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Help to spot foreign talent
Career Coaching & Guidance

Help to spot foreign talent

Last week, we pointed out how the mobility of talent across the Asia-Pacific region can help ease the shortage of …

Mobility fills IT skills gap
Career Coaching & Guidance

Mobility fills IT skills gap

We believe that the mobility of talent across Asia-Pacific can ease the IT skills shortage. But while employers may be slowly embracing this …

In tough times, switch or expand hunt for a job
Career Coaching & Guidance

In tough times, switch or expand hunt for a job

I hold an MSc in financial engineering (quantitative finance), from City University [of Hong Kong], as well a bachelor’s in accounting, with around six years’ commercial banking experience from a top-tier …

Escaping the career trap
Career Coaching & Guidance

Escaping the career trap

Employees are being trapped in career silos because they don’t believe they can cross industry …

Network for career control
Career Coaching & Guidance

Network for career control

Last week, we dealt with some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you are to have full control over your …

Knowing how to take control
Career Coaching & Guidance

Knowing how to take control

To manage means to “control, handle or cope”. Hence, career management is the ability to control your life, handle the demands of working and living, and coping with …

Defining skill of mentoring
Career Coaching & Guidance

Defining skill of mentoring

“Mentoring supports and encourages people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their …