Passionate People Work Harder, Stay Loyal

If your boss isn’t reading this, it’s time to forward this article to him or her or even them. The glaring fact has always been in our faces, it is not the pay nor the benefits nor the environment that makes people work harder and smarter for a company. Of course, these factors just make…

Write a Good Appraisal 

It’s time of the year again for you to appraise yourself and the work you have done. It’s your time to crow and boast, flutter your feathers and shine through the words you are penning down until it hit you. Huh? You don’t know what to write. That is one problem I had throughout my…

Do what you Love, Love what you Do

Follow my blog with Bloglovin My radio alarm woke me up this morning with an interesting discussion on “If you can choose: Do a job you love but with a bad boss or Work with a good boss but in a job you hate”. The Malaysian listeners have surprised me that they chose the first…

Guest Post: BUS CAPTAINS OF SINGAPORE by Annabel Law Productions

To many, Singapore owes her success to efficiency, professionalism, and quality. Singapore’s transport system is the epitome of these factors. However, few remember the true heroes in our everyday lives fuelling Singapore’s success. We are a team of young Singaporeans who embarked on a yearlong project to discover more about these unsung heroes. And one such…

When the Job Description is a Scam

Nowadays, you flip through the job apps with a flick of your thumb, checking out jobs after jobs, company after company, until you came across an interesting and intriguing job description with a salary almost doubled your own. You are so tempted to try so what’s the harm of dropping in your resume anyways? Plus…

Thriving in a Call Centre

Growing up, I have never thought I wanted to work in a call centre. My mum thought since I love talking on the phone so much, she introduced my first job to me. A telephone operator in YMCA hotel, a position recently vacated in her workplace. Urgh, it must be hard and so uncool working…

Call Centre & Retail – A Thankless Job

Do you know that call centres and retail industry have the highest turnover rate each year? Like the title, it is a thankless job that hardly anyone appreciates, it is low paying too. You hardly see any kids who will pen down their ambition as a customer service officer in America Express or a sales…