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New Grads to Factor in AI
Advice Columnist

New Grads to Factor in AI

With artificial intelligence (AI) already delivering some of the most significant and disruptive innovations of recent times, for current and future graduate students — including students not focused on technology — AI will inevitably impact their careers.

Gearing up for a 5G future
Advice Columnist

Gearing up for a 5G future

As the roll out of fifth-generation broadband networks, better known as 5G gets underway, organisations are beginning to look at the various ways they can utilise the latest wave of groundbreaking technology by building a future-ready workforce to capitalise on an array of new possibilities.

【Fresh Grad求職攻略】投考政府工 如何準備「基本法測試」?
Industry Stories

【Fresh Grad求職攻略】投考政府工 如何準備「基本法測試」?

政府新一輪「綜合招聘考試」( CRE ) 及「基本法測試」( BLT ) ( 學位 / 專業程度職系 ) 將於6月1及8日舉行,現於香港科技專上書院擔任毅進文憑導師,教授「警隊實務毅進文憑課程」的前警長俞子龍 ( Mark Sir ),提醒有意投考者,宜預早兩個月開始溫習,而且即使熟讀《基本法》的章節還未夠,究竟應該如何備試? 考完想再考?宜先諗清楚…… 「基本法測試」滿分為100分,雖然測試沒有設合格分數,但亦不代表成績不重要,Mark Sir建議考生盡力取高分,並以超過70分較為理想。「要是分數太低,亦有可能影響取錄,考生勿掉以輕心。作答時亦要做好時間管理,開卷後須仔細閱讀所有題目,首先挑選熟悉及有把握的作答,不懂的或不理解的題目不要糾纏太耐,避免浪費寶貴時間。」「綜合招聘考試」及「基本法測試」可免費報考,而考試成績為永久有效,若再次應考「基本法測試」,就會以最近期考核的成績作準。 勿混淆考試模式

Eight jobs of a bygone era
HR Career Success

Eight jobs of a bygone era

【115 years of Hong Kong Recruitment Market】— Eight jobs of a bygone era In the past 50 years, Hong Kong has transformed from a centre of industry into a service-based, knowledge-driven economy thanks to universal education and advances in technology. In the process, many new jobs have been created while traditional ones, mostly in light industry and manufacturing, have been radically redefined or consigned to oblivion. Here, we look at some of the jobs that have disappeared in recent decades, but which were once well known in Hong Kong.

尋找快樂工作的3個方式
Advice Columnist

尋找快樂工作的3個方式

黃子華金句語錄:講得出「好鍾意返工」一定鬼上身。但工作是否必然毫無快樂可言?很多情況下,其實你有權決定自己的快樂。

NGO就係幫人咁簡單? 5大重點留意返
Industry Stories

NGO就係幫人咁簡單? 5大重點留意返

在金錢掛帥的香港社會,很多畢業生都滿有抱負,不恥加入商業財團,希望畢業後能投身政府成為公務員,成為市民公僕、或投身非牟利組織或稱非政府機構 ( NGO )……..

AI looks set to be a game changer for HR
HR Career Success

AI looks set to be a game changer for HR

There is no dubt that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be a disruption for any industry. The question is how big a disruption will it be and whether disruptive innovation is what will bring about positive change. For Hong Kong’s recruitment industry, the answer remains to be seen, but observers believe that the industry is on the edge of a fundamental change and a major disruption even though it has been slow on the uptake.

吃「鐵飯碗」由你話事
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吃「鐵飯碗」由你話事

公務員退休潮講了很多年,這個公認的「鐵飯碗」,是不少新鮮人趨之若騖的起步點……