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Shake Off Your Mistakes
Do you sometimes feel as though you make mistakes that begin to build up on you? Starting with one mistake, you may get flustered and then you make another, from there it builds...

4 Steps to Asking for A Raise
Do you feel that you deserve a higher salary? The fastest way to increase your income is to ask for a raise. But if you...

4 Strategies to Build Your Brand for Success
Why are people willing to spend thousands on Coach bags, Apple iPods, Motorola handphones, and other such "branded" goods? That is the power of branding.

Top 10 Tips for Attending Career and Job Fairs
Having a pen/pencil ready is one of the most important thing in attending a job fair. Nevertheless, there are 9 other tips just as useful.

7 Networking Tips for Shy Jobseekers
The word "networking" can strike terror into the hearts of not only shy jobseekers but even the confident ones, and even seasoned entrepreneurs.

Not Another Rejection!
Rejection is a part of daily life and everyone gets their fair share of rejection in every aspect of their lives every day.

9 Rules of All Successful Job Hunters
The term "job interview" usually sends a shiver down the spine to most job hunters out there. Landing a job interview is just the first step in getting your dream job, but it is utmost important to walk away successfully especially if the job is your dream job.

Making Cold-Calling Successful
Job hunt - a "task" that influence your future and life goes without saying that the Internet has drastically changed the way people today hunt for jobs. One of the methods that's often overlook is "Cold-Calling"...

What Your Horoscope Says About Your Career?
Each horoscope has different traits and thus these traits actually affect the type of career that suits each individual.

9 Tips for Better Online Job Hunting
Job hunt - a "task" that influence your future and life goes without saying that the Internet has drastically changed the way people today hunt for jobs.

Update Your Resume Regularly! Always Be Prepared!
The motto "Be prepared," it is a great career advice as you never know when the perfect career opportunity will present itself.

Secure your Job - Making a Powerful Impression
Let's see what MixFM DJ's, Serena C said during the talk of Career Fair with her topic, "Secure your Job - Making a Powerful Impression".

Hunting Down & Securing Your Dream Job
Let's see what MixFM DJ's, Richard Ng said during the talk of Career Fair with his topic, "Hunting Down & Securing Your Dream Job".

Market Yourself at The Career Fair
Career fairs are the best opportunity every job seeker could get to meet face-front with prospective employers. It is the time to flaunt your stuff and position yourself tactically above the rest. By following these tips, we will show you how you can maximize your time at the career fair.

Clean Resume
You might have a good university degree and a list of achievements in your resume. But what if it is full of typo and grammatical errors?

The Job Search Attitude
We have included this topic because we believe that all the job tips in the world cannot help an individual unless their attitude is right.

Take The Time To Plan Right
How do you put your time management skill to your own career? Career planning is not like party planning; it does not happen one moment and ends in the next.

Tips On Writing Style for Your CV
These tips are useful to help everyone write a more presentable CV. Learn what to put in your CV and what to leave out.

Are You Overqualified But Underappreciated?
Hiring managers often prefer people whose compensation and experience levels matches their openings. But when one is told that they are overqualified, does it mean the end?

7 Myths About Graduate Recruitment
In this article we challenge some of the myths and issues surrounding graduate recruitment using some of the latest labour market information available.

The Art of Writing Cover Letters
The role of your CV is to serve as an advertisement of yourself and your skills. Whoever reading your CV wants to see proof of your skills. But just how do you do that? Look on for the important rules on how to further enhance your cover letter.

 

Job Interview Tips

Doing Your Homework For Job Interviews
Maybe you breezed through college and have been able to “wing it” better than most, but when it comes to job interviews, if you don’t spend time doing your homework, it could cost you the offer.

10 Steps to Pitch Yourself and Elevate Your Career
Imagine this scenario: You're in a lift. The doors open and someone walks in. You glance at the newcomer and – it's Dato' Lim Kok Wing! Dato' Tony Fernandes! Bill Gates! This is the opportunity of a lifetime, and you've got one elevator ride - just 30 seconds or even less – to introduce yourself and impress Dato' Lim, Dato’ Tony or Bill enough to hire you.

Tell Me About Yourself
The "Tell me about yourself" question is probably as old as dinosaurs but it is also one of the toughest questions to be asked as well.

Interview: The Impression You Create When You Fail to Turn Up
When your potential interviewer short listed you for a job interview, you are supposed to take it seriously and turn up for the interview, even if the sky were to fall that day.

Top 10: Interview Mistakes
Most of the time, potential job candidates are not aware of the mistakes they make before and during the interview. These small mistakes that might cost them a job.

Top 10: General Interview Tips
Majority of the interviewees go to an interview without much preparation. These ten interview tips will help you go through an interview with a breeze!

What To Wear To An Interview
You have made it through and have been called for an interview for the job you are applying for. What should you wear to the interview?

Preparation For An Interview - How Important is this to you?
Many of us have applied to many companies and positions, yet were found to be unsuitable for the position. So how do we know which job is suitable? How do we prepare for an interview and job application?

How To Negotiate for A Better Salary
Graduates these days find salary negotiations to being a very difficult aspect and experience during an interview with a prospective employer - whether they are experienced or have just graduated. So how do we negotiate for a better salary?

 

Managing Work

How to Overcome Procrastination
Does this sound familiar?
Each and every day you go into your office prepared to take on the tasks you have been or will be assigned.

Building Self-confidence In the Workplace
Confidence is a vital aspect of our day-to-day lives and is especially important in the workplace. How confident are you to your colleagues?

6 Tips to Deal with the Office Bully
Your colleague just dumped yet another task on you and you are already buried up to your neck with your current workload. What can you do? Check out these tips to help you deal with the office bully.

4 Tips to Handle Irritating Colleagues, Noisy Office Environment
Boisterous, irritating colleagues and a noisy office environment are common problems at the workplace. How do you handle "noise" in the office? Check out the tips.

Surviving Your First Day at Work
Fresh graduates or school leavers who are starting their first job would have 1001 questions in mind - What if I say the wrong things to the wrong person at the wrong time? What if nobody talks to me? - and a lot more "What if"s.

Job-hopping - A Leap Forward for Your Career Prospect or A Giant Step Back?
We live in an age when the one-company individual no longer exists. But is job-hopping a good move for your career?

Super-Strategies for Workplace Success
Work is like a chess game. But what type of strategies does one need to ensure success at workplace?

I Hate My Boss - How Can I Stay Motivated?
Almost everyone hates their bosses. But is it a wise move to change job just because of your boss? Just how can one stay motivated?

I Hate My Job - How Do I Stay Motivated?
Not everyone loves their jobs. How can one keep themselves motivated and make their workplace a better place? How can things improve?

The Lazy Co-Worker
Do you work with someone who seems to get away with murder? Does it seem like they hardly do any work at all, while you are killing yourself to keep up with your workload?

Does Your Boss Have Your Back?
Do you ever feel like you're going alone on the choppy corporate seas? Feel like you really don't have a strong support system of people who are there to look out for your best interests?

Settling Into A New Role
Once you commence at your new employment place, how do you settle down? How do you boost your confidence in order to give you a positive frame of mind and reduce the steepness of the learning curve when you do eventually begin?

 

Work Motivation

Job Satisfaction
Human beings strive to seek satisfaction in every aspect of their life. From satisfying their basic primal needs to personal satisfaction. This includes securing a good job, preferably with a good pay and hopefully, with job satisfaction.

Is Your Enthusiasm For Work Flickering Out? Re-ignite the Flame!
Burnout is a time for deep reflection to make major changes at home, work, so you can achieve personal satisfaction. People who pay attention to their burnout discover new ways to re-ignite their flame.

Work-Life Balance: Pipe Dream or Possibility?
Many of us have a hard time achieving a balance between work and our personal life. Though most of us wanted to achieve such dream, many of us have failed to do so. But is it a dream or is it a possibility?

 

Career Development

Eight Essential Telephone Etiquette Tips
Even in these days where we communication mainly by e-mail or SMS, the first contact a customer has with your company is often through the good old telephone.

6 Strategies for Switching Career Tracks
Before you make your move to switch your career track, you should evaluate your options carefully. Read on for some strategies to help you make a smoother transition from your current career into a different one.

Learn How To Be A Good Listener, Listening Skills Show Respect To The Speaker
Have you ever been in a middle of an interview or even in a conversation in that matter, when the person you are talking to just gets up and walks away?

How To Use Non Verbal Communication To Market Yourself
Everyone knows how important it is to speak confidently and say the right things. However, in addition to what you say, one must know that the use of body language is just as important.