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You need one, you just do not know it yet. Well, let us at The DataTech Business Centre convince you. Many people do not know the benefits of a Virtual Office and its many uses. Read below and when you are done, give us a call to get started with your Virtual Office. Many people might be working from home from now on, marking the importance of a professional presence and address. Why Do I Need a Virtual Office? Sometimes, “going to the office” is a term you never want to hear again and you want to stay at home and work. However, you still want your clients to think that you are “going to the office”. This is where a virtual office shines. Home Base If wanting the life of working anywhere and anytime, you need to have a home base for your clients. This is what a Virtual […]

Working from home can sound great. But it isn’t ideal for anyone, and there are a lot of problems that can creep up when one decides that working from home is what they want. At DataTech Business Centre, we have the best options for working from home or working in our offices. We know the issues associated and how to overcome them. Working From Home We have done our best to combat some common difficulties when working from your house, if you know anymore, leave a comment below! Balance This is the big one. Maintaining a balance. It’s hard to separate your social life from your work life, and working from home makes that difficulty more prevalent. To combat this, you can step out for a while, go to a coffee shop or a library when you feel the balance getting out of hand. Working too much With no separation […]

Ah, everyone loves negotiations, except they don’t, they hate it, and they should, it’s hard. Negotiating is an art form, and the people who do it best tend to go very far in the business world. This being said, it’s not an impossible skill to learn, you don’t have to be good enough to negotiate peace treaties, just good enough to get that raise. The power is with the employees in 2022, so get negotiating. The Art that is Negotiation Anchor Anchoring is when you set the terms first. You anchor your position, for example, when negotiating salary, put the number down first. “I expect to make around 38 to 40k per year”, you have now anchored your salary in the 38 to 40k range, no guarantee you will get it, but it gives the other party less power. ALWAYS anchor high, if you start with a low anchor, that’s […]

Who knows if you are going to return to online classes only. We have all been there, they only offer that course online this semester, and you, like many others, dread online courses. Online courses are hated by many because of the lack of personal communication, lack of friends and no real teacher-student contact. But have no fear, we are here to help you survive. With the last part of the semester coming up for UVic and Camosun students, here are some ways to get through them. Online Courses & How to Survive Due Dates Write them down! Nothing is worse than waking up to realize your paper or assignment was due yesterday. In a classroom setting, you are reminded constantly of due dates, well not anymore. The responsibility is on you and you need to write things down. Schedule Procrastination is easy enough with regular classes, but with online […]