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What would happen if we didn’t have to go to college?
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What would happen if we didn’t have to go to college?

This should send a small shiver through the spines of anyone employed in academia: the recruiting site Glassdoor has published a list of companies that no longer require a college degree – including professional heavyweights Google, Apple and Ernst & Young. If firms like these no longer insist upon a sheepskin, it seems just possible that the decades-long trend of requiring more and more education to maintain a toehold in the middle class might reverse.

石詠莉:最好的已在身邊
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石詠莉:最好的已在身邊

人生路上我們尋尋覓覓,為了把最美的人、最好的事擁在懷內;即使所戀所愛的遙不可及,甚至可夢而不即,依然苦苦追尋。驀然回首,原來最好的已在身邊!這個道理,在石詠莉 ( Sukie ) 的音樂故事中娓娓道來………

Maxim’s new approach to revamp recruitment strategy
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Maxim’s new approach to revamp recruitment strategy

Bocco Chen, senior manager of talent acquisition, Maxim’s Hong Kong discussed with cpjobs.com how revamp recruitment strategy will better deal with a new generation of talent. What differentiates Maxim’s as an employer?

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:

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?

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.