Career advice

Practical guides for a Hong Kong career

Curated writing from operators, recruiters, and HR leaders — written for people building real careers in HK.

← Career advice

Tag: "Human Resources"

Agile HR
Advice Columnist

Agile HR

We are living in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Era, VUCA reflects the unpredictable and erratic forces of change that could affect organizations. Acquiring new skills, behaviors and approaches is necessary to manage facing the threats of VUCA, we need to recognize important assets that know how to deal with challenges coming withheld. A lot of business owners and CEOs have adopted the VUCA era, they have a better understanding of the challenging situations. These thought-provoking situations occur due to unavoidable external aspects that could be related to politics, society, economics, technology, and/or environmental factors.

Provide feedback
Career Coaching & Guidance

Provide feedback

Following an unsuccessful interview, one of the most frustrating, and unfortunately all-too-common, occurrences is that of not receiving any feedback. The importance of post-interview feedback should not be underestimated.

Contracting is cool
Career Coaching & Guidance

Contracting is cool

It’s time for Hong Kong professionals to embrace contract or interim employment status, as most of them now seem to appreciate the positives of such flexible arrangements, writes Kate Harper.

Temping tempting
Career Coaching & Guidance

Temping tempting

The majority of workers in Hong Kong find contract assignments an attractive option given the current global economic environment, according to a recent survey conducted by Hays, writes Marc Burrage.

Retention is better than cure
Career Coaching & Guidance

Retention is better than cure

In our final week on the subject, we continue to look at some of the best methods companies can employ to make sure they hold on to their best staff, writes Marc Burrage.

Temp jobs, lasting benefits
Career Coaching & Guidance

Temp jobs, lasting benefits

Every employer must think about whether they are using temporary assignments effectively in their workforce, writes Marc Burrage.

Escaping the career trap
Career Coaching & Guidance

Escaping the career trap

Employees are being trapped in career silos because they don’t believe they can cross industry …

Preparing for salary review
Career Coaching & Guidance

Preparing for salary review

Almost a quarter of Hong Kong’s workforce can expect a salary increase above 6 per cent this year, according to our 2012 Hays Salary …

Social media is new hunt ground
Career Coaching & Guidance

Social media is new hunt ground

With many candidates now being much more strategic in their approach to online networking, taking advantage of …

To tweet or not to tweet while at work
Career Coaching & Guidance

To tweet or not to tweet while at work

The use of social media during office hours has given rise to new problems. Many companies worry about the social networking sites’ possible effects on employee productivity, brand …