Career Coaching & Guidance
Five key skills to hit the top
Professionals who want to get to the top need to master five key skills. Business knowledge, staff development, communication and …
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Career Coaching & Guidance
Be polished and persistent
Candidates should highlight one or two key unique selling points to differentiate themselves. Are they actively contributing to …
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Show and sell yourself well
To stand out when applying for a job with a top employer, candidates need to think outside the box, and highlight the skills they can …
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No thrills with poor skills
When ascertaining performance, employers typically hone in on four soft skills: interpersonal and communication; team management and …
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Soft skills in big demand
Leadership, organisational, language and interpersonal skills are four highly valued soft skills, yet job seekers often overlook their importance when …
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Social media is new hunt ground
With many candidates now being much more strategic in their approach to online networking, taking advantage of …
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Effective hiring via social media
Technology offers employers, recruiters and hiring managers powerful new recruitment tools, but the pace of change can be …
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Intercultural leadership
Today, there is a greater need to adapt to working with people from different cultures. So how do you improve on your intercultural leadership …
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Social media’s job frontier
Whether you’re a fresh graduate or in the early stages of your career, social media can play an important role in your …
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Great leaders bring out the greatness in others
Every day, the marketplace gets more and more overcrowded, with the entrance of new products and services to woo the consumer …
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The secret of punctuality is planning
Getting to work on time is more important than most people think. Despite popular belief, your boss is aware of what time you arrive in the morning and leave …
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From trash collector to tycoon
Some 20 years ago, a teenage Micky Yan Wai-kiu was collecting trash at a public housing estate when a mother and her whimpering child passed by. “If you don’t study, you’ll end up collecting trash …