Career Coaching & Guidance
Triumph over trial
Most permanent jobs will involve an official probationary period, writes Walter Ellicott.
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Career Coaching & Guidance
A notice of intent
Upon securing a new position, it is likely you will still have to serve a notice period with your current employer, writes Walter Ellicott.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Post-offer pointers
Congratulations, you’ve been offered a new job! While the bulk of the hard work of applying and interviewing is behind you, a few crucial steps remain before everything is signed and sealed, writes Walter Ellicott.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Follow-up is vital
The business of following up after a job interview should begin before you leave the interview, by asking the company when they expect to make a hiring decision, writes Walter Ellicott.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Steps into corporate finance
After completing my engineering studies, I joined a knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) consultancy where my role was to assist the market analytics team for a Big Four firm. I’m interested in getting into corporate finance and …
Career Coaching & Guidance
Get a good payday
Salary is a critical factor in an employee’s decision when they move position, writes Walter Ellicott.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Think hard before you leave the law
I am a qualified solicitor who has practised for four years and works for one of the best international firms. But the longer I stay in law, the more sure I am it’s not for me.
Career Coaching & Guidance
The interview day
It’s true you should polish your shoes on the day of your interview, but what other basic elements should you consider?
Career Coaching & Guidance
Keep referees onside
With the emergence of social media and online recommendations, we often get asked whether referees still matter, writes Marc Burrage.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Open with a bang
So often we see candidates tripped up by the common job-interview opener: “Can you tell me something about yourself?” For such a seemingly simple question, it often poses difficulty and it is easy for candidates to get lost and end up rambling, writes Marc Burrage.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Temping tempting
The majority of workers in Hong Kong find contract assignments an attractive option given the current global economic environment, according to a recent survey conducted by Hays, writes Marc Burrage.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Fresh-graduate frustrations
You must receive dozens of letters from fresh graduates who are confused about career planning. Unfortunately, I am one of them. When I look for a job I see thousands of industries and functions and I feel so frustrated because I don’t know enough about them.