Career advice
Curated writing from operators, recruiters, and HR leaders — written for people building real careers in HK.
Most social networking sites share a common goal of connecting or reconnecting people through the internet. At some point in their history, each has built a credible following of members. It is this member base that attracts the attention of businesses wishing to identify, connect and engage with it, and eventually to sell products and services to it.
Is your stiff neck and shoulders disturbing your daily routine? Do you sometimes find the tightness unbearable and affecting other parts of the body?
筆者在職埸二十多年，由小sales做到跨國媒體公司老總，雖然談不上成功，但總算有一點成績，靠的絕不是運氣 (運氣？ 從小到大都無乜！) ，也不是靠學歷 ，好的學歷確是一張好的入的(職)埸票，對起步開跑時會有幫助，但職埸是一埸長跑，起步好並不保證以後成績一定好，亦沒有人事關係，筆者在職埸路上是靠一個信念；機會是給有準備的人。 筆者認識很多公司老闆，每當問到他們的成功秘訣，他們都很謙虛說只是運氣比較好而已，但同時也不忘補充說：「運氣，只有在你準備好的時候，才能有效發揮作用。」（Luck is good only for the prepared mind）。運氣常常出現，但也稍縱即逝，想抓住身邊一閃而過的運氣，必須事先就妥善的準備好，當然天時、地利及人和也不可缺一。 Pixel Media 老闆 Kevin 是筆者的好朋友，Kevin 於二千年從馬來西亞 Double Click Media 隻身調到香港分公司出任銷售總監，當時Kevin除要面對科網泡沫爆破後惡劣的經營環境、更要從新建立他的客戶及人脈網絡。讀者們可能有所不知，從事新媒體工作的從業人員每天除要應付繁忙的工作外，新媒體發展之快可謂「網上一天、網下十年」，為要貼緊市埸發展，從業員每天要吸收大量資訊，這就是正所謂247 (廿四小時七天工作)不眠不休的行業。
立品很少寫文章給身為老闆的人，其實不是自己沒當過老闆，而是做老闆真的不是容易的事。曾經我以為，如果可以揀，我寧願不要有下屬，因為我害怕要替下屬解決自己也未必有答案的問題、我害怕要管人家幾點鐘返工（尤其當你不止有一個手下而其中一個寧舍唔生性時候）、我討厭有人「聲控」我（例如不管甚麼時候，只要他一遇到問題的時候他就覺得可以隨時「㩒制」叫我、我好怕要幫人教仔教女（簡單如冇禮貌冇自覺性…）、我更怕公司好耐都批唔出加薪申請而手下個個眼甘甘望住我又或者開始因此而懶散，總之下刪300字，你懂的。 只是人生有些事唔係下下到你揀，除非你好似前陣子中秋那兩位人兄兩票中了六合彩頭獎而可以選擇唔做。否則，只要當上了人家老闆，立品就仍然覺得你有做好呢份工的需要，而做好這份工，更包含了不止對上層，而是對下層的應對能力。 首先你一定要盡量公平，不能「大細超」，在給予某甲同事一些獎賞的同時也别忽略某乙同事的心情和想法，否則你一定被人詬病。 你一定要自律，其身不正是很容易樹立壞榜樣的，小如上班時間、守時、對下屬的稱呼及不貪小便宜（小如不夾錢但跟同事分享零食）都不應該忽視。 你一定要勤力和進取，你的手下才會清楚知道自己跟了甚麼老闆而自發性地跟貼你的步伐。 你必須盡量跟下屬分享你對公司的業務和形勢的看法，即使不得已要服從上級的取態，也應該盡量在可能的範圍內跟他們分析你的看法和利弊。
Established in 1984, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) is the only surveying professional body incorporated by ordinance in Hong Kong. As of 1 August 2014, the number of members reached 8927, of which 6049 were corporate members, 66 were associate members and 2812 were probationers and students. HKIS work includes setting standards for professional services and performance, establishing codes of ethics, determining requirements for admission as professional surveyors, and encouraging members to upgrade skills through continuing professional development.
If you’re feeling stuck in a rut at work or think that your career is not progressing at the pace you would like it to, it’s time to ask your employer about the opportunities available within the business to “stretch” or develop your skills through hands-on involvement in projects or tasks.
For many Hong Kong engineers who finished secondary school in the 1970s, choosing a career path was straightforward. Having picked the science stream in secondary school, aspiring youngsters who did not like their chemistry or biology as much as their maths and physics would choose engineering rather than the medical sciences in university. Ir Victor Cheung, however, did not have that choice. Growing up the son of a cook, he seemed destined for a life in a commercial kitchen too – until two mentors stepped in.
In a recent article by Business Insider, it told a story that a large, successful enterprise startup tried to poach a “programmer” currently working at Google. The startup made the programmer what it thought was a big offer: a $500,000 salary but the programmer told the startup thanks, but Google was currently paying him $3 million per year in cash and restricted stock units.
在一個晴朗的秋日午後，豔陽下的暖風夾雜著點點微涼，陳健開著他新買的雙門後驅小跑車準備到山上兜風偷個閑。出了市區，車子就少了許多，他輕快的切換排擋桿、踩下油門，讓車子隨著轉速的提升，發出高昂的聲響，車子也就飛快地在山路上蜿蜒奔馳。只見兩旁景物快速的往後掠過，陳健沒有多久就到達了半山腰。雙手緊握方向盤的他，這時不禁神色飛揚了起來，心想：「這才是人生啊！」 念頭才結束沒多久，在快要到達山頂的上坡路段，他發現前方對向車道有一輛紅色轎車蛇形下坡、橫衝直撞的向他疾駛過來。陳健定睛一看，駕駛竟然是個貌似時髦的女子。在兩車距離越來越近，即將對撞的瞬間，他趕緊扭動方向盤將車子向山壁的方向轉去，於是兩車在千鈞一髮之際交錯了開。 但就在陳健經過對車駕駛座的位置時，時髦女子竟然對他大叫了一聲：「豬！！」 陳健在驚魂未定之際聽到對方這麼對他說話，不禁怒火中燒，於是便不甘示弱的轉頭回敬她一句：「你這個神經病！！」 語畢他就進入了一個大轉彎，然而就在陳健趕忙轉過彎道之時，突然看見路中間有隻身型碩大的豬站在那兒。就在尖銳的剎車聲中，他的小跑車擦撞上了山壁而揚起了漫天煙塵… 所以，這位時髦女子其實是好心想提醒陳健當心路上的豬，她之所以橫衝直撞的蛇形開車，很可能是因為自己才剛閃過那頭豬而驚魂未定。然而陳健受了自己既定想法慣性的影響，誤以為對方在罵他而沒有意會到那是個忠告，因而沒能閃過山頂的豬而撞壞了愛車。
筆者在職場打滾二十多年，當過小職員也曾當過跨國企業的管理人，有幸見盡巴閉老闆、叻人、醒目仔。這些人的特質既聰明、有學識、具洞察力又有感染力。但通常他們亦會比較自負又沒耐性，極端些更會目中無人，極度自我。如果你有個咁既老闆，恭喜你！因為從好的方面去想，你可以從他們身上學到好多好野，能吸收到他們的智慧和實戰經驗可令你終身受用。對於他們的無理取鬧，Well，你一係就同佢據理力爭 (但筆者絕不建議，因為面對咁既老闆你已輸九成，因為他們絕不輕易妥協，最好的方法是引導他們自發錯誤)；一係就忍佢，就當係人工包埋。但筆者也曾遇過一些同輩同級的同事和合作伙伴，他們有一定的處事能力卻欠缺待人處事態度，很多時他們會有一些不錯的意見，但因為他們態度惡劣，不懂尊重別人，往往把事情弄得複複雜雜，浪費大量時間處理人事問題，卻沒把實事做好，事倍功半。 學識重要，學養更重要，筆者曾讀『所有一切真正應該學的事，我早在幼稚園就已經學過了！』一書 ( All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum)，一些很簡單的幼稚園學問已經很足夠，包括守信、守時、誠懇、誠實、謙虛、禮貌、講早晨、雙手接/遞東西，太多東西，講易行難，尤其是要拿捏到發自內心，而非虛偽浮誇，有多少可以真正做到呢？
Iam often asked by candidates how transferable their experience is from one industry to the next. Frustrated by how…
Last week when I was in Singapore, I met up with a versatile and resourceful engineer and what impressed me the most was the productivity of their team. Just the two of them, they were able to come up with over 20 apps one year and those were not “make a fart” or “throw the dart” type of app but apps commissioned by big brands with complexity and server handling.