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How To Turn Your Internship Into A Full-Time Job

Internships may very well be the secret to finding a full time job. Not only does an internship help get your foot in the door of a company, the hands-on experience and networking opportunities are priceless on a student’s resume. And these two factors just might be the push someone needs to extend a full time job offer when your internship comes to an end. By the same token, the inexperience of a young university student could highlight all the inadequacies and lack of professionalism of those fumbling to find their grounding in a new career.

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劉浩龍做場好戲開展第二人生

「他一世，奮鬥卻似失蹤，落力地叫喊也是得不到信眾。」這是劉浩龍的新歌其中一段歌詞，或許多多少少也是他過去歌手生涯的寫照。1997年參加新秀歌唱比賽連奪三獎成為大贏家，掌聲過後，事業發展卻是停滯不前，等到所屬唱片公司華星宣布結業，還沒有推出過個人大碟；之後更離開電視台的主持工作，轉職網台DJ，甚至有九個月時間去了賣手錶…

Career Coaching & Guidance

How to leave your job like a professional

Whether you are terminated, downsized or leave on your own accord, there are many ways to ensure a graceful exit and to employ proper protocol when leaving. The measures below will keep your reputation intact and help you chart a polished and professional exit strategy. Be honest about why you are leaving. If you need a change, a more positive work environment, an increase in salary or you simply need a new career challenge, be honest about it. You can also offer feedback on ways to enhance working conditions at an exit interview.

Job Search in Hong Kong

How To Become A Freelance Career Development Trainer

Everyone grows up with a dream job. It could be sparked by an interest or hobby from a young age or a new discovery later in life……

Career Path Planning

Congratulations On Your Humanities Degree. Now What?

Well, you’ve worked hard for the last several years and you made it through university. Those years of getting yourself out of bed and into class, completing assignments, participating in class discussions, studying for hours on end, and pulling at least a few all-nighters have finally awarded you with a degree. In humanities. Now it’s time to work even harder to find a job. Some graduates may leave campus with lucrative job offers in hand, but unfortunately, many who leave with a humanities degree do not.

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【物理自療】增強耐力：彈振式箭步蹲

在最近的自身體重訓練話題裡面，分享了可以在家中隨時進行的波浪掌上壓，又講過可以在公園橫杆下進行的懸掛式攪拌轉。今日將會分享的動作，相信一定會受另一班運動愛好者歡迎，尤其是跑步發燒友、足球員及喜好登山的人士…

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韓國公眾假十隻手指數得晒

計劃外出旅遊的時候，很多時大家都會因應當地假期或特別日子稍作安排。但奇怪很多人到韓國旅遊的時候卻很少理會這一點，其實是否真的不重要呢？不如跟大家分享一下韓國的節日細節讓各位了解多一點…

Career Path Planning

The 8 Best Jobs For Nerds

Being a “nerd” growing up was never easy. On the playground, schoolyard bullies often picked on those who were more interested in books and other things that lay along the “fringe” of what was deemed socially acceptable. Being labeled a nerd was enough to banish you to the outskirts of popularity and it was easy to fall into the despair of loneliness. Surprisingly, it is now those so-called nerds who are taking over the world, especially when it comes to working in the fields of technology and creative arts or design.

Career Coaching & Guidance

How to negotiate for success

Everyone will need to negotiate at some point in their career – some more often than others. Some will also have more success in negotiating than others. However, negotiating skills and tactics can be learned or enhanced. Good negotiation is actually about communicating persuasively in order to bargain more effectively. If a negotiation arises due to differences, then an effective outcome is one where a compromise or agreement is reached without dispute.

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職場不能說的十句話

職場如戰場，建立良好的人際關係是職場求生的重要一環。若要在職場左右逢源，就必須知道當中一些絕對不該說的話，以免禍從口出，招惹麻煩。雷格斯研究了一些對辦公室溝通無益的話，並總結出以下十句禁忌話，上班族宜避之則吉：「包喺我身上」 ( I’ll take care of it ) 我們都有過這樣的經歷，主動要求做一些其實不想做的事。想要承擔責任固然不錯，但若應付不來，請不要毛遂自薦。「交低俾我啦」( Leave it with me ) 這句話跟剛才那一句一樣差勁，你又再為自己增加工作負擔。正確做法是提供可行的建議，以及提出應該負責此工作的其他人選。「當然啦」( Sure ) 這句話似乎無法表達清楚你的意願。只要能本著敬業的態度，表達自己的觀點並無不妥。若同事能夠理解你的觀點，那就代表贏到了他們的尊重。「恕我直言 ……」( With all due respect … ) 這句話所表達的意思與字面意思完全相反，毫無尊重可言，只會令對方發狂。

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Human Design如何作息有道？

「早睡早起身體好」相信是每個香港人眾所周知的常識，人大了便明白知易行難，累的人還是很累，身體差的人還是會容易生病。顯然這知識的背後存在著不足之處……

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領導如教學要因材施法

領導 ( Leadership ) 是一門高深莫測的演講課。有一位智者曾經說過，領袖與老師的分別，在於老師要將一句話變成八句說話，要博大精深；而領袖則相反，把八句話用一句話表達，要言簡意賅。而今天貴為一校之長，領袖與老師之結合，戴伯成校長靈活遊走於博大精深與言簡意賅之間，分享他有趣的領導哲學。戴伯成現任東華三院邱金元中學校長領導是一門富人情味的藝術課。接觸對象包括X、Y及Z千禧世代之老師、家長及學生，如何平衡各方的需要？戴校長強調「排難解紛機制必須合符人性」，例如訪問當天剛遇上意外，因活動提供者的提早準備致有關項目須提早舉行。戴校長二話不說立即了解老師、學生的上課流程及場地之安排，平衡多方面的需求，從而作出令人舒服的彈性安排。領導並非閉門造車，成功關鍵在於平時用心經營的協調與溝通，以及遇有危機時泰山崩於前而不形於色的魄力。