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Career Path Planning
Making the Most Out of Your Internship
Being the Recruitment Director at the Mountbatten Institute for the past four years, I’ve seen my fair share of interns come and go through our one year traineeship programmes. Here’s my contribution to what I’ve observed from our more successful trainees.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Window shopping for work: Why it’s not the best way to advance your career
In the world of recruitment a ‘passive’ jobseeker is someone who may be interested in a suitable job if it comes their way, but who is not actively looking for their next role. These passive jobseekers scan job boards from time to time and ask to receive updates from recruiters. They like to know who is hiring and what skills employers currently value. But they are not actively searching or applying for jobs themselves.
Industry Stories
Getting a Job With the Hong Kong Government
Finding employment with the Hong Kong government can be a very successful and secure career path for many with an interest in public service. The positions within the government sector can be challenging yet rewarding and can even offer tremendous room for growth and advancement. There are typically a wide range of job openings available with various branches of government to cover a multitude of skills and interests. Unfortunately, finding a way in for an interview may not be as easy or as straight-forward as in the public sector.
How to Get Promoted
How to Pitch Your Boss For A Raise
When it comes to compensation, most employees in the workforce feel they are underpaid. It makes sense. After all, if you asked your friends and family how they feel about their salaries, it’s unlikely anyone would say they are overpaid for what they do for a living. There are measures you can take to change your financial situation at work and some are more obvious than others.
Career Path Planning
Top 10 Highest-Paying Industries For Entry Level Employees
As more and more young adults begin their higher education pursuits at university, the thought of their future career looms near. Everyone knows that being a university graduate is the first step to obtaining a better paying job and profession later in life, but how do you choose a career now? At this point in your life? Of course, the cost of attending a four-year institution can often come with a hefty price tag so many new university students also want to choose a profession that’s going to be a good return on their investment.
Career Coaching & Guidance
The feel-good factor: Go with your gut in pursuit of happiness at work
Change is never easy, but it is inevitable. Even if you’ve had the same job description for 15 years, the role is unlikely to be what you first signed up for – nor will the people, the company or the culture be the same. Everyone is motivated to move at some point in his or her career, The question is: what is your motivator? Over the years, I have heard several answers to this, including money, title, work-life balance, challenging work, a collegiate work environment, and a better platform for career growth.
Advice Columnist
【物理自療】操Fit身心靈忌急進
現在4月時份，大家都紛紛積極修身，為陽光與海灘作最後衝刺。香港的天氣一年四季的氣溫尚算平均，看似穩定，但事實上可能今個星期穿著風衣，下星期就要出動背心短褲，熱浪隨時來臨。不過在此提提大家，天氣可以來得快，但訓練絕不能操之過急，否則本來的修身鍛煉可是會變成康復訓練呢。
Advice Columnist
5個簡單Tips 成為至Like同事
相信沒有人會否認，良好的人際關係是職場成功的關鍵，不過辦公室內各人性格迥異，要贏得眾人歡心，成為備受歡迎的人物，實在談何容易！Robert Half香港區執行總裁Pallavi Anand及香港專業教育學院工商管理系高級講師暨人力資源管理學高級文憑課程主任胡秀珊就列出以下數項原則，教大家如何拿捏箇中技巧，人見人Like。
Career Coaching & Guidance
Nobody’s perfect: each one of us is a work in progress
I recently had the privilege of meeting an exceptional leader – one of the few female CEOs in Japan, a country in which female professionals are still rare. This CEO hadn’t followed a traditional path. She studied abroad, pursued a successful career in multinationals, and became a single parent. As she recounted her journey, she emphasised that nothing had been easy. As a single mother in New York, her salary had barely covered the cost of babysitting – so she flew her retired father in from Tokyo to look after her daughter while she travelled for business.
Career Path Planning
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.