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How do I approach salary negotiations?
Q: I have worked as an accountant, for both Big Four and small firms, for 15 years and I am returning to Hong Kong after 10 years away, so I am looking to get back into the job market here. I earned a fairly high wage in my job in Australia and I would like to keep my salary on an upward scale. I have never before had to negotiate a wage though and I worry that I might be a little out of touch with salary trends in Hong Kong. How do you think I should approach the process?
HR Career Success
Tips to help you manage millennial workforce
People grumble that the younger generation of workers are getting worse; that they are immature and irresponsible; that they don’t work hard enough; that they want quick results while not willing to put in the effort. Many feel that the “internet generation” is too used to instant gratification, and don’t persevere for more meaningful rewards. Are younger workers as bad as many of their supervisors and bosses’ complaints about them suggest? Many of the millennial generation don’t think so.
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NGO就係幫人咁簡單？ 5大重點留意返
在金錢掛帥的香港社會，很多畢業生都滿有抱負，不恥加入商業財團，希望畢業後能投身政府成為公務員，成為市民公僕、或投身非牟利組織或稱非政府機構 ( NGO )……..
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給上班族的小腿去腫法
你是「坐著型」上班族嗎？ 長期坐在那椅子上，習慣地翹腳，除了對脊椎造成負擔及導致血氣不通外，更會令小腿腫脹。想擊退「蘿蔔小腿」的話，只要做好以下幾點就可以了…
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這7個方法，讓你不再害怕與人打開話匣子
不知道從什麼時候開始，我們總是害怕與陌生人交談。害怕別人對自己產生的印象，害怕對方因自己的主動覺得奇怪，更害怕對方反應冷淡。種種害怕，讓我們即使初來乍到，亦不敢主動認識新同事，更別說主動打開話匣子了……
HR Career Success
AI looks set to be a game changer for HR
There is no dubt that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be a disruption for any industry. The question is how big a disruption will it be and whether disruptive innovation is what will bring about positive change. For Hong Kong’s recruitment industry, the answer remains to be seen, but observers believe that the industry is on the edge of a fundamental change and a major disruption even though it has been slow on the uptake.
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工作壓力大得無法喘息？這些方法教你趕走壓力
面對壓力，我們每個人都有不同的解決方法。壓力，有時候的確可以讓我們進步；但有時候，它卻使我們焦躁不已。這份焦躁不單影響我們的情緒，更有可能因為內心難以冷靜，不能以最佳狀態表現自己。 但是，這個世界上總有些人，就算面對天大的壓力，他們仍然可以用悠然自得的心態面對，仿佛壓力從不存在。到底為什麼他們可以泰然自若呢？ 充足睡眠雖然看似廢話，但確有很多人無法做到。在充滿壓力的情況下，雜亂的思緒充斥我們的腦袋，那種輾轉反側難以入睡的感覺，我們固然都懂。但需知沒有充足的睡眠，既會影響情緒，使我們加倍焦躁，更使腦筋轉得更慢，減低工作效率。所以，即使壓力滿滿，但試試睡前聽聽放鬆的音樂，暫且放下心中的煩惱之事，點一個舒心的香薰，必定會使你在緊張中找到緩解的出口。
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工作失去效率，或許你需要的是「故意休息」！？
各位每週平均工時是多久？答案或許可怕到我們不願意回答。有人說今天的社會十分扭曲，人們將長工時視作勤奮的表現，投放得愈多時間，所完成的工作就會愈多，但事實真的如此嗎？