Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) (Extroversion/Introversion)
The Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) measures two pervasive, independent dimensions of personality, Extraversion-Introversion and Neuroticism-Stability, which account for most of the variance in the personality domain. Each form contains 57 “Yes-No” items with no repetition of items. The inclusion of a falsification scale provides for the detection of response distortion. The traits measured are Extraversion-Introversion and Neuroticism.
Continue reading Is December A Month To Start Job Search?
During the weekend, I spoke to a friend with our conversations as below: Friend: I need advice from you. Do you think December is a good month to start job search now? We have Christmas and New Year coming soon, then Chinese New Year in January 2020. Should I wait till February next year to start job search? Me: Honestly,
Continue reading 6 Reasons Why Your CV is Important!
During the weekend, I met with individual and was asked, “Lai, I know everyone needs to have a CV. Why it’s important to keep our CVs updated?”. This is great question. Here I would like to share 8 reasons why your CV is important: Help market yourself by highlighting your experience, skills and qualifications Identify weakness in your technical skills
Continue reading CV Tips. How to Write Professionally?
I have been receiving CVs from job applicants as well as individuals requesting to have their CVs to be reviewed. One on the key things that I’ve noticed that some of them tend to use short form when it comes to “Education” and “Company” that they’ve worked for. Your CV should be maintained at a high standard and quality especially
Continue reading CV Write-Up Tips. Please Don’t Do This.
I spoke to an individual earlier to share my feedback on the CV: Lai: I have a question for you. Your CV is plain with generic information shared on your previous and current roles. You didn’t highlight on the technical skills and key projects in your CV. Can you share the reason why? In: Oh yes, usually we need to
Continue reading Sunday Motivation. Acceptance.
A great saying by a friend yesterday, “Accept both compliments and criticisms. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow”. Like and share this post if you agree.
Continue reading Saturday Motivation. Bounce Back from Failure.
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with an individual: In: Lai, I’m in the midst of giving up hope to get a new job. Lai: What happened? In: I have applied many jobs for the past few months. From there, I got 2 job interviews and was hoping to get a job offer from one of the company. I received
Continue reading CV Tips. Getting Shortlisted For Interview Session.
My eldest daughter has been watching cartoon shows where she is particularly interested to watch cartoons with “Bear” character. Last week, we were at a friend’s house when a Bear cartoon show was airing at that time (it was from Unifi’s Hppytv box). I could see that she was paying full attention watching the show. Since then, my daughter has
Continue reading Interview Tips. Be Comfortable.
I was preparing one of our candidates for an interview session recently. A question that asked, “Lai, how do I really make a positive impression during the interview session?. I answered, “be comfortable answering uncomfortable questions during the interview session”. During the interview session, the interviewers may ask uncomfortable/challenging questions such as: 1) Why do you want to leave your
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