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Career CPR: I’m a Chinese returnee with an MBA, but after five months searching for a front-office job I’m not getting anywhere
In the latest installment of our Career CPR series, we hear from a Chinese returnee who’s finding it very tricky to nab a front-office job in China. Read his dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below. The dilemma: Although you regularly hear about the talent shortage in China’s financial sector, the surprising [...]
Career CPR: I worked in credit risk for 25 years but even after 2,000 applications, recruiters just aren’t interested in me
In the latest instalment of our Career CPR series, we hear from a veteran credit analyst who’s finding it super tough to switch firms. Read his dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below. The dilemma: I’m a credit risk professional with more than 25 years’ experience in the banking sector, 17 of [...]
Career CPR: Four hundred applications and five months later, I still can’t find a job
In the third of our Career CPR series, we hear from an unemployed Hong Kong candidate who has been looking for a job for the past five months. Read his dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below. The dilemma: I have sent out 400 job applications over the last five months, but [...]
Career CPR: I’m a back-office star, but my job search is back firing. Help me out
In the latest installment of our Career CPR series, we hear from a frustrated banker who has been fruitlessly hunting for a job in Singapore. Read his dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below. The dilemma: I’m an Indian national who has worked in a top-tier European bank in Bangalore in back-office [...]
Does your career need some CPR? Tell us your troubles and we’ll ask our experts to help
Are you an eternal associate with no chance of a VP posting? Are you a big four auditor with your heart set on a banking job? Or perhaps you just can’t decide whether to accept a juicy counter offer. Whatever your dilemma, we’re here to help. Email us at apac.editor@efinancialcareers.com with a detailed description of [...]
Career CPR: I’m an experienced Singaporean banker in KL but I can’t find a new job back home
In the first of our Career CPR series, we hear from a frustrated banker who just wants a job back home. Read her dilemma and offer your advice in the comments box below. The (hopeful) returnee’s dilemma I’m not a rookie. I’m a Singaporean but have spent the last three-and-a-half years working for an international [...]
The Agent: Help! I frighten people because I work in insurance
In Hong Kong, when you tell people you work as an insurance agent, their first reaction is sudden awkwardness followed by: “Don’t sell me an insurance plan”, or “I’ve bought one already.” Even if you change your title to “financial planner”, the result is the same. What generates this fear? After all, if you say [...]
DBS ramps up in China: Is this sensible hiring or a spree too far?
DBS’s plans to expand its treasury and markets team outside of Singapore are driven to a large degree by the growing internationalisation of the Chinese currency. But hiring the right people in China may prove problematic. The firm announced on Friday that it wants 200 staff to join the T&M team over the next three [...]
Oh to be an accountant in Asia
Qualified accountants are creeping into a more diverse and interesting range of roles within banks in Asia these days, and the functions which require their skills are enjoying a steady flow of vacancies. But banks still have demanding recruitment requirements. Accountants can be found not just in core finance positions, but also in operations and [...]
The President’s plan and US banks in Asia: too many ifs and buts
For at least a year now, we’ve been hearing how US banks see Asia as key to their future growth, but will President Obama’s new regulatory plans change all that? What are the future employment implications for the Asian operations of large American banks? The trouble with answering these questions right now is that the [...]
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