Random Thoughts and musing from Adrian & Yen
So, the Job Offer is finally on the table and you’re staring at it… wondering whether to accept it or not. On one hand, you’re doing pretty well in your current company. Everything finally works the way you want it to, the teams you work with respect you, and most importantly, you’ve finally figured out how […]
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My father was an clerk in the Standard Chartered Bank for 35 years before he retired. It was his first and last job. Today, your job will probably never last that long, like a balloon floating away in the sky. And even if it did, you would probably get so bored that you’ll quit way
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Many of us know of the Nobel Peace Prize and its famous founder, Swedish Inventor and Industrialist Alfred Nobel. Every year, this prestigious award is given to the most deserving individual who made the biggest impact towards world peace. However, did you know that Alfred Nobel, who invented modern day dynamite that killed thousands of young men in
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Before my Adventure as the Leading Career Strategist, I had spent over a decade in Headhunting. Now, we meet thousands of candidates and clients over time and there are simply too many stories to share, but there were 2 incidents that I will always remember. Now, these stories may or may not have a moral
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A friend in the US sent me this photo over the weekend. She had just recovered from a major surgery that was life-threatening and for a moment, thought that her end was inevitable. “I’ve always been a strong person, tough as nails. When my husband left me, I took care of the kids all by
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In order to be an effective people manager or team leader, you need to be able to engage your team at a deeper level. Often, this translates to helping them to take charge of their long term career-health. Whether it’s giving feedback on their strengths and inclinations, or providing guidance on the areas they should
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I read this article “Couples hold back from starting families due to job security, costs” by Shermaine Ang from the Straits Times recently and my heart went heavy for various reasons. The story interviewed couples who had put their plans for starting families on hold because of inflation, increasing competition and concerns about job security. Amidst the already
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“I feel cheated.” Ms Edna Chan (not her real name), a 45-year-old Events Manager confided. “I had signed up for this 3-month ‘’Data Science” course but when I got my certificates, nobody would even interview me, let alone offer me a job as a Data Scientist!” “What’s the point of Skills Upgrading?” She lamented. As
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There has been a lot of noise lately about “Quiet Quitting”. It was coined lately by some disgruntled Gen Z who apparently, had enough of working too hard and decided to do the ‘bare minimum’ to get by. That meant that he would not put in any extra effort, decline any work that is not
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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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