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4 Simple Ways To Overcome The Age Factor In Your Resume

Growing older is something that creeps into the mind of many professionals, especially if they’ve reached their 50s or 60s and are on the hunt for a new job. Some worry they may not be considered viable candidates in the eyes of employers when compared to younger professionals. Related: How To Address An Incomplete Degree […]

Poor Time Management: Is It You Or Your Workload?

It can be easy to fall behind with our work – things come up (like about a billion snow days), or a lack of focus, or we’re tired or not inspired. What’s interesting is that everyone has different times of day when they work best. Some people cannot work well after three, others before 10. […]

3 Ways To Be Memorable During An Interview

When you go into a job interview, your goal is to make a good impression, right? Kind of. The goal is to make a *memorable* impression – You want them to automatically think of you when someone asks, “Who should we hire?” Related: Interview Hack: Document Everything! How how can you make such a powerful […]

Job Search: How To Write Accomplishment Stories

During your job search, it’s vital to be confident in your abilities and accomplishments from your past experience. An employer won’t be able to figure these things out (nor should they have to). Related: Interview Hack: Document Everything! You need to sell yourself sufficiently in order to make them believe you are the best fit […]

5 Ideas That Can Accelerate Your Leadership

“Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.” (Max De Pree) Related: 7 Tips For Becoming A Leader At Work A little while back, I was very inspired by the people and presenters at our “Empowering Women in Leadership” event. We covered and […]

Favourable job prospects for Singapore’s graduates

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore have reported optimistic hiring activity for the next six months, especially for fresh university graduates and diploma holders, according to a latest survey by jobsDB. The survey, which canvassed the opinions of over 300 SMEs in Singapore on their hiring plans and preferences, revealed that 70% of respondents […]

How to hire like Google

Dr John Sullivan, an international author specialising in bold and high-impact strategic HR solutions, enumerates the one thing that recruiting functions should be doing (but aren’t) - projecting the career trajectory of their candidates. I frequently get asked the question: “What is the one thing recruiting functions should be doing, but for some unexplained reason, […]

Hong Kongers prefer moving to US, Singapore

The United States and Singapore are the top two destinations to shift to for residents in Hong Kong. That was one of the key findings from the International Movers Study by UniGroup Relocation, which polled the global moving patterns of its 260,000 customers for a year. While the United States was identified as both the […]

GroupM launches new programme for high-potentials

GroupM Singapore’s executive leadership team has selected seven high-potentials to team up as a cross-agency community, as part of an accelerated development programme. This team, called eMpower, will work hand with the company’s leadership team, to focus on “enhancing GroupM’s internal collaboration and workplace culture,” said a statement. Gareth Ling, GroupM’s chief talent officer and […]

“Sluggish” growth in number of female bosses in Asia Pacific

Despite women’s education rates outnumbering those of men in 10 countries in Asia Pacific, looks like there is still a long way to go before the workplace gender gap closes in the region. According to MasterCard’s latest index of women’s advancement, progress towards gender parity was “still sluggish” – especially in the areas of business […]

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