 | TOP STORIES | | | | Candidates in London and Australia are now calling recruiters in Singapore about jobs at DBS | | DBS is increasingly on the radar of foreign candidates – both professionals already in Singapore and, more surprisingly, those based overseas. The performance of its investment bank, a spate of senior expat hires, the stability of its brand, and a lack of recruitment by Western-owned competitors have made the Singaporean firm more attractive. | | Read more... | | | ICBC is hiring in Singapore and it seems candidates want to work for it | | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), which received a full banking license to operate in Singapore earlier this month, is expanding its workforce in the city state as it increases its exposure to international trade. | | Read more... | | | Why a shorter, more specialised MBA may be the best option during a downturn | | Whereas a general two-year, full-time MBA from a top school may have once conferred automatic prestige and thus greater earning potential, this is no longer necessarily the case because of the current volatile business climate. | | Read more... | | | The Junior: Two years in Hong Kong is the same as four in Singapore | | For a junior banker, doing a few years in Hong Kong is a tremendous boost for your CV. Working with the Chinese market, getting in on large Asian deals, polishing up your business-level Mandarin and Cantonese, and gaining an international perspective make you much more employable. It may now be time for me to move. | | Read more... | | | My mid-career change into banking went horribly wrong: Don't make the same mistakes | | I was not prepared for the different skills and long hours in banking; it became increasingly difficult to keep up with my younger, more qualified colleagues. After one year, as anyone can guess, I decided to call it quits. I was unable to cope with the rigours of the job or meet the bank's expectations. There was a gap between reality and the ideal career I had in mind. | | Read more... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sponsored by: | | | | | | | |
