Resumes a terrible way to hire people
Sunday, 23 Feb 20202:20 PM MYT By Cassidy Leventhal Of Bloomberg Opinion Research shows that one of the most predictive components of success on the job is honesty. (Honest people, not surprisingly, are more likely to be conscientious and dependable – two big predictors of job performance.) Integrity tests, which can be purchased off the shelf […]
Jack Ma’s advice for Chinese entrepreneurs in the time of coronavirus: retool, reflect and restore work at a steady pace
The coronavirus epidemic in China presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs to retool themselves and prepare for the growth, said Ma, who drove Alibaba to launch Taobao in 2003 during the Sars outbreak. In his lecture at the Hupan College, Ma channelled Kazuo Inamori, the legendary founder of Kyocera Corporation. — SCMP Jack Ma, the co-founder […]
Should New Grads Take Any Job or Wait for the Right One?
Jodi Glickman September 27, 2019 Luisa Kloep is a 26 year-old newly minted graduate with a masters degree in fashion and sales management. Like many of her peers, she is bright, talented, and enthusiastic about her new career. She’s also unemployed and feeling dejected about the job search she started five months ago. Luisa, who […]
Should You Accept a Lower-Level Job After a Career Break?
By Carol Fishman Cohen September 02, 2019 It’s a dilemma in the career re-entry world: What level is the right level to return to after a career break? Returning professionals who take a lower-level position than the one they were in before their career break may worry they are selling themselves short. Employers can be confused […]
5 Mental Mistakes That Kill Your Productivity
Alice BoyesNovember 04, 2019 If you’re sometimes frustrated about how little you accomplish during your work day, you’re not alone. Research indicates that only 26% of people often leave the office having accomplished the tasks they set out to do. It’s common to feel as if you’ve been busy but haven’t done anything important. Of course, life […]
The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 Years
By Carmine Gallo JULY 15, 2019 Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. The ability to persuade, to change hearts and minds, is perhaps the single greatest skill that will give you a competitive edge in the knowledge economy — an age where ideas matter more than ever. Some economists believe that persuasion is […]
CONT: Employee Evaluation
An employee evaluation is the assessment and review of a worker’s job performance. Most companies have an employee evaluation system wherein employees are evaluated on a regular basis (often once a year). Typically these assessments are done at year end or on the employee’s service anniversary. That is, if you were hired in February, your […]
Food For Thoughts: Why Employee Performance Appraisal Doesn’t Work
The Traditional Performance Appraisal Process Is Demeaning and Hurtful Author: SUSAN M. HEATHFIELD Second only to firing an employee, managers cite performance appraisal as the task they dislike the most. This is understandable given that the process of performance appraisal, as traditionally practiced, is fundamentally flawed. The process is hurtful and demeaning, and both managers and […]
Never too early for top scorers to give back
By Rayyan Rafidi – June 26, 2019 @ 12:24pm AFTER pursuing their studies, scholarship recipients are expected to return home to serve the community and build the nation. But for Nelson Ng Jia Jun, a Yayasan Khazanah scholar with a burning passion for education reform, it is never too early to start giving back. This 22-year-old is the […]