Asian Jobs and Workplace

Suggestion Scheme Economic Benefit – It is definitively worth the commitment it requires The annual economic benefits of the suggestion systems in Japan (and elsewhere around the world) is enormous. The savings nevertheless represents only a small fraction of all efforts expended by companies to cut costs. The suggestion system would be too indirect a…

Corporate Classroom Obsolete?. The corporate training room was pronounced dead a mere decade ago. It was said to be outdated and replaced by e-learning  But despite being called obsolete, classroom corporate training is alive and in full bloom with a whole new look and feel, according to a recent article, called “Is Classroom Training Obsolete?,”…

Coaching and mentoring. When a university professor says there’s little discernible difference between coaching and mentoring, then there probably isn’t. However, others disagree. Not only is it tough at the top but it is fairly lonely too, as senior executives find they have no-one in the same industry with whom they can share or test…

I hate the term ‘expat’, but being one brings great freedom. Naoise Dolan from Dublin is in Singapore. I’ve only been in Singapore a short time but now I’m headed for Hong Kong. A couple of months after finishing my degree, I came to Singapore; I’d got bored of Dublin and couldn’t find work. It’s…

Qualified job seekers fail to impress in job interviews. How Job Seekers Undersell Their Qualifications In Job Interviews (With Three Real-Life Examples). Why do some clearly qualified job seekers fail to impress in job interviews? In my 20+ years of recruiting (says a Forbes article contributor), the most frustrating experience has been with candidates who…