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【職場心理戰】見工畀HR壓價應該點部署?
Job Search in Hong Kong

【職場心理戰】見工畀HR壓價應該點部署?

作為打工仔嘅我同你,都會明白「期望薪金(Expected salary)」永遠同現實有實際距離。搵工轉工已經辛苦,見到成功在望仲要「講數」,真係心很累。面對「壓價」係咪一定要硬食,企硬係咪等於要同個Offer講再見?以下呢6招,可能幫到你!

How do I approach salary negotiations?
HR Career Success

How do I approach salary negotiations?

Q: I have worked as an accountant, for both Big Four and small firms, for 15 years and I am returning to Hong Kong after 10 years away, so I am looking to get back into the job market here. I earned a fairly high wage in my job in Australia and I would like to keep my salary on an upward scale. I have never before had to negotiate a wage though and I worry that I might be a little out of touch with salary trends in Hong Kong. How do you think I should approach the process?

Tips For How to Retain Your Best Talent
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…

Salary Negotiation Tips
How to Get Promoted

Salary Negotiation Tips

While many factors contribute to any professional’s overall job satisfaction, compensation is one of the highest rated factors that leaves employees feeling dissatisfied and undervalued in the workplace. No matter how fulfilling a job or role may be, take home pay is crucial to anyone’s quality of life and well-being in and out of the office. Although salary is a critical component to workplace happiness, most professionals aren’t very good at negotiating better pay for themselves.

How to calculate training ROI
Career Coaching & Guidance

How to calculate training ROI

If people are a company’s greatest assets, then training should be viewed as an important investment and not just an additional expense. In a company where training is provided, you will want to know if it was worth the time and money spent on it. Training can, and should, improve the performance and profitability of an organisation; but we also need to measure its effectiveness.

My Response to “A Google Programmer ‘Blew Off’ A $500,000 Salary At A Startup — Because He’s Already Making $3 Million Every Year”
Advice Columnist

My Response to “A Google Programmer ‘Blew Off’ A $500,000 Salary At A Startup — Because He’s Already Making $3 Million Every Year”

In a recent article by Business Insider, it told a story that a large, successful enterprise startup tried to poach a “programmer” currently working at Google. The startup made the programmer what it thought was a big offer: a $500,000 salary but the programmer told the startup thanks, but Google was currently paying him $3 million per year in cash and restricted stock units.

Negotiating a raise
Career Coaching & Guidance

Negotiating a raise

It is important to be aware that how you approach a salary negotiation can determine the strength of your relationship with your manager in the future, writes Marc Burrage.

Flexing forwards
Career Coaching & Guidance

Flexing forwards

When the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, ordered employees earlier this year to work back in the office instead of telecommuting, it made headlines around the world, writes Marc Burrage.

Look beyond salary
Career Coaching & Guidance

Look beyond salary

In a recent web poll by Hays that drew responses from 318 employees, one in three respondents expected to receive a salary rise of more than 6 per cent this year, writes Marc Burrage.

It pays to be honest
Career Coaching & Guidance

It pays to be honest

No matter how experienced a person is at interviews or how senior they are in their current role, more often than not, everyone going into an interview has that same nagging question in the back of their head: what should I say when I’m asked about my current salary?

Get ahead at work
Career Coaching & Guidance

Get ahead at work

It is important to take responsibility for your own career development and growth, writes Marc Burrage.