Education
Make notes interesting enough to study!
Lectures can be boring, sleepy, or even exciting for many (depending on the subject of interest course). But sometimes coping up with the lecturer’s points and important notes can be a hectic task. For an instance, taking dow...
The 5 Most Powerful Things you Can Do on LinkedIn You Never Knew
Do you see LinkedIn as mainly “a place to keep my online resume”….or maybe “connect with some professional colleagues and acquaintances I already know from time to time,” because you think, “there’s such a buzz ...
Sleep Better… Get better Grades in College
The consensus in the field — informed by a large Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey of American teens — is that adolescents need about nine hours and 15 minutes of sleep a night, but most get less. Teens are ...
UAE’s Best Business Ideas Close to Become Reality
The Big Start Season 4 has selected this season’s 25 finalists that will progress to the second round of the competition, run as Al Tamimi Investments core CSR initiative. The search for the best business idea among final yea...
Special Opportunity for Student Filmmakers at the 6th Gulf Film Festival
The Gulf Film Festival (GFF), the home of bold, experimental, and contemporary cinema from the Arabian peninsula, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai C...
Nassim Al Saba (NAS) Returns from NY Tour
Western audiences react gracefully to Arabic music, motivating choir members to perform with more passion and confidence, said Nassim Al Saba (NAS) who came back April 8 from a week-long tour in New York. NAS constitutes of stu...
The question with a D’lemma – Foundation or A levels
It wasn’t long back (just a year ago), when I was thinking about my University options I literally had a panic attack! All I had in my head was, “What if I don’t get accepted?! What if I don’t get in any...
Top 5 Traits of an Ideal Interviewee: Reducing ‘Risk’ in Your Job Search
Last weekend, I participated in a cultural festival in my neighborhood with a local dance school at which I’m an instructor. We had organized to do a performance, a brief dance lesson and host a booth, with the hopes of...
The Big Start Student Entrepreneur Competition Season 4
One more week is given to all UAE-based final year graduates and post-graduate university/college students, under 30 years of age, to submit their pitches to The Big Start to become CEO of their own business. The Big Start, a C...
ICONIC’s Blogger Contest
Fashion and lifestyle destination ICONIC has launched an exciting contest for ardent Bloggers all over the UAE! Launched in 2010, ICONIC is a trailblazing retail concept of UAE’s Landmark Group. It is a first of its kind ret...
Youth around the region kick-start their social enterprise
PepsiCo and Al Ahli Holding Group’s CSR Division gathered nearly 200 youth interested in social entrepreneurship at Business4Change, a two-day conference aimed at inspiring, developing and supporting young social entrepreneur...
Don’t be an Ediot: 3 Ways to Crush Your Credibility on LinkedIn
“Oh, Look! Got a live one in the net! (pun intended). Heave! Ho! Oh wait, it’s an ediot? Ah, well, won’t fetch much market value…dump it overboard, then…in one, two!” This is the LAST thi...
Collegefeed To Connect Students And Employers
Collegefeed launched this March, offering a social platform for students to connect with each other and employers long before the career fairs and short interviews begin. The service is designed for college kids who do not have...
Life of a journalism student
My life is different from those who are appearing for exams. Unlike a business or a marketing student, the life of a journalism student is loaded with independent writing and research, and what piles up at the end of year are w...
Night Before Exams
Must study….must study…..!!! This is it…. I prayed…really really hard…then I sat on my cozy bed, prepared to study for my forthcoming exams …I just have to start with History first, then Political Science, Geography...
Zayed University Accredited for the UK Matrix Standard Award
The Career Service at Zayed University has been awarded the matrix Standard for information, advice and guidance. This followed an external assessment process undertaken by emqc Ltd, the organisation responsible for the mana...
Do you procrastinate from applying for jobs?
Do you procrastinate from applying for jobs because the whole process feels like a big overwhelming, spinning blur? Feel like looking for a new job is a whole other job in itself? Do you have ‘job search stress’? I get it. ...
LinkedIn to Introduce New Jobs Feature
LinkedIn is excited to unveil the new LinkedIn Jobs, which will be rolled out to all of members around the world in the coming weeks. Helping to help find your dream job, the new LinkedIn Jobs experience has been completely re...
What can Lady Gaga teach YOU about your career?
Sure Lady Gaga has got a strong, powerful voice, sings catchy songs and obviously works hard… but so do so many other talented female singers out there these days. So what did she and her genius marketing team do to totally d...
Interview Anxiety?
So you’ve got a job interview? Congrats! [But wait a minute! So WHY do you look like a deer caught in headlights?] If you feel fear and anxiety at this point, instead of excitement and motivation, you’re not the only ...
