Career Coaching & Guidance
Be realistic if you want to change your career
I’m a 34-year-old tennis coach who works on average three hours a day and earns around HK$20,000 a month. I’m free from 9am to 3pm so I want to …
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Should I go after a ‘crossover’ qualification?
I’m a chartered civil engineer working in the construction industry where there are a lot of opportunities …
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Make sure you have the skills for consultancy
With three years of experience notched up in the HR field, I would like to explore changing my career to management consultancy as the next …
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In tough times, switch or expand hunt for a job
I hold an MSc in financial engineering (quantitative finance), from City University [of Hong Kong], as well a bachelor’s in accounting, with around six years’ commercial banking experience from a top-tier …
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Network for career control
Last week, we dealt with some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you are to have full control over your …
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Harnessing the power of ‘e-preciation’
When you step into a department store or visit the websites of different companies, it is easy to spot channels to file complaints, be it via …
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No thrills with poor skills
When ascertaining performance, employers typically hone in on four soft skills: interpersonal and communication; team management and …
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From trash collector to tycoon
Some 20 years ago, a teenage Micky Yan Wai-kiu was collecting trash at a public housing estate when a mother and her whimpering child passed by. “If you don’t study, you’ll end up collecting trash …
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Get career in motion with motivation
Motivation is our internal drive “to do” – to achieve, to evolve or to change. It plays an important role in most areas of our lives, yet many of us find it …
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Small things can have big career impact
Big or small, all tasks are important. The key to quality is making sure every task is completed correctly and on …
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Build your own brand
Self-help and makeover television programmes are ubiquitous now and everybody seems to be talking about defining …
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Gatekeepers who reduce risk
When people think about investment banking, they picture bankers shouting into their phones buying and selling all sorts of exotic …