Saturday, October 31, 2009

How to learn vocabulary effectively?


Language is one of the biggest barriers of international students in integrating to the new environment. And vocabulary is one of the most important things in learning a new foreign language beside grammar, listening, and speaking as you cannot communicate with foreigners if you don’t know the words. In fact, there are a lot of ways to learn vocabulary.
Many people learn new words by writing them on pieces of paper and sticking them everywhere in the house. By doing it, the words appear many times in front of them, and they remember the words unconsciously.
Some other people improve their vocabulary by reading news, novels, and fictions. On one hand, they can update information as well as know more about history, economics or about other countries’ cultures depending on the kind of book they read. On the other hand, they can learn new words and the way words are put in specific context. It is more effective than just learn the words separately.
Another very interesting way to learn vocabulary is through listening to the music or watching movies. When you love the song, you can sing it and remember its words more easily and effectively than holding a notebook and studying word by word. Moreover, by listening music or watching movies, you can also improve your listening skill.
Actually, every person may have different learning methods that best suit him. Depending on your strengths, your hobbies you can choose the most effective method for you.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Internal vs External Recruiting

As we all know, human resources is one of the most important resources of an organization. In fact, the success of any businesses depends largely on the quality of the staff employed. Therefore, recruitment is a vital process that can decide the success or failure of a business. Recruiting employees with suitable skills can add value to the company.There are actually 2 main methods of recruiting: internal recruiting and external recruiting.

Internal recruiting occurs when the company looks for the new vacancy from its existing workforce, whereas External recruiting is when the company fills the vacancy from applicants outside the company.

From one point, internal recruiting is cheaper and quicker than external recruiting. Moreover, the employee is also familiar with the organization, and will be more quickly adapt to the new environment. From another point, it will limit the opportunity to find a new talent outside. Besides, it also creates another vacancy to fill in.

The advantages of internal recruiting are also disadvantages of external recruiting. If internal recruiting is known by its low cost, external recruiting requires a large amount of money for job advertisement, selection process, as well as job interview. However, it provides management with more choices; moreover, an outside person often brings in more new ideas than an internal staff who gets used to everything in the corporation.

Every method has its own strengths and weaknesses. Depends on the types of businesses, and the characteristics of the position, the management team can decide which is the best method that can maximize its strengths as well as minimize its shortages.