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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.

Age discrimination is widespread but should be fought in the workplace
HR Career Success

Age discrimination is widespread but should be fought in the workplace

It’s perhaps ironic that we discriminate on the ground of age, because we all have been young and we’ll all grow old. Ageing is inevitable and universal. Age is different from, for example, gender or ethnicity in that generally speaking, we have no lived experience of other sexes and ethnicity, but we all have or will have experiences of other people’s ages.

How soft skills smooth the way to career and life success
HR Career Success

How soft skills smooth the way to career and life success

Remember the most successful and popular students you knew in school? They seemed to be comfortable with everyone, intelligent, kind and fun. Anyone would be happy to work with them on a group assignment. These people are probably well-liked and respected as adults too, and would be valued in any workplace. What do they have that others don’t?

【職業特搜】 Digital Marketing Manager 最考跑數「續航力」
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【職業特搜】 Digital Marketing Manager 最考跑數「續航力」

背景：Raymond —— 喺Marketing Agency做Digital Marketing Manager逾六年 */ 人工及晉升機會 35,000元 成功爬上Digital Marketing Manager位置，一般都有3.5萬元月薪，當然生意好的話，年尾花紅普遍都過60,000元。至於晉升機會，第一級可以跳升至Senior Digital Marketing Manager，再進一步就可以晉身Director級別，成為公司高層。 壓力指標

Are your high flyers flying under the radar?
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.

林奕匡 浪漫就是與眾同樂
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林奕匡 浪漫就是與眾同樂

浪漫是甚麼？是否只是男女之間談情說愛的一份甜蜜感覺，還是有更遠大的意義？聽聽林奕匡 ( Phil ) 的真情分享……..