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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.

Advice Columnist

Tips For How to Retain Your Best Talent

Hiring the right people for your company is a tough task to begin with, and once you’ve managed that, you’ve got to ensure your best talent thrives and grows…

Career Coaching & Guidance

Pedigree perils: Beware of making crucial hiring decisions based on preconceptions

While at a recent luncheon, I heard four influential business leaders engaged in a serious conversation about how an executive candidate ……

Job Search in Hong Kong

Red Flags to Look Out For When Hiring

While you can’t avoid all hiring mistakes, there are warning signs to be on the lookout for when reviewing resumes and conducting interviews. Poor spelling and grammar on resumes are common deal breakers, but here are other red flags to watch out for hiring.

Industry Stories

Is Government Work Right For You?

Are you in the market for a new job? Have you wondered if government work is right for you? There are many reasons to consider government work: the primary advantages include great benefits, solid pay, and decent job security — a combination that can be challenging to find in the private sector. To help you decide if a government career path is the right one for you to follow, here are some pros and cons to consider. PROS:

Career Coaching & Guidance

Advice for advisers

With a view to expanding their reach in APAC and increasing the number of skilled staff in order to stimulate growth, global management consultancies are in hiring mode, writes Katharine de Vaal.

Career Coaching & Guidance

Top bets this year

Working out which “big data” skills are needed and a better understanding of social media as a channel are just two of the top talent trends that will shape the recruitment landscape in the Year of the Horse, writes Marc Burrage.

Career Coaching & Guidance

Fine times for jobs

With anti-money-laundering (AML) fines still being enforced at a high rate in Hong Kong, a wave of hiring is continuing across Asia as banks develop teams to investigate, manage and counter future fines, writes Kate Harper.

Career Coaching & Guidance

Get hunting early

We are sometimes asked when is a good time to start to look for a job, writes Walter Ellicott.

Career Coaching & Guidance

Delve deep for ethical staff

In the final part of this series, we look at more strategies companies can use to make sure they hire ethical …

Career Coaching & Guidance

Help to spot foreign talent

Last week, we pointed out how the mobility of talent across the Asia-Pacific region can help ease the shortage of …