By Joana Lameira – Swood Team When we ask someone what they want from life, the answer is often “I want to be happy”. However, being happy in life involves several things, namely being happy in family and love relationships, in friendships, in achieving dreams and goals, in our hobbies, in performing routine and, of…
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Culture
Challenges of Refugee Integration into the Labour Market
By Joana Lameira – Swood Team The refugee crisis has transformed the lives of thousands of people around the world. Many are those who leave their homes and countries to escape wars, armed conflicts, persecution and human rights violations. They leave everything behind and head towards uncertain destinies. They risk their lives, escaping by the…
Personal Branding, what is it all about?
By Pedro Henrique – Swood Convida Personal Branding, do you know what it is all about? Have you in front of the mirror ever given yourself a compliment before criticism? That’s the way! Personal Marketing is the path of professional life being pleasurable and starting with the most important person at this moment, you. By working with…
Sustainable Development Goals in Companies
By Mariana Vaz – Swood Team The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals, set by the United Nations General Assembly. Created in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda, they aim to define global priorities and aspirations for 2030 and encourage worldwide action by governments, business, and civil society to eradicate poverty…
Month of Ramadan
By Joana Lameira – Swood Team The Muslim population is currently practicing Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. During these days they live deprived of worldly pleasures, from sunrise to sunset, practicing the ritual of fasting. Fasting consists of total abstinence from food, liquids, tobacco, and sexual relations. The tradition emphasizes that one…
April 25th: Workers’ Rights and Achievements
By Carina Marques – Swood Team In Portugal, the month of April takes on a special meaning. 47 years ago, on April 25th, the country changed its political and social trajectory with the Carnation Revolution, bringing a set of rights and freedoms that, until then, were not assured. All social groups benefited from the new…
The Importance of Performance Evaluation in Companies
By Yael Cohen – Palavra de Especialista The performance evaluation is a much-discussed process these days. Many managers consider this process ineffective and inaccurate, and the time spent on it is perceived as wasted. Due to dissatisfaction with the process and without seeing a good end product and results, some companies have eliminated the annual performance review,…
Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
By Carina Marques – Swood Team When talking about intelligence, the first thought that usually occurs to us is the ability to perform an activity, to understand instructions and to find solutions to problems. Basically, we believe that being intelligent is only about using thought. However, this is only one of the types of intelligence, the most…