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Human Resources – no robots here please!: 19 Jun 13 In a scene from the recent blockbuster movie Ironman 3, comedic character Happy Hogan refers to the significance in robot development by suggesting a change to the Company's Human Resources division. "What I'm saying is that the human element of Human Resources is our biggest point of vulnerability. We should start phasing it out immediately". S... Read full article

Misery on money street: 17 Jun 13 Ambition features in Australian Financial Review, Australia by John Kehoe. 15, June 2013 What a difference a financial crisis has made, write John Kehoe and Stephen Shire. Bankers, stockbrokers and other financial services pro-fessionals are losing their jobs left, right and centre. For those lucky enough to hang on and remain empl... Read full article

Headhunting; Strategies for passive job seeker attraction: 11 Jun 13 Headhunting is the practice of taking and preserving a person's head after killing them. It’s also to the more conservative in society, the practice of approaching individuals and trying to lure them from their current job or function to another. For the purpose of this post, let’s stick to the latter description since anything else wo... Read full article

Why cultural fit "risks" are worth taking: 7 Jun 13 Andy Cross, Managing Director of HR & Technology features in HR Daily - 30 May 2013 7:29am Hiring people who are "different" to others in the organisation, and might even be a bad cultural fit, isn't an easy thing to do - but it could be a risk worth taking, says recruitment expert Andrew Cross. Cross, the managing director of Ambition A... Read full article

The Plus Side to Contract Employment: 6 Jun 13 By Mark Enticott, Managing Director, Hong KongMore and more Technology jobs in Hong Kong are being offered on a contract basis, even more so within Banking. Basically this means that the position you are hired for states upfront that it will last for a fixed period of time, say three months, six months, or a year etc. There are many good reason... Read full article

How much impact has the growing Malaysian job market impacted the Singapore war on talent?: 31 May 13 By Sam Baxendale, Associate Director, TechnologySingapore’s openness to foreign businesses and talent has long been debated in terms of impact on the local population. Singapore makes it very easy for businesses from any part of the globe to set up without prejudice and provide a very stable and accommodating platform for growing in Asia. The... Read full article

Credibility in question: a job seeker's dilemma: 29 May 13 For many current job seekers the challenge has moved from the once common position of trying to find where jobs exist, to today having to beat the masses of competition for those jobs. Add to that fierce competition, the inherent expectation that getting a job is now as much an exercise in marketing style, self-promotion as it is in the skills y... Read full article

Email etiquette for dummies: 28 May 13 Searching for a job is hard enough without making 'dumb or dumber' email mistakes that compromise both your current job security and your job applications. Here are three obvious ways to avoid being disadvantaged. Firstly, although there is workplace surveillance legislation in place, your work email is intended for work, therefore accept that ... Read full article

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