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Tips for Successful Networking
Advice Columnist

Tips for Successful Networking

“Being interactive is one of the basic requirements for an accountant engaged in advisory services, like myself,” says Eugene Ha, a partner at Grant Thornton and a Hong Kong Institute of CPAs member. “Making connections with clients, intermediaries and the wider business community is part of what I do every day. It’s fortunate that I am quite a natural talker as well, with an outgoing personality. Networking is in fact an enjoyable role to me.” Here are a networking natural’s top tips for making new connections. DO…

Top tips for success
Career Coaching & Guidance

Top tips for success

If you feel your current role holds few prospects for promotion, rather than just waiting for something to happen, take ownership of your personal development to fast track your career, writes Marc Burrage.

Raise your profile
Career Coaching & Guidance

Raise your profile

The utilisation of social media is becoming more and more important to network, research and plan your career, writes Kate Harper.

Dodge festive perils
Career Coaching & Guidance

Dodge festive perils

While ’tis the season to be jolly, for some, office Christmas parties can be awkward. Here are some tips on how to navigate them gracefully, writes Pallavi Anand.

The personal touch
Career Coaching & Guidance

The personal touch

Last week, we discussed how important it is to maintain personal connections as well as your virtual networks, writes Marc Burrage.

Reel advice
Career Coaching & Guidance

Reel advice

Online videos are helping young people learn more about jobs in the public sector, writes Wong Yat-hei.

Open with a bang
Career Coaching & Guidance

Open with a bang

So often we see candidates tripped up by the common job-interview opener: “Can you tell me something about yourself?” For such a seemingly simple question, it often poses difficulty and it is easy for candidates to get lost and end up rambling, writes Marc Burrage.

Standing out from the crowd
Career Coaching & Guidance

Standing out from the crowd

Many jobseekers are failing to stand out and do themselves justice in today’s market, where jobs are up, but so are the numbers of applicants, writes Marc Burrage.

Fit in before you stand out
Career Coaching & Guidance

Fit in before you stand out

You have just changed your employer, or even taken on an entirely new role and have to work with a boss, or even a team, that is totally new to …

Mobility fills IT skills gap
Career Coaching & Guidance

Mobility fills IT skills gap

We believe that the mobility of talent across Asia-Pacific can ease the IT skills shortage. But while employers may be slowly embracing this …