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Annual inflation in 2012

Annual inflation in 2012

  Inflation in Bulgaria was 4.2% in 2012, which is second highest annual inflation since the beginning of the financial crisis, after in 2010 life was 4.5% more expensive compared to the previous year. The National Statistics Institute announced the new data today. In 2011

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IT Specialists and Pedagogues will be the most in demand careers

IT Specialists and Pedagogues will be the most in demand careers

Programmers will be in greatest demand during the next decade. This data is according to the ranking of WorldWideLearn online magazine. Next places are occupied by child teachers, elderly people assistants, HR specialists, ecology engineers, medical nurses. The next are management consultants, computer networks management

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Why Recruiting Looks Easy

Why Recruiting Looks Easy

Why Recruiting Looks Easy?  There is an absolutely wonderful children’s book called 20 Heartbeats about a painter who paints a horse for a very wealthy man. I hate to ruin it for you, but I have to say what happens. The rich man pays this

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Seven Things A Headhunter Won’t Tell You

Seven Things A Headhunter Won’t Tell You

When a headhunter contacts you about a job, your chance of getting it is 25% to 33%. Love them or hate them, at some point you may find yourself working with a headhunter. So it’s helpful to understand how they operate. A headhunter has something

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Bulgarians are 12% richer than last year

Bulgarians are 12% richer than last year

The financial wealth of households increased with 12% on an annual basis and reached almost 41.8 bln BGN at the end of June 2012, according to Unicredit Bulbank’s quarterly report. The increase in financial assets with around 945 mln. BGN during the second quarter is

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Headhunters Reveal 11 Ways To Ruin Your Chances Of Getting A Job

Headhunters Reveal 11 Ways To Ruin Your Chances Of Getting A Job

It’s no secret that working with a headhunter or recruiter can be an effective way to advance your career. Headhunters often have access to jobs that are not advertised elsewhere and can speed up the hiring process between an employer and potential candidate. The trick,

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The Connection between Spirituality and Career

The Connection between Spirituality and Career

How often have you heard defining your career is an inside job? If so, or even if you have not, ask yourself these questions: Are you now looking for work out of desperation? Are you more concerned about getting the job just because you have

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Leaders Drive Productivity. Are you building a High Performance Environment?

Leaders Drive Productivity. Are you building a High Performance Environment?

It is the Leaders challenge to create the circumstances that stimulate improved performance and execution from the people within their organization. The key question for business leaders is not “why” high performance but rather “how”? Whether it is maintaining the prestige of a great artistic

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Inflation reached a 4-year high due to electricity and gas price hikes

  The increased electricity and natural gas prices have made the life of Bulgarians tangibly more expensive. In July inflation reached 3.1% on an annual basis, and 1.5% on a monthly basis, according to the National Statistics Institute. This is the highest annual inflation for

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