The economic toll of the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to leave more than 140 million people out of work and another 1.6 billion at risk of income loss. Unfortunately, many of the jobs lost simply won’t return. At the same time, certain companies and industries like logistics and manufacturing can’t hire fast enough. Shifting to a skills-focused approach is a
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I was born in a low-income family.I failed my STPM examination.I was teased by Unimates when they found out that I was studying an Industrial Computing degree course and joked that I won’t get a job upon graduating. I was beaten by the above, but I was never defeated by them. Every day, I ensure that I give my best
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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I received an email from an individual yesterday asking for assistance to find a new job. When I look at the individual’s CV, I highlighted few points: 1) Email Address: The name of the email address used was referring to a sports icon. (I would encourage you to create an email address using your name for professional usage). 2) Poor
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