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General
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Writing Emails
It's always difficult to know the appropriate way to start and finish them, isn't it? Too informal? Too formal? What about the 'tone'? It's difficult to know. This section gives you some great tips on writing the 'right email'.
Meetings & Conference Calls
It's often difficult to speak up in meetings in English and often even harder in conference calls with all that background noise, and everyone talking at once. Often the conversation has moved on before you've finished formulating what you want to say in your head! This section gives you some practical tips on how to participate fully in every meeting situation, with confidence.
Q&As
The presentation may not be a problem. Plenty of time to prepare for that and you're used to the terminology. But the question and answer session afterwards? Different story! You'll find tips here on what to do when you don't understand what's been asked, and how to deal with difficult questions.
"Small Talk"
It's not small, and it's not easy! This section will help you with the always difficult 'social English'. How to start chatting to a new colleague? What to talk about during the coffee break? What topics are appropriate? What should be avoided? We try to answer some of those questions here.
CVs & Job Interviews
You may not like them, but they'll always be part of your life! Here are lots of tips for writing a great CV, and the do's and don'ts of interviews.