Don’t get the job if…

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by Christine C. Bitoon After a long while, you finally get a job offer. However, there’s a clincher, a red flag that screams “There’s something wrong here!” Hey, it doesn’t matter how much you want a new job, it doesn’t matter how great the boss is. If you see any of these red flags, whether youR[......]

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Can the Quantity vs. Quality Debate be Laid to Rest?

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By Aryong Lim One of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of career building involves the quantity vs. quality debate. The average success seeker is confused: Between mass-producing and meticulous-working, which ideal has more preference from/among Singapore bosses?  Are you going to receive more[......]

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Exploring the Mind of the Average SG Jobseeker

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By Aryong Lim They say that moving on after a break up is as difficult a task as convincing a conservative to get a tattoo or a tongue piercing: The heart broken just feels helpless, lifeless, and luckless. The same can be said for jobseekers who are broken hearted over a recent job search failure…y[......]

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Common E-mail Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) Part 2

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By Aryong Lim Part 1  talked about the most common e-mailing mistakes in relation to  addresses and opening greetings. Part 2 is going to dig deeper into the grammatical state of things and teach you about proper signature and attachment habits. Okay, grammar is a wide realm– wider than the re[......]

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Common E-mail Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) Part 1

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By Aryong Lim Perfection doesn’t come easy in the recruitment in Singapore scene. All career professionals — including those with executive jobs and manager jobs — are in danger of committing grave mistakes that may or may not affect their respective career rallies. Seekers of Sing[......]

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How to be Found Online

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by Christine C. Bitoon Sometimes, opportunities in executive jobs come when you are in the right place at the right time. However, we cannot rely so much on serendipity alone. We need to ensure that when opportunity comes, we won’t be late, and we will be the ones who will be seen first. In looking [......]

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How to Sabotage Your Career

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by Christine C. Bitoon Executives are great at what they do, sure. However, what a lot of them are unable to do is to manage their own careers. As a result, a lot of overqualified professionals are stuck in a corporate rut, in executive jobs that they don’t really love. Some, who are in their [......]

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How to Successfully “Sell” Yourself

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by Christine C. Bitoon Being an executive is much like being a business owner. You need to learn how to market what you offer. The only difference you have with a business owner is that instead of a product or a service, you offer your skills, competencies, basically yourself, as you look among the [......]

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Good Vibes Today

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by Christine C. Bitoon You should know that as an executive, you’re watched by a lot of employees in your company. If you think you need to keep a good reputation for your team to take an example from, you need to widen your sights and recognize that the guys from the other floor may also be watchin[......]

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Working Insights

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By Ananya Mukherjee I remember my first day at work as a television journalist in a news channel. I was very excited, only till I reached the workplace. My immediate supervisor was out on an assignment and no one else had been briefed to engage me. I sat at a desk that I considered appropriate in a n[......]

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