote your soft skills on your CV and in an interviewSoft skills are the character traits, aptitudes, human, social and interpersonal qualities that allow us to work and interact with others. These are our natural skills that generally cannot be learned in a course and cannot be quantified. …Soft Skills3 min readSoft Skills3 min read
May 4, 2021Back to work after your maternity leaveAs a new mother in Switzerland, you are entitled to a minimum of 14 weeks (98 days) of maternity leave and you can expect to receive up to 80% or your income. Mothers cannot work during the eight weeks following the birth of their child. Returning to work after the…Maternity Leave4 min readMaternity Leave4 min read
May 4, 2021How to negotiate your salary as a woman“If, like me, you have a son and a daughter, would you like your daughter to be paid less than your son?” Veronique Goy Veenhuys, “Equal salary is good for business”. In Switzerland, the wage gap between women and men is 19.6% in the private sector and 16.7% in the…Women In Business4 min readWomen In Business4 min read
Mar 29, 2021How to make your skills’ assessmentA skills' assessment can be used at any time in your life, whatever your tasks, responsibilities, and job level. It can be particularly indispensable for anyone who has not worked for several years and wants to find a job. It will help to prepare a well-documented and solid approach to…Skills4 min readSkills4 min read
Mar 26, 2021How to stay motivated when you are looking for a job?Following my article “Job search: my testimonial and advices”, I participated in a very interesting webinar that gave advice on how to stay motivated during a job search. The content was well presented, consistent and full of good advice. The reactions of some of the 69 participants in this webinar…Motivation5 min readMotivation5 min read
Mar 5, 2021How to promote your experience and skills when you are a senior?“Senior” is quite a relative term. It can have a positive connotation: in some companies the term Senior is added to the function of people who are 38 (!) and have no more than 10 years’ experience (Senior Communications Manager, etc.). It can also be used in a negative context…Seniors5 min readSeniors5 min read
Mar 4, 2021Severance Package: do I take it, or leave it?In the event of a planned restructuring, some companies offer a social plan that allows employees to volunteer to leave the company and to benefit from a severance package that can amount to several months’ salary. …Severance3 min readSeverance3 min read
