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| Tricky interview question: You're a serial job hopper. Why should I hire you and not someone who's stayed in his role for four years? |
| During an interview for a team-leader job in the commodities department of a global investment bank in Singapore, a candidate was asked the following question: You have changed jobs four times in just three and a half years. What makes you the better candidate than the last guy I interviewed, who was able to stay in his previous role for four years? |
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| Forget the freeze: Here's a job function in which Singaporean banks are still hiring... |
| Earlier this week, we highlighted M&A as an area which will potentially see more recruitment growth in Asia amid the dismal news of redundancies and headcount freezes in financial firms. And here's more proof of life: the Singaporean banks DBS, UOB and OCBC are on a hiring drive in finance tech. Although there aren't hundreds of jobs on offer, these firms want to recruit nonetheless. |
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| Guest Comment: Private banking should be more than harvesting clients' assets |
| I've worked in private banking for more than 20 years across many different countries, but I am constantly astounded by the limited hiring strategy of many firms. You can be a seasoned banker with an MBA under your belt, but the first thing any hiring manager asks in a job interview is whether you have a client base of at least US$50m - $100m you can move across. |
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| Will expats go MIA in Singapore? |
| Singapore has announced stricter rules which will rein in the hiring of white-collar expats. The new measures were sparked off by unhappiness among locals over the competition they faced from foreigners on various fronts, including jobs and schools |
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| The Returnee: I've got a big counter offer, but if my employer values me so much, why didn't it raise my pay beforehand? |
| I have got a counter offer. Now I know my managers really don't want me to leave, but why don't they properly reward employees they value in the first place? Or is it perhaps partly my fault for not insisting on a decent pay rise each year? |
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