Before moving to Indonesia last September I was warned about plenty of things: the traffic, the rain, the heat and the humidity. I was told I would most likely experience culture shock and that it would take time to adapt to the Indonesian ways of living, commuting and interacting. None of this turned out to be a big problem for me – the back of a bike is a great way to beat the traffic, the weather is (usually) predictable, and I can’t get enough of Indonesian food, culture and people.
The one thing that did trip me up, however, was something that no one warned me about – Indonesian’s obsession with using WhatsApp for …
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You’re probably getting paid better than you think you are. If only you knew it.
Whether our jobs pay us fairly matters a lot less to us than how well we feel we’re getting paid, a new survey has found—and because we’re in the dark about why, exactly, we’re paid what we are, most of us think we’re getting underpaid.
In reality, nearly 90 percent of people who think they’re underpaid are actually getting at or near the market rate, a new survey by the online salary database PayScale has found. But people who think their employers are fair and transparent in how they determine pay are more likely to be happy at work than those actually paid the going rate for their jobs.
In its survey, PayScale collected salaries and corresponding market rates for the jobs of more than 500,000 people, then asked respondents to rate a series of statements—including ones about job satisfaction and employers’ pay transparency and fairness—on a scale from ….
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Greater Jakarta is ranked the fourth most-connected city in the world according to business and employment-oriented social networking platform LinkedIn.
In Indonesia, LinkedIn has around 8 million members, mostly students and young professionals.
“They use LinkedIn to explore opportunities and connect,” the company’s Asia Pacific managing director Olivier Legrand told The Jakarta Post via phone.
“High school students use LinkedIn to connect with their parents, their parents’ friends, or professors. These students realize that their first job will come from these connections.”
Legrand also said that between 2020 and 2030, the younger generation would drive a lot of growth in the Indonesian economy. This has led LinkedIn to focus on the younger population who are looking for their first …
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Chances are, you’ve had a bad boss.
Whether they take credit for your work, break boundaries and borderline harass you, or micro-manage everything in sight, these kinds of bosses can range from being annoying to being a complete nightmare.
And if you’ve been in a management role, you’ve probably also wondered whether people think that you’re a bad boss.
The following are the top 10 bad boss behavior aspects, as compiled..
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Most of the articles that you can find about career development on the internet offer suggestions on how to impress the boss, or how you can get your boss to listen to your ideas. But what should you if you are the boss?
As you climb up the corporate ladder, being a leader seems like an indication of success, but surely by now you’ve realized that actually being a leader and taking on the responsibilities that come with the title isn’t always so easy. Here are several important tips to keep in mind if you want to …
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