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| Employees are "products" - if you don't invest in your personal brand, you will fail in the marketplace |
| Modern professionals are permanently in the spotlight, whether they like it or not. Their brand is always on the shelves, and they need to make sure it is a product that consumers want to buy. A spotlight highlights any strengths, but unfortunately it also wedges open any cracks. |
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| The Runaway MBA: How to escape the nice but useless person who wants to corner you at a networking event |
| As I age, I find myself contending with a new social skill: how to defer someone who is helpful, friendly and nice, but totally useless. People are inherently helpful, but remember not all help is useful. I hate wasting time and there are many individuals who don't realise that they are wasting my time. |
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| GUEST COMMENT: How I passed CFA Level II only four months after passing Level I |
| Needless to say, CFA Level II is hard. In fact, it is very hard. To be frank, I thought I'd failed. I was mistaken. |
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| Less stress please: Why work-life balance is now a hot commodity for Chinese financial professionals |
| Work-life balance as a staff retention tool is gaining traction this year as the pressure on financial-sector employees in China mounts. In 2011 there were several cases of highly-stressed young professionals who died from overwork. |
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| Yes, asset management is a (fairly) safe sector to work in. No, it doesn't have tonnes of vacancies |
| The Hong Kong asset management industry is somewhat of an employment safe haven compared with the redundancy-strewn world of investment banking. But its recruitment rates certainly aren't strong enough to mop up every banker wanting to move to the buy side. |
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