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Top Advice on Getting The Promotion You Want
How to Get Promoted

Top Advice on Getting The Promotion You Want

While sometimes it may seem as though a promotion will never happen, you can ensure that you set yourself up for professional success. With careful strategising and intentional actions, the promotion you want can be within reach. Before making demands with your boss, clearly identify your goal and make preparations early on to make your ideal position an easy win. Consider the following questions and gather strong responses before you talk to your boss.

Things to Consider Before You Jump into Freelance Work
Job Search in Hong Kong

Things to Consider Before You Jump into Freelance Work

Are you thinking to work as a freelancer? There are opportunities to get freelance work and if you want to enjoy the pros of it, here are the 6 secret points you need to know before your journey embark…

Elevate your EQ
Career Coaching & Guidance

Elevate your EQ

In today’s competitive and volatile job market, finding and maintaining a job is tough and studies show that employers are more inclined…….

Common Mistakes for Writing Emails
Advice Columnist

Common Mistakes for Writing Emails

Improve your professional communication by avoiding the top 5 exceptionally common email mistakes you will definitely want to avoid. Visit CP Jobs for more.

Loyalty is about helping create a more positive working environment, not just about staying at the same company for a long time
Career Coaching & Guidance

Loyalty is about helping create a more positive working environment, not just about staying at the same company for a long time

A client recently told me he doesn’t like his job, but loyalty is stopping him getting a better one until he’s been at the company for five years. When I probed him about the root of the problem, he admitted his wife doesn’t like him working late or at weekends. At the same time, he feels unappreciated, as he hasn’t had a pay rise for four years.

【職場航行日誌】多句觸發打工仔怒火嘅話
Advice Columnist

【職場航行日誌】多句觸發打工仔怒火嘅話

面書開始被一句句令唔同行業打工仔極速噴火既說話橫掃，多到可以集結出版一本金句書！我地呢班打工仔，除左做唔完嘅Paper work，覆唔完嘅Email同埋應對唔切Client嘅Request外，仲要聽盡上司諷刺入骨嘅說話，咁就當然會爆發無窮怨氣和淚水湧現。