When Your Career Takes a New Turn

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

“That’s not my job!”

“That’s not the work I have in mind!”

When your boss gives you an assignment and you are sorely tempted to protest, think twice. He may be opening a door to a new and exciting chapter in your career. That was what...

Treat Your Boss Like a Client

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

Treat Your Boss Like a Client

Many people complain that their boss doesn’t understand, appreciate or mentor them. But these same people can show great patience and resilience in dealing with difficult customers. Therefore, a useful mindset is to pretend that your boss is your...

Put More Teeth to Your Application Letters

June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

By:  Nelson T. Dy

From time to time, I get emails from readers who drafted an application letter and asked me to comment on it. From my experience, most drafts suffer from three common weaknesses that will likely sabotage one’s chances of landing a job interview. Here...

Top five habits for career success at entry level

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

Long Yun Siang

 I am blessed to have some of the best bosses coach me when I first entered the working world. They passed to me what seemed like, at that time - pretty obvious things one would do when in the working world.

What seemed pretty obvious as habits for...

The Man in the Mirror (Part 1)

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

By Desmond Chua

We often heard remarks like "He is so like his father" or "He is what he is today due to his family upbringing". Are our behaviour, thoughts, feelings, values shaped by our parents? Is the difference between each of us lies in our personality? What makes each of...

Office Politics

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

No matter how far you are able to distance yourself from the internal politics in the office, it is still possible that you will be affected by it.

Someone in your organization - maybe someone you have long thought of as an ally - may suddenly see you as a threat to his own career...

Career promotion advice: How to SHINE and gain the promotion you want

June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

By:Long Yun Siang

You landed that first job and you have been at it for about a year or two. And you're looking for career promotion advice to move up the ladder, successfully. Obviously, there are no hard and fast rules to this. However, there are guidelines that can help increase...

YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL THAN YOU THINK! Part 1

June 26, 2009 | 1 Comments

By: Nelson T. Dy

The next time we complain of working like a dog, remember this classic experiment made on a real mutt. In 1965, psychologist Martin Seligman restrained a dog in a hammock and every time he rang a bell, he induced a harmless electric shock on the animal. The dog...