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Family: They've judged you once, they'll judge you for the rest of your life

It's the Reunion Dinner with extended family. Everyone's dressed finely, and artfully extracting gossip from each other and their kids: who's in what uni w...

So you’re ready to apply for your job - congratulations! It’s the start of a pretty daunting process whether it’s your first job after university, or your third after many years with your current employer. Every industry and specific role has its own applicati...

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Not everyone’s going to be pleased that you’re finally leaving that law job you hate and opening a hipster restaurant. You’ve heard it all, right?

“How are you going to make money and support your parents in their old age?”

“You’re throwing a...

Need a break but afraid to apply for your annual leave? Whether it’s unreasonable bosses, peer pressure, or personal perception, sometimes you just feel like you need a ‘legitimate’ reason to take your days off.

In need of an ‘excuse’? Here are 5 options to cho...

Times are tough in Malaysia, and it feels even tougher when you’re trying to get a job while the economy is slow. Job applications do involve a lot of time and effort, but it doesn’t need to cost you a lot of money!

Looking for a job on a budget? Here are 6 tip...

Recently, a video about strict hiring practices and resumes made its rounds on Facebook. Titled ‘IF YOU’RE APPLYING FOR A JOB YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS’, the video sets up three ‘successful businessmen and women’ to look at three name-blind resumes each, and dete...

You're thinking of better pay, more meaningful experiences, or just need a new perspective in your career. Whatever the reason, it's now generally more acceptable for young professionals to 'job hop' after a couple of years.

As with any major decisions, there...

You’re totally ready for work year 2017, you tell yourself, starting with new resolutions, promises to be productive, and accountability strategies that’ll make you a career superstar. But just as you’ve shaken off the year-end holiday hangover, another mass f...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is the second international law firm to acquire a Qualified Foreign Law Firm (QFLF) licence from the Malaysian Bar Council. The firm has already set its sights to open its Malaysian office in May 2017 with a team six lawyers inclu...

Employee performance reviews usually occur annually or twice a year, so yours probably happened last December. Maybe it was a formal, large-scale company-wide exercise using a sophisticated computerised system, or just a casual one-to-one with your boss.

But th...