Millennials in the workplace can be a pain for most. This is a generation of entitlement, constant feedback and needing to be valuable and unique in the workplace. These are the millennials. Many may have voiced out that they are the hardest to deal with...
Around the globe, there are about 2.08 billion people who are actively using social media. Since the coming age of the Internet era, more people have been logging in to digital forums, chat applications and now, an increasingly use of smartphone applications. Communication is relatively...
As this is another year to brave the waters, this year has also marked some of the best employees in Carve. #CarveTurns2 awards the best of the employees that blazed the trail for this year’s milestone....
For most people, Carve is just among the sea of BPO companies here in Davao. To those who actually worked in this company, the experience is quite different. Because in Carve, people wants to make a difference by being different....
Sprint is an important element in the SCRUM process. Sprinting enables the team to produce results in as little time possible. As mentioned by Tom Secuya in previous discussions about sprint, this usually last 2 to 3 weeks (or less than a month). However, there may...
It’s another year to conquer and another set of challenges for Carvers. Last 13th of June, Carve celebrated its 2nd year anniversary in SEDA with approximately 90 people attending the event....
If you just landed a new job, one of the successful traits of successful people is revealing some details about their lives. This is a great start for others to know you better, thus opening channels for communication and support. The tricky part is in...
Today’s Townhall is all about open communication and crucial conversations. Geoff Fleming, one of CARVE’s clients, conducted a short workshop with the VAs about communication and through it how can VAs make their work visible to their remote clients....
In last week’s Townhall, Tom Secuya discussed about an integral part of scrum method called sprint planning. Today, is scrum in action: create a sprint plan, assign roles and doing sprints. As a starting point of scrum method, VAs are grouped and were asked to have...
There’s a long-term benefit of working in standing desks according to the latest health advice from the Public Health England and Active Working CIC. No one has taken this advice seriously -- well until now. New studies have shown that this gave rise to health...
In today’s Townhall, it’s all about sprint planning. Tom Secuya already touched some details about the other aspects of scrum. Today, it’s all about building from the ground up. A simple illustration of sprint planning is similar to learning a new skill. Whether bicycle riding or...
As previously discussed by Tom Secuya, Scrum has already been implemented by some departments in Carve and has gotten significant results. But before going deeper to the roles and activities, let’s take a step back and understand the ‘How’ of this process. What is Scrum?...
In the previous Town Hall, Tom Secuya discussed about VAs and clients meeting halfway to create an ideal result. In today’s Town Hall, the topic is about making ‘magic’ happen. Did we tick of your curiosity? Read on and learn. In this Town Hall you will...
Recent rumors about the Google-Twitter merge has been circulating online. It looks like this partnership is already legit. Both giant companies announced that tweets are now included in mobile searches, either with iOS, Android app or any mobile browser. If you type in a specific keyword, say...
It has been a series of jam-packed information and training for VAs to be calibrated to help them deliver the best for their clients. In today’s Town Hall, you will learn: 1.) Teaching the VAs to make their work visible. 2.) The 5 Star Focus of Actions 3.) Merging...