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New Grads to Factor in AI
Advice Columnist

New Grads to Factor in AI

With artificial intelligence (AI) already delivering some of the most significant and disruptive innovations of recent times, for current and future graduate students — including students not focused on technology — AI will inevitably impact their careers.

Gearing up for a 5G future
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Gearing up for a 5G future

As the roll out of fifth-generation broadband networks, better known as 5G gets underway, organisations are beginning to look at the various ways they can utilise the latest wave of groundbreaking technology by building a future-ready workforce to capitalise on an array of new possibilities.

Avoiding awkwardness in small talk (Part 1)
Workplace English

Avoiding awkwardness in small talk (Part 1)

Here we go. That all-important overseas client who’s visiting your organisation is about to arrive, and it’s your job to ensure that everything goes smoothly……

Smiling confident businesswoman making phone call using laptop in office, successful millennial female boss talking on mobile at work, friendly secretary contacting consulting client by cellphone
HR Career Success

How to Conduct a Proper Phone Interview + Sample Questions

When hiring, you don’t want to be wasting time meeting candidates who don’t meet the requirements of the job. Instead, your goal should be to narrow down the candidate pool to a manageable size so you can better identify the candidates who will be right for your role.

【職場實用英語】5分鐘寫完 Thank you letter (Part 2)
Job Search in Hong Kong

【職場實用英語】5分鐘寫完 Thank you letter (Part 2)

人一生可能會轉好多次工、搵好多次工,所以亦都要見好多次工,所以效率非常重要,我哋會喺度逐 part 教你用最短時間寫最有效嘅 Thank you letter。未睇上期 Thank you letter 寫法嘅話可以睇番。   實例點評 上期講到以下例子,為咗方便所以copy咗過嚟: Subject line: Thank you letter Dear [Sir/Madam], I enjoyed meeting you and it was a pleasure to be interviewed.

Resume applications on wooden desk ready to be reviewed
HR Career Success

Ultimate Recruitment Guide: Conducting a CV Review

Recruitment as you may know can be a tiring process, but this doesn’t have to be the case. To help businesses better manage their talent acquisition process, we’ve created the Links’ Ultimate Recruitment Guide. In the last edition, we talked about tips and tricks to crafting captivating job descriptions, helping you attract the right talent to apply and fill your job vacancies. In this article, we will focus on ways to improve the resume reviewing process, to help you navigate through the numerous CVs to get to the best candidates for your roles.

七個助您優化個人履歷的網上教室
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七個助您優化個人履歷的網上教室

取得經驗值並讓自己升級吧! 正在尋找工作嗎?如果您仍在等待回音,或者是時候學習嶄新的技術技能去優化您的個人履歷,從而令人刮目相看。即便不是在尋找工作,亦有些課程適合希望嘗試新事物或進修的您。但我們今次不是在談重返校園,而是利用下列各個網上資源 – 它們都能自主決定進度,有些更提供應用程式版本,只要您有網絡連接就能隨時隨地學習。 如果您追求更高的回報,有很多課程都會在您完成課程後提供證書,那麼您便可以將此成就添加至GetLinks的個人檔案上。個別證書亦受到Google、Cisco等公司的認可,讓您的個人履歷顯得更有分量。 以下是一系列的優質網站讓您能提升經驗值,並讓自己升級。   1. Codecademy 涵蓋範疇:HTML/CSS、JavaScript、Python、CMD Line、SQL 註冊選擇:免費、七天免費使用專業版本、專業會籍(付費)、密集課程(付費) 專業會籍價格範圍:每月美金15.99 – 19.99元 支援平台:網頁,應用程式(iOS,Android) Codeacademy十分適合編程初學者,它們的免費課程包括大部分基礎編程語言如JavaScript、Ruby、SQL等,亦提供區塊鏈的入門課程,甚至能夠學到IBM的人工智能系統 – Watson API的基本操作。如果您希望更進一步,它們的專業會籍為您提供進階課程及項目,測試您的技巧和水平。要是您在尋找一些重點課程,不妨一看它為期6 – 10週、派發證書的密集課程。     2. edX 涵蓋範疇:計算機科學、資料分析、人工智能、區塊鏈、網頁開發等 註冊選擇:免費(不派發證書)、付費(派發證書)、初級大師計劃(付費)、碩士學位(付費) 價格範圍:每個課程美金50 -…