A Word of Advice: My manager won’t let me take leave

Hello Kally, Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jake A*. I am a tester at an electronic manufacturing company. There are many testers in my team but I am the only one who is the longest at my job. Three years ago, we had a new manager appointed to take over from…

Knowing who you work best with

This is one of the contributing factor to your success and your enjoyment at work. Sometimes, if you are fortunate, you get to pick your own team or a partner to work with.

Make your intentions known

Let us start this week with a story. Steve met Tanya at a bar. Tanya was with her girlfriends on a girls night out. Steve was with his colleagues after work. The two groups decided to hang out the rest of the night. During their conversation, they discovered that they both like the same author….

Learning a new language 

Beside upgrading yourself in your own line of work, have you ever thought of learning a new language? Let us today explore why it is important to be multilingual instead of having only English as your native language. 1) Going Global Local companies are recognizing that your own country is only so big and the…

A Word of Advice: Too much choices

Hi Kally, I’m Shannon here and I don’t know if I have a problem. I’m quite perplexed as I have not been put into this situation before. I have been an HR assistant in my current company for five years now, the pay has been pretty good and my boss is great however, for the…

10 steps to get my Business

I have provided advice on how to treat your team, your peers and your employees correctly. One area we must not forget is our biggest boss – our customers. Coming from an Asian background, it is pretty much drone into us that it’s our customers who are paying us hence they are always right and…