Career advice
Curated writing from operators, recruiters, and HR leaders — written for people building real careers in HK.
Remember the most successful and popular students you knew in school? They seemed to be comfortable with everyone, intelligent, kind and fun. Anyone would be happy to work with them on a group assignment. These people are probably well-liked and respected as adults too, and would be valued in any workplace. What do they have that others don’t?
Workplace anxiety is pervasive. It affects all employees, regardless of age, tenure or industry. As the modern workplace continues to undergo changes pertaining to decentralisation, downsizing and restructuring, workplace anxiety will continue to escalate. What’s more, the culture of overtime in Asia has made stress more common than not, further enhancing feelings of anxiety at work.
Making your employees more satisfied with their work is surprisingly easy to do if you genuinely care about their well-being. There are 12 simple, proven things that you can do……
In order to maintain a healthy work environment and be successful in our careers, not to mention enjoy the time we spend in the office, it’s crucial to develop lasting peer-to-peer work relationships. Here are some key ways to forge deeper connections with your colleagues.
Business managers and leaders know how expensive it is to have to restaff their teams. Between recruiting costs and loss of productivity due to an unfulfilled position, companies cannot afford to lose employees on a regular basis. There are many ways to keep your employees happy and loyal, often at little or no cost to the bottom line.
1) Start as early as you can – Early and well begun is a sign of a good start. It should be a well thought of and well planned execution of idea. Do not start off in a hurry. Messing up in the initial stage can be detrimental for the future of the business. Take effective, profound steps in the beginning. These steps may be as small as getting the blueprints of the idea, but they hold a lot of importance in the later stages.
Francis was upset. Having been the finance director of his company for the past five years……
As a manager, everyone wants to be respected and well-liked by their employees. Unfortunately, it’s a fine line to walk between being treated with professional deference and being treated like a friend who can be taken advantage of in the office. While it is important to maintain friendly relations with your team, as the boss, some distance must be maintained in order to preserve the working relationship. Here are some ways that you can ensure that you’re acting like the personable, yet respected boss everyone wants to work for.
The concept of a better work life balance has the business world buzzing for several years now and while many companies are jumping on the bandwagon to pursue happier, more rounded employees, achieving that crucial balance between work and personal life isn’t necessarily the reality for many professionals. Executives and managers may be talking about implementing new and innovative organisational policies to help employees juggle priorities, but often times the proponents of work life balance may unwittingly be the same ones creating the obstacles for their employees to realise it.