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Key Elements for Writing a Perfect Cover Letter
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Key Elements for Writing a Perfect Cover Letter

Writing a cover letter during a job hunt can be one of the most daunting, stress-filled experiences of a professional’s career. A cover letter is the gateway to a promising new career and finding the right words to use in order to introduce yourself positively and effectively is no easy task. While each cover letter should be unique and individualised to appeal to a specific role and company, there are certain key elements in every successful cover letter samples and templates.

了解自己，Jump出一條活路
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了解自己，Jump出一條活路

每逢新年大家可能都好怕親戚問「幾時帶男/女朋友比我地見下？」「幾時結婚呀？」「幾時生仔呀？」等令人尷尬既問題，不過我就無咁既煩惱，點解？因為大部份每年見一次既親戚都會問：「亞飛，仲係唔係做緊呢份工呀？下，又轉左啦？」 投身社會十二年，轉左十一份工，除左親戚朋友外，有試過連日見夜見既亞媽都會唔知我做緊乜。 「亞飛，近排夜左返屋企食飯既？」「亞媽，轉左工。」「下，轉左工三個月咋喎，又轉？」唏，就係趁未過試用期就逃離地獄嘛。 對於不斷轉工，有人關心我，有人笑我，有人不斷講道理去感化我；亞媽亞爸覺得我仲係貪玩唔定性，咁轉工法邊可能有成就；另一半又會無安全感，點同你計劃將來？但呢十二年間，我越轉越高職位，大家又覺得不可思議。 其實，custom made CV 同 cover letter好辛苦架，interview比人問到口啞啞又好過癮咩…我都唔想不斷轉工同轉行，真係好攰… 但點解又要轉工？ 頭一兩年人工低，屋企又咁辛苦供書教學，真係好難家用比少少，講理想講career path。 之後，工作環境亦令人好頭痛，我試過自己住柴灣公司搬左去荃灣；同事話我二五仔；又試過老細無情白事日日粗口問候你。 到環境稱心人工滿意，準備全力以赴既時候，竟然比我知道，原來公司既架構係無位再升你職之餘，你對上既老細應該一世都唔會走…

What advice can you give to a teenager who dreams to found a startup in future?
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What advice can you give to a teenager who dreams to found a startup in future?

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.

How to Stand Up to Your Boss Without Losing Your Job
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How to Stand Up to Your Boss Without Losing Your Job

Conflicts in the workplace are inevitable, but what should you do when an issue develops with your boss? Whether the problem is a technical one, a management style disagreement, or a personality clash, there are ways that you can stand up to your boss without losing your job.

Learn to Delegate Tasks Like a Pro
How to Get Promoted

Learn to Delegate Tasks Like a Pro

There’s a fine line between being a working manager and a micromanager. Learning to delegate tasks like a pro will help ensure you and your team’s future success. Here’s what you need to do…

What To Write On Your Resume When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities
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What To Write On Your Resume When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

So, you’re ready for a new challenge at work. Perhaps you’re looking to move upwards into a leadership role or searching for a job that has greater responsibilities. Or, perhaps you want to change industries or switch careers into a completely different function. The only problem is, you’ve been knocking it out of the park in your current position because you go out of your way to proactively seek projects, assignments, and tasks. Your job title understates all that you do in the workplace, and you aren’t sure how to reconcile those differences on your resume.

Be a Better Leader By Asking Yourself These Questions
How to Get Promoted

Be a Better Leader By Asking Yourself These Questions

When you think of a successful leader, you probably think of someone confident and decisive. Not only do questions serve as an opportunity to solve problems and develop processes, questions can drive personal improvement and aid in delivering targeted and effective results. In this day and age, leaders are expected to motivate, engage, and influence. And this can be done most effectively by asking the right questions.

Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
Career Coaching & Guidance

Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For

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.

Bad Management Traits To Avoid
How to Get Promoted

Bad Management Traits To Avoid

Bad management is catastrophic to business on multiple levels: reduced employee morale, minimal levels of productivity, low retention of talent pool, lack of motivation and creativity, and a host other crushing factors that can destroy your bottom line. Gallup research reveals that a staggering number of employees, roughly 70%, attribute their own motivation directly to their manager…