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What to include in your job application
Job Search in Hong Kong

What to include in your job application

You have seen the job you want and you are keen to make a good first impression with your application to secure an interview. So what are the key points you should cover? A good place to start is to write a great cover letter talking about what you would bring to the company, role and opportunity. Link your skills and work experience to why you are suitable for the job by including a few achievements from your last two roles that show how you added value to the organisations.

Prepare your stories before the interview
Job Search in Hong Kong

Prepare your stories before the interview

Hiring managers want to hear your story. They know past behaviour predicts future performance, so they ask for specific examples of times when you navigated office politics or delivered measurable results. The technique is called a behavioural job interview, and you know it is coming when you hear the prompt: “Tell me about a time when you … ” The next phrase can be almost anything: assumed a leadership role, saved your company money, disagreed with a boss, juggled multiple tasks or overcame an obstacle.

Getting your résumé right
Job Search in Hong Kong

Getting your résumé right

Hong Kong is known for its fast-paced working culture, where things need to be done quickly. As a result, employers here spend less time reading CVs than the global average……

Planning to succeed
Career Coaching & Guidance

Planning to succeed

Anew year brings new resolutions, and for most people this involves some form of being more organised in order to…

別聽公司裡 河馬的意見
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別聽公司裡 河馬的意見

閱讀《Google模式》是我去年最大的收穫。這本書讓我見證到當今的管理哲學必須要參考Google那別樹一幟的一套,才有機會跟得上現時由科技主導的經濟模式。我們在二十世紀學到的很多東西都是錯的,管理層得從頭再學,否則遲早會被淘汰。 舊世界的模式,是企業投入三成時間製造產品,七成時間用來推銷。在新世界則剛好相反,尤其是今天的科技發展一日千里,各個產業的生產成本肯定比以前下移得更快,企業應好好利用這個優勢。以往各個生產項目利用稀有的資訊來賺錢,但今天顧客可以免費得到資訊,而且資訊傳播的速度很快,因此企業必須倒過來做,用七成的時間去製造優秀的產品,利用今天變得相宜的新技術去不斷改善產品,錢就會自然地游進你的口袋。

奧巴馬變革 跑出靠食腦
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奧巴馬變革 跑出靠食腦

用「智者」來形容Projector就最適合不過了。絕大部分的Projector天生就是引導者,喜愛不斷尋求答案。當別人被迷惑時,往往便急不及待走在最前,務求為別人解決疑難。

善用社交媒體 搵工增優勢
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善用社交媒體 搵工增優勢

近年,各大網上專業社交平台愈來愈普及,搵工求職的方法亦趨向更多元化。除了傳統的睇招聘廣告再寄履歷表,亦可透過社交媒體主動出擊。Facebook、Twitter及LinkedIn都是香港人熱門使用的社交平台;當中,LinkedIn以專業人士為對象,筆者不少同事及朋友,不論搵工、物色受訪者、尋找合作伙伴,以至擴大人際網絡等,都會埋首LinkedIn「找對象」。澳洲會計師公會內容管理及社交媒體經理Jillian Bowen於公會早前舉辦的「第十二屆澳洲會計師公會專業推廣日」中,向一眾畢業生分享如何善用社交媒體以增加自己的搵工優勢。   未畢業先開戶 Jillian表示,外國不少專業行業,如金融或資訊科技領域,也會利用LinkedIn作為尋找適合工作人選途徑之一。但在香港的求職市場上,LinkedIn暫時只活躍於個別行業,會計界就是其中之一。本港修讀會計的大學生,普遍還未畢業便會開設LinkedIn賬戶,讓行業內的「人脈」( Connections ) 由讀書時期開始建立。同學們於畢業後進入不同的公司,認識不同的人,大家在LinkedIn的「人脈」便會以倍數增長,從而加強日後運用LinkedIn求職的成功率。

Play to your strengths
Career Coaching & Guidance

Play to your strengths

For too long, performance management and leadership development have focused on fixing managers’ weaknesses, rather…

辦公室心戰 護身有術
Advice Columnist

辦公室心戰 護身有術

職場考驗多,尤其年輕上班族入世未深,待人接物未夠成熟,一不小心犯險,輕則被上司責備,重則被開除。做上司的亦未必舒服,遇着八、九十後等自我中心較重的年輕下屬變得束手無策,甚至隨時接到對方的辭職信。   笑看辦公室風雲,年輕員工要護身有術,做上司的要贏得尊重。商業管理心理學專家 ── 香港專業教育學院( IVE )工商管理系講師暨管理與商業心理學高級文憑課程主任黃浩明,向一眾上班族傳授辦公室心戰攻略。   1. 肯定自我價值 上班族因為成長過程、性格、能力,以及身處的工作崗位各異,令各人的工作表現都不一樣,因此不要以身處的職位和級別來衡量個人的價值;相反,應該建立自信,正視個人的長處和短處。   2. 積極角度看自己缺點

【職場教練】做工作狂又如何
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【職場教練】做工作狂又如何

「工作狂」這三個字,在大多數情況下都蒙上了負面色彩 —— 忘我工作、犧牲社交、影響擇偶,甚至被帶上有色眼鏡者視為博表現……..