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4 Networking Mistakes to Avoid
Advice Columnist

4 Networking Mistakes to Avoid

Knowing the networking mistakes you should avoid in the first place will help you create and maintain an effective network to draw on for future inspiration and guidance.

How to Deal With Angry Coworkers
Career Coaching & Guidance

How to Deal With Angry Coworkers

It’s now more important than ever to be working in a comfortable and safe environment, you always want to keep your composure in the workplace, so here are some tips on how to deal with angry coworkers…

Be a social climber
Career Coaching & Guidance

Be a social climber

Most social networking sites share a common goal of connecting or reconnecting people through the internet. At some point in their history, each has built a credible following of members. It is this member base that attracts the attention of businesses wishing to identify, connect and engage with it, and eventually to sell products and services to it.

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.

Face up to contacts
Career Coaching & Guidance

Face up to contacts

Networking used to be so simple, writes Marc Burrage.

Keep connected
Career Coaching & Guidance

Keep connected

This week we continue to look at the steps you can take to keep your personal brand in order, so that you can stay ahead of the growing competition in Hong Kong’s job market, writes Marc Burrage.

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 …

Social media’s job frontier
Career Coaching & Guidance

Social media’s job frontier

Whether you’re a fresh graduate or in the early stages of your career, social media can play an important role in your …

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 …