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Hey boss: Your Gen Y staff probably hate you – here are five things you should do now to stop them quitting
I recently met a group of my ex-colleagues for supper and I realised that there were more alumni represented than people who still work at the firm. You can imagine the conversation: we started with reminiscing about the happy and funny moments, but slowly somehow, it always turned to complaints and bitterness about missed opportunities [...]
The Runaway MBA: When employers hear “MBA”, they assume you are overpriced and inexperienced. My advice to prospective students…don’t do it!
The admissions department of my MBA school called me recently and asked if I would attend a reception for the new batch of prospective and accepted students. I responded to the request politely: I could not come. After all, if I did show up, I would not be able to provide romanticised answers that were [...]
Guest Comment: The only way to succeed in finance is by playing nasty office politics – here’s what I’ve seen and learnt
If there is ever a poignant piece of advice that university lecturers and textbooks failed to warn me about upon graduating and entering the workforce, it is the fundamentals of office politics. Not long after finding my feet in my new professional environment, I learnt pretty quickly that sometimes it’s the brownnosing and “who you [...]
Guest Comment: Why grade-A grads often make awful bankers
As I immerse myself deeply in the midst of my graduate job hunt with financial institutions, I realise that one criterion they commonly list is: “We look for individuals who like challenges.” A’s above everything else Yet, if I look around me, I see peers choosing classes on the basis of how easy it is [...]
Guest Comment: Social Insurance contributions for foreigners in China – what are the implications?
Antal International has spoken to the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and finance experts about the introduction of Social Insurance (SI) contributions from foreigners. Our findings show that HR departments will have to make some adjustments to their payroll policies and their ability to provide benefits to expats. The amount of administration needed to [...]
Guest Comment: I’ve seen a huge increase in Hong Kong candidates returning home from the West
There has been a big increase in the number of native Hong Kong (as well as mainland Chinese) financial services professionals returning to Hong Kong from Western financial centres, in particular London and New York. Percentage wise it is difficult to put a precise number on the figures because it varies from sector to sector. [...]
Guest Comment: Global market chaos and Chinese candidates threaten jobs for junior HK bankers
As the European debt virus continues to contaminate ever more countries and the US Government struggles with its recent downgrade, the global economy seems to be on track for another recession. Given the gloomy outlook for the near future, banks – which have only started to recover from the last crisis – are reducing their [...]
Guest Comment: Here is the future of your banking career – it’s Chinese and it’s green
With more investors focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, the clean technology sector is booming in Asia. While the debate continues on how committed China is to becoming ‘green’ or whether the growth of solar PV manufacturing there is for domestic use or export, the fact remains that in 2010 China invested more [...]
Guest Comment: Why you must NOT maximise your comp during the first 10 years of your career
Having recovered quickly from the global financial crisis, the banking industry in China has again entered a prosperous period. More and more foreign banks are aggressively expanding and competing for talent, not only in first-tire cities, but also in second- and third-tier ones. According to the latest Hudson Report for China, the banking and financial [...]
Guest Comment: Being a financial journalist is like sitting in a Ferrari but never driving it, so I’m doing a Masters to kick start my financial career
I’m about to embark on what I believe will be one of the most exhilarating chapters in my life: moving to London to study. But first, a little about what I’m giving up. I was previously the finance correspondent for The Straits Times in Singapore. In my job, I was privy to the blistering economic [...]
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