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Learning to grow
If you want to appeal to employers, it is not just about offering the right skills, experience and cultural fit anymore, writes Marc Burrage.
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Rule of tongues
Speaking another language opens the door to understanding other cultures, writes Marc Burrage.
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Filling the CFO job
The role of chief financial officer (CFO) has evolved in recent years and now involves being a business leader and decision maker who can provide insights into both future performance projections and strategic planning, writes Marc Burrage.
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Mentors make you
Often, a recruiter will ask you: “What’s your medium-term or five-year career goal?”
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Tech alters the mix
Digital marketing is changing the marketing mix and the way marketers communicate with their target markets, writes Marc Burrage.
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Hotspots glowing
According to the latest “Hays Quarterly Hotspots” report, which lists jobs in demand, employers in Hong Kong are very positive in their hiring intentions and are looking to attract high-quality candidates by offering performance-based promotions, an improved culture and fewer hours, writes Marc Burrage.
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Firm decisions
The right job can transform a person’s life and the right person can transform a business, writes Marc Burrage.
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Look beyond salary
In a recent web poll by Hays that drew responses from 318 employees, one in three respondents expected to receive a salary rise of more than 6 per cent this year, writes Marc Burrage.
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Risk jobs ride high
In the first half of 2013, we saw an increase in the number of new hires at associate to vice-president level for compliance and credit risk roles, says Kirstin MacLaren.
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Teamwork trumps
Raw talent will only take you so far. In today’s increasingly complex business environment, there is widespread recognition that it is team-based effort that brings competitive edge and that a motivated team working together with a clear objective can achieve astonishing results, writes Marc Burrage.
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STAR performance
Following the admission by Google’s senior vice-president of people operations that the company’s famous brainteaser interview questions didn’t work and would no longer be part of their interview process, we have seen a shift away from this style of interviewing, writes Marc Burrage.
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The personal touch
Last week, we discussed how important it is to maintain personal connections as well as your virtual networks, writes Marc Burrage.