Planning to Study Again? Prepare!

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By Aryong Lim Just admit it: Your job alone throws you a year-worth amount of  stress balls to dodge. Couple that up with your personal affairs and well, let’s just say, you’re good. There’s no need for extra servings of stress in your life. Your sales job, plus your kids’ sc[......]

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Job Search Survival Tips

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by Christine C. Bitoon Have you been in the job hunt for a long time already? Are you running out of resources and hopes? In such a competitive job market, looking for a job seems to be a hunt for food. It may be taxing, it may already be frustrating, but there’s no time to lose! In fact, now is the[......]

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Worst-Case Scenario Fixes Part 2

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by Christine C. Bitoon On Part 1 of this mini-series, we talked about two scenarios that happen in a job-seeking season: running late for an interview and having no idea how to answer a question. We cap off this series with another two scenarios that may happen to you as you look for and pursue that[......]

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Worst-Case Scenario Fixes Part 1

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by Christine C. Bitoon Have you ever had that dream of walking naked down the street? I think we all have. It is reflective of our fears of making mistakes, getting embarrassed and making a very bad impression. A job seeker who’s on the hunt for executive jobs probably gets that dream quite mo[......]

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Cover Letter Mistakes to Avoid

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A lot of job seekers place a lot of work in their resume, and of course that’s completely a “must”. However, in a quest to perfect the CV, the cover letter starts to suffer. If you only see the cover letter as a formality, then you’re already committing the first cover letter mistake. You need to un[......]

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Move on to a Much Better Job

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by Christine C. Bitoon It seems that the dream job that we’ve always had seems to be out of reach, especially when you’ve been conducting your own job search in Singapore for a while now already. You may feel that you always get rejected because of the competition and the high standards. Howev[......]

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS – Kok Mun Foong

Human Resource is a challenge which is common across all industries. As a provider of premium healthcare services, we deal with patients’ lives everyday at Gleneagles Hospital, one of the three private Singapore hospitals in the Parkway Pantai Limited group. All our staff  are acutely aware that peo[......]

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Industry Leaders – Russell Harrison

What is the one trait which you think has led to your career success? Persistence What do you like most about your job?   What I like most about my manager job and director job is that from a client facing perspective I enjoy understanding my clients business and strategy and being able to source th[......]

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CAREER EXPERT feat Chris Mead | Issue 102 of HEADHUNT

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Dear Chris, I’m about to enter the executive jobs or accounting jobs market for the first time in several years. What advice can you give me on how I can prepare? Regards, Hao Dear Hao, There are several steps you can take to prepare for your entry into the jobs market. First, research the demand f[......]

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“I” Management

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By Aryong Lim No doubt about it, team management is a highly talked-about career topic; it’s one of the more popular ones in the recruitment in Singapore lexicon, to be exact. There are articles about leadership skills all over the internet. Similarly, you can find that almost all learning and[......]

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