Before a law graduate can qualify as an advocate and solicitor in Malaysia, he or she must first undergo a 9-month work-training stint, known in the fraternity as a ‘Pupillage’. The law graduate will during this period be known as a ‘Pupil’, and a Pupil-master...

Employers want experienced, skills, and capabilities. You've get them all, and the papers to back them up. So why won't anyone hire you?

Why Aim 'Low'?

There are real reasons you might go for a lower-level job. These range from:

1. Wanting More Work-Life Balance

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The interview is your opportunity to meet the employer in person and convince them that you’re a good fit for the role. However, simple mistakes can make a bad impression and ruin your chances.

Work emails are unavoidable; paper and snail mail are just too slow to keep up with the ever-evolving, fast-paced professional world. While we're taught how to write a formal letter in school, there wasn't a tech or email literacy course to help us get work em...

Were you ghosted by an employer? After spending time perfecting your application, killing it during the interview, and sending a nice follow up, you don't hear back from them again. You're left uncertain whether you still have a chance, but give up after 6 mon...

We often get jobseeking queries from fresh graduates and professionals via email, Facebook and Twitter. Some of them ask for pointers on how to ace the interview - and get that job. We've decided to take on some of the more common challenges when it comes to a...

We often get jobseeking queries from fresh graduates and professionals via email, Facebook and Twitter. Some of them ask for pointers on how to ace the interview - and get that job. We've decided to take on the most common challenge when it comes to a job inte...

Your CV should be neat, concise and relevant to the jobs you’re applying for. Certain ‘action words’ and ‘key-verbs’ can get your CV past resume filters and help your application stand out. Being creative and making an attractive CV will also get you noticed....

After a gruelling application and job interview, you're offered a position with the company. Great! It's all in the bag! So you think.

Except, after taking the offer and excitedly preparing for your new job, the employer yanks the offer back. You're left cluele...

Malaysia's youth unemployment rate in 2017 is at a steady 10.8%. Just 2 years prior the rate was 10.7%, but what economists find worrying is that this figure is high compared to the general headline unemployment rate at 3.4%. Youths with tertiary education mak...