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HRDF Career Placement Centre Launch (6th April 2021)

Yesterday in this auspicious event, I, along with my other fellow colleagues received my letter of appreciation from YB Senator Dato’ Sri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of Finance. Standing next to him was the YB Datuk Seri M.Saravanan, Minister of Human Resources, and YB Datuk Shahul Hameed Dawood, CE HRDF. I would like to thank you to HRDF for this recognition and my friend, Sunil Hasmukharay – Leadership and Change Management Coach, the man of the hour, to push … Continue reading “HRDF Career Placement Centre Launch (6th April 2021)”

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Gig Economy

In the early 1990’s, I started my own company because I lost my job after being retrenched. My (then) husband was working long hours at the bank. With a small child, a mortgage, our financial outlook was not that well. A few years later, it grew from a humble RM2 company to a 5 vertical company with solutions ranging from manpower outsourcing to industrial kitchen supplies to tableware manufacturing. With about 3,000 over people working for the company all over … Continue reading “Gig Economy”

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Workshop Kerjaya. Nak join ke?

Kawan-kawan Baru-baru ni ada beberapa client baru saya merungut hantar profile kat syarikat, tapi respond pun takde. Jadi saya pun mintaklah copy cover letter dan/atau cover email, dan juga salinan resume untuk saya tengok… Pada pendapat saya, ada beberapa kemusykilan yang saya nampak: 1) cover letter/cover email tak padu 2) English TERUK GILER. Spelling nama jawatan pun ada salah (ni sebab tak detail oriented, kerja orang nak cepat) 3) resume masih old skool, guna font dan layout yang kurang menarik. … Continue reading “Workshop Kerjaya. Nak join ke?”

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How to Use LinkedIn Effectively

Honoured to be featured as one of the contributors for Leaderonomics’ digital magazine. Read my post on How to Use LinkedIn Effectively. I shared 5 tips on how to use this professional platform well. Read it all here: https://leaderonomics.com/pdf/MSJ-190627.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1c6WXR2TDriHN_TfgjEEsQ6GeSfAFmEMCFFs5rQR8vAhvkgZvwGp1CGss

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Story telling in career conversations.

In my workshop, “Life Journey Options” participants will walk through their “journey options” via drawing, narrative and story telling. A highly interactive session, they will explore possibilities of what the future might hold for them. For thousands of years, human beings have used drawing and story telling to share knowledge and tell stories of themselves or others. I find that in career conversations, they are able to relate their past experiences, identify possible actionable items, successes, articulate gaps, learnt lessons, … Continue reading “Story telling in career conversations.”

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5 red flags indicating that you need to talk to someone about your career

when you start feeling the rut when there is no career progression in sight when you start feeling anxious about going to work when your productivity drops when your work consumes your time more than you desire Let me know if you need to talk to me. To your career success HRB ++follow me for more career management tips++

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6 Things You Need To Know About The Future of Work

Taken from “Humans Wanted” content, the article talks about the fear of AI and the possibility of job disruption caused by technology and automation. RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) had conducted an in depth of the Canadian workforce. “….four million Canadian youth entering the workforce over the next decade are going to need a foundation of skills that sets them up for many different jobs and roles rather than a single career path. They will need a portfolio of human … Continue reading “6 Things You Need To Know About The Future of Work”

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1 Probable Reason Why People Do Not Approve Your LI Request To Connect.

You saw someone on LinkedIn that you wanted to connect. You send the LinkedIn request including a short message and waited, but nothing happened. And, you wondered why. After all, you have good credentials in your profile. Your profile image looks professional and nothing creepy in the summary. But, wait! Have you checked your setting to make sure all the relevant credentials are enabled so that potential connections could see them? Could it be possibly that they cannot see anything … Continue reading “1 Probable Reason Why People Do Not Approve Your LI Request To Connect.”

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3 Tips To Get That Job Hunting Moving

Think of that job hunting as hustling to get a business. To get thebusiness, you need to do a few things such as business development, salespitch, understanding the market segment and develop a sense of direction to grab that opportunity. Now, similarly job hunting needs a strategy. The core of this strategy is: 1.     be consistent 2.     be disciplined 3.     be focused 4.     network like mad No amount of external push can make you to do all of these, unless you want to. If … Continue reading “3 Tips To Get That Job Hunting Moving”