Career Coaching & Guidance
The interview day
It’s true you should polish your shoes on the day of your interview, but what other basic elements should you consider?
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A switch from engineering
I’ve been working overseas in the field of civil engineering for 10 years and I can hardly find a job in Hong Kong that is fairly paid. What is the possibility of a career change?
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Show personality, not nerves
I recently graduated from a university in Hong Kong and while my CV seems to be quite strong, I seem to have a low success rate in interviews.
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Initiative can reap rewards
I am a mechanical engineering graduate and I have been looking for an entry-level analyst position in the finance sector for over a year now without success.
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Jack of all trades seeks real career
My employer knows my work ethic so they are always trying to find more for me to take on board, but I’ve kind of become the jack of all trades here. What I actually want is to find a career, not just a job.
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Open with a bang
So often we see candidates tripped up by the common job-interview opener: “Can you tell me something about yourself?” For such a seemingly simple question, it often poses difficulty and it is easy for candidates to get lost and end up rambling, writes Marc Burrage.
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Choose your path and stick to it
I am 28 years old and have been working as a financial journalist for two years. Before this, I worked for a year providing marketing services for financial derivatives to investment banks.
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Temping tempting
The majority of workers in Hong Kong find contract assignments an attractive option given the current global economic environment, according to a recent survey conducted by Hays, writes Marc Burrage.
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Links MD joins the counselling crew
My career path has had many twists and turns. I graduated from Cornell University with a degree in industrial and labour relations, but at the time there were very few related job opportunities.
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New doctor joins specialist team
Like most people, when I left university, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, writes Richard Letcher.
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Avoid losing face
While the internet has created great networking opportunities for businesses and individuals, the value of face-to-face communication should not be forgotten, writes Marc Burrage.
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Get plugged into IT events
I am 22 and recently completed a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Northumbria in the UK. Before that I worked as an IT administrator in Hong Kong for …