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What makes a good manager?
For many Hong Kong professionals, aspiring to a management role is a key career goal. Elaine Lam – Managing Director, Robert Half Hong Kong, discusses the characteristics that define an effective manager.
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【職場安多酚】在口罩下，你最信任的是誰？
戴着口罩，不只隔開了病菌，而且還隔開了人與人之間的信任。 曾經，Work from home 是很多人夢寐以求的工作模式！本以為，在家工作自由度高，而且可以隨意率性，不用化行妝、也不用每天煩着衣服穿搭、更可以省卻交通時間，實在是世界上最完美的工作模式。誰不知，在疫情下，在家工作已經成為常態，但是卻辛苦過日日朝9晚12。 讀者們告訴筆者，在家工作期間老闆要求每半小時匯報一次工作情況、也有直升機老闆要求開 cam 遙距「監控」工作、而且更有突如其來的上司來電追蹤行蹤。難道，老闆不見你一面真的如隔三秋？
How to Get Promoted
【Appraisal大作戰】 90條Appraisal實用評語例句 中英對照唔使煩
寫Appraisal的難處，在於如何友善提醒工作較多甩漏的同事改善陋習，令他們明白自己有進步空間。唔想絞盡腦汁都諗唔到點樣寫？唔想評語辭不達意、講完好似冇講？
HR Career Success
Are you looking to hire a unicorn candidate?
As a recruitment consultant in Hong Kong, I often get some pretty interesting requests from employers……..
HR Career Success
Are your high flyers flying under the radar?
Success isn’t born, it’s made. Day after day. Year after year. The challenge for big and busy companies is spotting those executives who are quietly putting in the late nights and diligently developing themselves into the leaders of tomorrow.
HR Career Success
How to maintain employer-of-choice standing with Hong Kong’s digital natives
If salary is no longer their top consideration, how do we best connect with today’s emerging workforce? The key to hiring and retaining the new generation of employees is to create in them a sense of belonging to your company. For digital natives born into our new communications age, constant communication is vital. Yet doing so can be a challenge at times, especially when dealing with the most connected group around.
HR Career Success
The best way to stay competitive in recruiting
In today’s volatile, uncertain and complex business environment, it is critical for organisations in Hong Kong to embrace new ways of thinking and working. This requires linking business strategy to talent strategy, critical to the success of talent acquisition. While tech trends such as big data and AI will continue to make the HR practitioner’s role significantly easier, it remains vital for HR professionals to continuously refine their skill sets and work with the right kind of tools.
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12 Proven Strategies to increase Job Satisfaction
Making your employees more satisfied with their work is surprisingly easy to do if you genuinely care about their well-being. There are 12 simple, proven things that you can do……
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香港人履歷常用詞知多啲
畢業季節快到了！即將進入職場的新鮮人，又要為撰寫一張見得人的履歷而努力。大家都知道，寫履歷跟寫文章不一樣，要快狠準，若要從芸芸的求職者之中脫穎而出，你只有5至10秒的時間來打動僱主。不然，履歷就會被丟到垃圾桶裏。成功的履歷毋須加入過於華麗、冗長的文字，強迫別人慢慢咀嚼，反而追求簡而精。 根據職場社交平台LinkedIn早前公布的數據顯示，其香港用戶的十大自我簡介用詞中，居首的是Specialized（專門）、Experienced（豐富經驗）及Skilled（熟練），似乎專門化是大家都覺得應該要突出的個人優勢，假若你是某方面的「專家」，不妨大膽寫出來，透過列出仔細的工作經驗去建構自己的相關專門技能。用字最好能反映個性，並採用專業的詞彙突顯個人的專業化。 數據又顯示，在各行各業都重視創意的時代，愈來愈多人使用「創意」和「革新」的詞彙作為自我簡介的用字，而Innovative（革新）更成為首次上榜的詞彙。這些詞彙反映大家都意識到，企業喜歡擁有開放思維和勇於接受新意念的員工；而創業家思維也不再只局限於初創企業或企業家，一般員工也需要具備一定的創新思維，配合大時代日新月異的商業環境。
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Keep Your Employees Happy and Loyal With These Tips
Business managers and leaders know how expensive it is to have to restaff their teams. Between recruiting costs and loss of productivity due to an unfulfilled position, companies cannot afford to lose employees on a regular basis. There are many ways to keep your employees happy and loyal, often at little or no cost to the bottom line.
Job Search in Hong Kong
What To Write On Your Resume When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities
So, you’re ready for a new challenge at work. Perhaps you’re looking to move upwards into a leadership role or searching for a job that has greater responsibilities. Or, perhaps you want to change industries or switch careers into a completely different function. The only problem is, you’ve been knocking it out of the park in your current position because you go out of your way to proactively seek projects, assignments, and tasks. Your job title understates all that you do in the workplace, and you aren’t sure how to reconcile those differences on your resume.