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Artificial intelligence brings huge benefits to HR but also legal quandaries
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Artificial intelligence brings huge benefits to HR but also legal quandaries

The introduction of AI in recruitment brings significant benefits to HR professionals. It is more time- and cost-effective, as automated programmes can carry out more mundane, time-consuming processes, freeing up time for HR professionals to do more strategic or complicated tasks. A HR professional may subconsciously select candidates with a familiar background or work experience that he or she relates to, whereas AI can be programmed to select candidates based on objective criteria only, widening the net of potential recruits.

入邊行好？香港三大熱門產業招聘趨勢
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入邊行好？香港三大熱門產業招聘趨勢

入到有前景的行頭，不但晉升及加人工的速度更快，也有更多學習新技能的機會。綜合最新幾個調查統計報告，香港三大熱門產業有以下的招聘趨勢：

投身物業管理要有「3高」
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投身物業管理要有「3高」

香港商業樓宇多、住宅多，對物業管理的需求自然大，故此入行並不難，但如果想做得好，不妨先看看自己能否做到這「3高」……

How to maintain employer-of-choice standing with Hong Kong’s digital natives
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How to maintain employer-of-choice standing with Hong Kong’s digital natives

If salary is no longer their top consideration, how do we best connect with today’s emerging workforce? The key to hiring and retaining the new generation of employees is to create in them a sense of belonging to your company. For digital natives born into our new communications age, constant communication is vital. Yet doing so can be a challenge at times, especially when dealing with the most connected group around.

How do I approach salary negotiations?
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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?

Fresh Grad面試3招
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Fresh Grad面試3招

雖然傳統Fresh Grad搵工黃金期喺3至4月，不過而家都仲有好多Fresh Grad仲搵緊工。雖然話就話過咗一般畢業時間，但如果你唔係一定要做MT，呢個時間應該仲有好多選擇。不過多選擇還多選擇，一有啱嘅見工機會就要好好把握。打機Chok超必都要睇下攻略，見工前都一樣要學返幾招旁身。

Tips to help you manage millennial workforce
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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.

NGO就係幫人咁簡單？ 5大重點留意返
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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 )……..

給上班族的小腿去腫法
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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…

這7個方法，讓你不再害怕與人打開話匣子
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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……