JobHunting

Should I Reveal My Age On My Resume? A Headhunter Debunks 7 CV Myths.

Yen and I have seen thousands of CVs during our 4 decades in Headhunting/Career Coaching, so, we are experts in this field. During our weekly Coachingsessions, we get asked a lot of questions pertaining to Resumes and CVs. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions we receive and the honest-to-goodness answers we give.   1. How […]

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Salary Misery – Are You Feeling Sadly Underpaid? Find Out Why!

Salary is important to many of us. After all, that’s one of the reasons why we turn up at work everyday! However, dissatisfaction with one’s salary can lead to feelings of unfairness which may eventually lead to resentment and even burnout. At various points in our career, we’ve all felt some unhappiness over what we

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How To Tell Potential Employers You Were Retrenched

There is less stigma associated with being made redundant today than ever before because corporate restructuring, downsizing, outsourcing and cost cutting measures are quite common. However, some still find it difficult to tell interviewers and potential employers about it. For some, it is their pride that is at stake. For others, they feel that they

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Retrenchment Package vs Another Role in My Company – Which do I choose?

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

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Playing The ‘Infinite’​ Career Game

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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“Never Let a Good Economic Downturn go to Waste, Let’s Retrench more Staff!”

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

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