Here are five tips on handling tough questions. Why do you want to work for us? If your interview is with one of the top five companies in the industry, it might be tempting for you to say you want the[......]
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Changing market environments and increasingly complex ways of doing business demand a wide variety of skills today. Do learning seminars and development programmes help?
Though it is imperative that [......]
News – Telecommuting, Switching to Paperless Workspace, Hiring Plans of Sony & HSBC
Compiled by Lisa Cheong Only one in five employees telecommute In a new poll conducted by Ipsos/Reuters, it found that about one in fi ve workers around the globe telecommute frequently. In additio[......]
Read moreHeadHunt launches ‘Pay for Performance’
HeadHunt has pioneered a new way for employers to hire potential candidates via a “Pay for Performance” model. A first of its kind in Singapore’s online job recruitment industry, Hea[......]
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- Hire the right people – Getting the right people on board is important. If he/she is attracted to the job for the right reason, chances are that he/she will stay.
- Communicate – Be sure [......]
Exiting Employees with a Heart
Change is consuming businesses today – economic uncertainty, currency fluctuations, mergers and acquisitions, downsizings, restructuring, new strategies, new cultures, new technologies, deregulation, [......]
Read moreWhy Your Resume Gets Tossed
The average recruiter sees 5,000 resumes a year. Any legitimate reason she finds to make one disappear makes her life that much easier—and yours that much harder. Here, top-level recruiters reveal how[......]
Read moreWatch What I Do Not What I Say
Experts say that around 90 per cent of communication is non-verbal. So next time someone at your work says, “Don’t listen to the words, watch the body language,” listen to, and look at, what they say.[......]
Read moreDriving Communication to a Better Bottom Line
From a HR point of view, open communication between senior management and employees is key to employee engagement and productivity. If employees make up part of the workings of an organisation, commun[......]
Read moreWeirdos in the Workplace
An HR Summit Exclusive When you first read the opening words of John Putzier’s HR Summit presentation title, Weirdos in the Workplace, it may well sound like a comedy show. Everyone has a tale of a st[......]
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