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No short cuts in career swaps
Career Coaching & Guidance

No short cuts in career swaps

I’m a 27-year-old hotel management graduate who has been working in hospitality for four years. I’m looking for a career change as I’m no longer interested in working in …

Launch your brand
Career Coaching & Guidance

Launch your brand

Having a positive personal brand has always been a good idea and is a way to get ahead in a competitive job market, writes Marc Burrage.

Standing out from the crowd
Career Coaching & Guidance

Standing out from the crowd

Many jobseekers are failing to stand out and do themselves justice in today’s market, where jobs are up, but so are the numbers of applicants, writes Marc Burrage.

Retention is better than cure
Career Coaching & Guidance

Retention is better than cure

In our final week on the subject, we continue to look at some of the best methods companies can employ to make sure they hold on to their best staff, writes Marc Burrage.

Be the centre of retention
Career Coaching & Guidance

Be the centre of retention

This week, we continue to look at some of the most effective measures employers can use to retain staff, writes Marc Burrage.

Extend your retention span
Career Coaching & Guidance

Extend your retention span

Employers need to focus on retention in response to the rising number of staff entering Hong Kong’s jobs market, writes Marc Burrage.

Practise key to easing presentation panic
Career Coaching & Guidance

Practise key to easing presentation panic

I need to deliver a presentation at my company’s upcoming annual regional meeting but I’m not, and never have been, a good public speaker. How can I improve my public-speaking skills? …

Still-swinging sixties must spread the word
Career Coaching & Guidance

Still-swinging sixties must spread the word

After 30 years of managerial level roles in a number of international publishing groups, I changed my career five years ago to focus on teaching and became a lecturer in business administration and marketing.

Stand-ins rise to the occasion
Career Coaching & Guidance

Stand-ins rise to the occasion

This week, we continue to look at how employers can benefit from effectively using temporary assignments in their workforce, writes Marc Burrage.