I remember when I first started Career Agility International, I was invited at the behest of some Assistant Professor at a local university who was in charge of Career Programs to discuss ideas with her. When I arrived, she suddenly turned hostile and started challenging every point I made, even describing my career as a […]
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Dear Adrian, My company conducted a huge retrenchment exercise and the job I have is no longer around. I have been with my company for 18 years and really love my work and friends. The company is offering me a generous retrenchment benefit of about 2 years’ salary. Yesterday, HR just informed me that they
Retrenchment Package vs Another Role in My Company – Which do I choose? Read More »
Congratulations! You’ve decided to join the new company and have signed the Offer Letter. Some thoughts will now run through your mind. “What do I do next? How do I inform my boss and how will he react?” These are all valid questions at the “Offer/Acceptance” stage. The anxiety is heightened for those who have
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Over the weekend, I was bingeing on Netflix and being a diehard Star Trek Fan (or Trekkie, as we Geeks call ourselves), I re-watched one of my favourite episodes in Season 2. This is the one where Commander Data, an Android, was competing in a fictional game called Strategema with the Galaxy’s Top Player, Kolrami,
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That’s what Mr B, the Global CEO of a Fortune 500 company joked to me back in 2008 during the Great Financial Crisis as he laughed across the table from me, at the Courtyard Restaurant at the Fullerton Hotel. You see, his company was doing very well amidst the banking turmoil left in the wake
“Never Let a Good Economic Downturn go to Waste, Let’s Retrench more Staff!” Read More »
If you are hunting for a job, your first inclination will probably be to go online to look for job openings. There is no shortage of such portals and many job-seekers flock to them in droves. But wait… how effective can applying for advertised jobs be? The answer is “Don’t hold your breath!” As many
Job-hunting? Why looking at Job-ads just ain’t enough. Read More »
After the shock of the retrenchment wears off, there are some constructive steps you need to take to rebuild your career and your life. My advice is to take this as an opportunity to reflect on your career thus far and review which direction you would like your career to head towards. This period of ‘Employment
I’ve been retrenched…so what’s next? Read More »
(Before we begin, we apologise for the ‘clickbaity’ title….and also, we are not legally trained and hence, this article does not constitute legal advice. Please seek a lawyer if you need more clarification.) Many of us deal with copious amounts of data every day. Some of it is open-sourced, and others are confidential. Sometimes, it
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As a personal mantra, I keep telling my clients that Networking remains the best way to get job leads or to improve your Career Prospects. But I often get pushback. “It’s not easy as I’m an Introvert!”,”Who would want to meet me?”, “How do I even start?”. So I set myself a task – what
How I met 43 People in 20 Days -#TheNetworkingChallenge Read More »
In my 48 years, I never discovered my ultimate joy until I started gardening as a hobby 6 years ago. Getting soil under your nails, feeling the damp soil on your hands and doing all the fertilising and digging, I’d never imagine a grown man enjoy playing with dirt, especially since it’s a major bonding activity
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