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【職場心理戰】見工畀HR壓價應該點部署?
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【職場心理戰】見工畀HR壓價應該點部署?

作為打工仔嘅我同你,都會明白「期望薪金(Expected salary)」永遠同現實有實際距離。搵工轉工已經辛苦,見到成功在望仲要「講數」,真係心很累。面對「壓價」係咪一定要硬食,企硬係咪等於要同個Offer講再見?以下呢6招,可能幫到你!

人到中層,危機四伏,睇⋯住呀!
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人到中層,危機四伏,睇⋯住呀!

由畢業開始喺職場打滾,幸運啲嘅人好快會搵到自己嘅career path,過得三五七年,唔經唔覺發現自己已經爬到公司中層嘅位置。到咗中層,人工有返咁上下,係時候買樓、結婚、生BB,洗費一日大過一日,然後突然發現原來自己已經身處危機當中…

打工仔扮工大法
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打工仔扮工大法

「扮工」也有各人的原因,如果面對要求無極限的老細、卸膊的同事、難纏的合作夥伴,適當地扮工,然後推掉無謂的要求,也某程度上也可確保自己的工作成效,取回時間的自主權,而不至於無止境地滿足別人的要求。

【開會 = 浪費時間?】12個貼士令你開會工作事半功倍
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【開會 = 浪費時間?】12個貼士令你開會工作事半功倍

「開會」基本上返工嘅例行公事,應該得好少部份嘅打工仔係唔使開會。開會嘅目的有好多,可能係跟進項目進度,定期嘅Business update,競爭對手有咩新動向,未來一個月嘅Action plan等等。睇落好似幾好,令到老細同同事可以充分理解公司做緊咩,但慢慢你有無發現,返工大部份時間就拎嚟開會,6點後先可以返埋位做嘢呢?喺呢個Moment,你就會諗:其實開會為咩?

【搵工攻略】10大貼士幫你增加求職成功率 搵工轉工話咁易
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【搵工攻略】10大貼士幫你增加求職成功率 搵工轉工話咁易

搵到搵唔到,唔係靠彩數。「搵工」,除咗喺網上求職平台(例如CPjobs)Search keywords睇下有咩新Job opening之外,當中仲包含更新履歷表(CV),準備面試同埋見工之後嘅跟進部署等等。所有嘅準備都係為咗畀未來僱主見到自己嘅工作能力,從而獲得工作機會。好多打工仔轉工唔順利,好多時未必係運氣問題,有可能係準備不足,個人未Ready都未定。

係時候要轉工嘅徵狀
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係時候要轉工嘅徵狀

喺同一間公司一段長時間,慢慢就會跌落comfort zone,一個一個藉口喺心裡面湧出嚟,甚至自己都信而為真,忽略咗一啲真係需要轉工嘅徵狀,到發現時已經浪費咗唔少青春。

Your CIMA exam results are here. Now what?
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Your CIMA exam results are here. Now what?

You have just sat one of your CIMA exams. A wave of relief washes over you — or at least until the results arrive. But what do your exam results mean? That depends on whether you’ve just completed an Objective Test or Case Study exam. Read on to understand what your marks mean and how you can make the most of them.

4種惡頂上司同你逐個數 邊一種最難頂?
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4種惡頂上司同你逐個數 邊一種最難頂?

世界上無完美嘅公司,只有無咁伏嘅公司;咁好嘅上司呢?似乎都係瀕臨絕種,邊個唔想跟一個又叻又夾嘅上司吖。無論你係職場小薯定已經獨當一面,只要你唔係做最大嗰個,「湊老細」基本上係無可避免,遇著極品上司,櫃桶應該長期有封辭職信ready。以下有4種唔同嘅老細,邊一種你覺得最惡頂,而邊一種你係頂緊?

Trained to serve from the heart, Hang Lung employees “Go the Extra Mile” in pursuit of the “We Do It Well” philosophy
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Trained to serve from the heart, Hang Lung employees “Go the Extra Mile” in pursuit of the “We Do It Well” philosophy

Frontline employees at the shopping malls, office towers and serviced apartments operated by Hang Lung Properties always strive to offer customers and tenants a distinctive experience that exemplifies the company’s “We Do It Well” philosophy. Their stated goal is to think from the customer’s perspective and demonstrate initiative and a strong sense of accountability, with a sincere caring and “Go the Extra Mile” attitude that anticipates and then exceeds customer needs and expectations.

TIME – a pun ridden journey through the annals of time CIMA student style
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TIME – a pun ridden journey through the annals of time CIMA student style

Never more so than when attempting to do the impossible, succeed in a busy finance role, whilst studying CIMA and quite probably also juggling raising a family and/or trying to hold onto a social life. Yet in a strange way that awful pressure of time, the sense that it’s running away with us, is what provides motivation, the need to crack on and get things done. Without the constraints of time where would we be?