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We’ve all been working from home, off and on, for some time now and one of the major impacts of this has been on the ways in which we communicate.  As we look towards the post-pandemic period, it is easy to see that many of the changes that have happened due to Covid19 are here to stay.  While it’s true that there had already been a move to vide...

Saying no has always been problematic.  We work in an always-on culture in which we are expected to rise to new challenges and take on unexpected tasks with flexibility and relish.  Some might say we have also had an unhealthily glamorised relationship with the concept of burnout and the productivity arms race you can get into within some compet...

As firms look to restructure and reorganise and future-proof under the new normal, business leaders are embracing the hybrid model of flexible working. But as well as greater agility in terms of work location and methods, we are also seeing a greater flexibility in that workforce composition itself – essentially, the further rise of temporary an...

While Covid19 has forced us to reassess our preconceptions in many area of our lives, its dramatic impact on the recruitment market has accelerated a necessary change in attitudes toward the unemployed in the talent pool. In this week’s blog, we investigate why hiring managers and recruiters have approached this segment of the talent market with...

Covid19 has introduced many changes to the way we live. From turning our homes - our sanctuaries - into our workspaces, to turning us into part-time home schoolers, to completely changing the way we view personal hygiene and physical wellbeing. We are now at a point where some promising vaccines are on the horizon and we can glimpse the light at...

We are now eight or so months into the global Covid19 pandemic and we can safely assume that, for most people, working from their home is no longer a novelty. With many countries across the world (Malaysia included) reimposing localised movement restrictions, the need for remote working for health reasons is still there.  But moreover, many comp...

The Coronavirus pandemic has led to a sizeable shift in economies around the globe, the acceleration of growth in certain job markets, and a contraction in others. Along with this has come a great re-think of both the ways in which we work and also the locations we work in. In this time of change, new job opportunities have emerged, while other ...

As the restrictions on work and movement, imposed at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, start to be loosened, many companies are starting to bring employees back into their places of work. In Malaysia, many people have already gone back, albeit with some firms running a hybrid return model. Singapore is currently in Phase 2 and many companie...

As of 2nd June 2020, Singapore officially exited the Circuit Breaker and entered ‘Phase 1’, while in Malaysia the government moved from the CMCO to the ‘Recovery MCO’. Clearly, the region is now in the recovery phase of the Covid19 pandemic and this heralds a return to a greater degree of normality for most people, especially in terms of going b...

With the recent announcements that Singapore is extending the Circuit Breaker (CB) until 1st June and Malaysia is extending the Movement Control Order (MCO) until 12th May, we thought it would be a good time to look at job hunting during the regional ‘lockdown’ period.   While it is certainly true that many staff are furloughed and while many co...

Now that nearly all of us are working from home, there has been an unprecedented uptake of online collaboration tools and remote working technologies. Indeed, as governments, schools and businesses have scrambled to implement virtual continuity plans, workplace software companies (such as Zoom, Microsoft, and Google) have started offering their ...

With the types of technologies available to us today, such as VOIP, desktop virtualisation and web conferencing, there really hasn’t been an easier time to work from home – and to work there as effectively as if you were in the office. And now, with the global concerns around Covid-19 impacting work in many different ways, more and more people a...

It’s February 2020. We’ve had New Year and we’ve had Chinese New Year.  Most people have had their annual bonuses and it’s likely many of you have changed jobs recently.  Starting in a new firm can feel daunting when you’re at the beginning of the bedding-in process, so here are our top five helpful tips to get you integrating quickly and starti...

A happy 2020 to you all and we hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas and (Gregorian) New Year. And while it seems like the Christmas break was only yesterday, we are now already into CNY season!    As you’ll no doubt be aware, CNY 2020 marks the start of the year of the Metal Rat under the Chinese Zodiac. So, it seems fitting that for ...

Here we are at the end of another year. The Christmas break is upon us, with the New Year celebrations just around the corner. Time to take stock of the ups and downs of the past year, celebrate successes and look forward to the future.  This year is particularly interesting as it is the end of the Twenty-Tens and the start of the Twenty-Twentie...

Today we continue our two-part series on NGOs, to celebrate our appointment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to be their exclusive recruitment partner for the next year, working on a variety of roles within their Global Shared Services centre in Malaysia.   In the last post we look at what an NGO is, what it’s like to work for ...

If you’ve been following us on social media, you’ll know that we’ve recently been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to be their exclusive recruitment partner for the next year, working on a variety of roles within their Global Shared Services centre in Malaysia.   About the UNDP   The UNDP is an NGO funded entirely by ...

In our previous post, we looked the best ways to secure legitimate credit for your work. But most of us, at one point or another, will have been in that tricky situation where someone has taken all the credit for a project without recognising your contribution, or has simply taken the credit that you deserve. Naturally, prevention is better than...

For most offices, the mantra repeated in meetings and adorning the walls on posters is that teamwork is the key to success.  And we understand this to be true. But it is also important to understand the role you, as an individual, have played in that success because, when it comes to regular appraisals and reviews, credit for being the motivatio...

Hari Raya Aidilfitri is here and the end-of-Ramadan celebrations are underway. But while the festivities and feasting are in full flow, it’s worth remembering that the Ramadan period of fasting, self-reflection and almsgiving holds lessons for us all regarding frugality, self-awareness and altruism. For today’s post, we’re taking this idea and l...