#France is seeing an increase in the number of young people #emigrating #overseas. Surely, its rising #unemployment rate plays a part? It’s not just young #professionals that flee for #work – ironically enough, even the most unqualified aim abroad in order to find basic jobs, from #waiters in #restaurants to #office secretaries. Whilst #employment is already strained, the #financial crisis diffusing and deepening itself across Europe does nothing to help the situation, or boo

Doing #business in a multilingual context is about more than just mastering different #languages. In successfully #communicating with a foreign business partner, colleague, or client, you also need to know how to #navigate between cultures. This can be really crucial in negotiations, where different countries might have different ideas on how to conduct them, and people might be insulted if you –unknowingly– cross a line. But sometimes, these cultural differences display them

In #business we oftentimes need to collaborate with people both inside and outside of our organization. In particular when #cultures and languages differ, working together on a piece of business writing can be a challenge. Using #technology such as #Google documents to collaborate can ease some of the challenges of working together on a piece of writing. To access Google documents you both need a Google account. This can be a Gmail, Google #Apps for Business or simply connect

I'm sorry but they just aren't nor should they be. If we think about it, #celebrities are 'just' #successful people in their line of #business - nothing more, nothing less. They wake up drowsy like all of us; they need their breakfast to function properly; they may use better (borrowed) clothes and have #style assistants but in all they are just like us. Do you consider that person crossing the street a role #model? Or even that cute one walking a dog? Of course not! You don'