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Dear Swadhina, that I would say varies a lot. It depends on various factors, such as: in what country you are studying/working, how many hours you will be working, whether you are already experienced in that particular job etc. Therefore, it’s very difficult to say.

No, this would still be acceptable. However, also in that case I would put it on the vibrating mode so that it doesn’t disturb too much.

Usually in Western countries once a contract is signed, it is final. This is not the case in Japan. Maybe it’s not very clear in my sentence. But once you sign a contract, don’t be surprised if renegotiations take place ….

Well, John I don’t know about this book but during my MBA I came across “The Marketing Manifesto”. But I will have a look at your suggestion on the free new online library ‘www.Europeana.com’, which has been launched (and crashed already) today….. Let’s see if it is among the 2 million books :)

Well in Japan you don’t give any tip at all for this kind of service. If you are interested in more details on tipping etiquette look at one of my lessons in my “MannersAndCareer” community. Thanks.

Congratulations! Well done!

Then I guess it would most probably not be a business lunch ….. Dividing it equally among friends would be okay. Obviously if you wish to volunteer you can pay for it anytime and others would surely appreciate….

That’s a great list. I will try it out. Thanks for your suggestions Suresh. Well, in terms of “free”.... never give up hope …. you never know….

Thanks Sureshbala for your feedback. Great to hear that you enjoyed my quizzes. I appreciate any commentI get on this particular question and also yours is important to me. It will help me to take a better decision on how I’m going to approach it.

Not happy at all to see that “only Indian users” are able to participate for this competition…....

Thanks for this information.

Now (30.09.2008) that the website looks a bit different I can’t find the marketplace at all. Can someone tell me where I can find courses in which I can enrol? Thanks.

To be honest I’ve noticed this and it sounds great, but I also wished that one of the community managers would explain a bit more in detail how it works. For example, what happens to the allocation of authority points: is that being allocated still individually or as a group? Getting some other information would be great as well, such as do you need to ask the person for permission whether s/he agrees or not to be involved in that particular community?

Unfortunately, I can’t think of any similar examples right now. But I will keep my ears and eyes open and would be happy to let you know if I come across something similar. I can imagine that technically it might not be easy, but I’m sure it would ADD VALUE to Learnhub in general.

Well, pretty good is not the same as excellent I would say :-)

Wow! That’s a great achievement. Well done!!!!

I agree with Guarav. I would also be very much interested in knowing the deadline for this competition. So, are we talking about 1 month, 6 months, 1 year or longer?

Well, I would also go for the best candidate. But my experience tells me that even the performance in an interview can be “great” just in that particular interview and when it comes to do the job the situation could look quite different….. What guarantee do you really have just based on that interview. My strategy therefore as a recruiter was usually to invite a person 2-3 times in different locations to see how the candidate behaves in various social settings.

If at the interview – let’s say – both candidates are performing similarly I would definitely choose the part-time student Mark, since he already got experience, and furthermore has proven to be able to manage a degree course and a job simultaneously. This shows me that the person can multitask, has learnt time management skills and is able to achieve his goals by working hard (due to the fact that he had to work for his degree). I would not be able to say that about Carl, candidate 1. He might have similar qualities but he couldn’t prove it so far.

I wonder where you get so big water melons ….

I think the idea would be great, angel25 ! I came across a website “www.chipin.com” which allows you to collect money by donations. You enter the reason for raising funds, a deadline and the amount of money you wish – it is as simple as that. Well, you would need a Paypal account, but that also would be set up quickly. I tried to raise some small amounts of money for the purchase of two books, and mentioned it on two of my lessons, hoping that some Learnhubbers who think it was a good piece of work would maybe donate…. Since currently I’m a full-time mum with no income, I gave it a try on Learnhub. One request has already expired and the other one will expire on 30th September, but unfortunately I didn’t get a single cent, even though I had many views at my lessons. But obviously, in Learnhub’s case, it would be different. Would be great if they would decide to implement your idea….