Career

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4 Reasons Singapore Should Embrace the Gig Economy
Every time you read about the gig economy in the local news, you get the feeling that freelancers and gig ...
18 September 2017
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5 Ways to Deal if Your Corporate Job is Making You Dead Inside
Have you ever felt like a robot? Every day, you squeeze onto the MRT, then do the death march to your office ...
14 September 2017
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Why It’s Meaningless to Ask How Much a Freelancer Earns
Every so often, somebody asks me how much I earn each month as a freelancer. Other than the fact that that ...
11 September 2017
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5 Ways Your Relationship Could Be Negatively Affecting Your Career
Finding someone who’s willing to date you when you’re pulling 12 hour days at the office is hard enough. ...
7 August 2017
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4 Tiny Tips to Make Working as a Freelancer Work For You
As they say, you choose your battles in life. What we do for a living and how we do it is no different. ...
4 August 2017
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5 Ways Singapore Employers Can Encourage Their Employees to Take Pride in Their Work
Singapore employees have been getting a lot of flak recently, ever since Michelle Chong published a Facebook ...
3 August 2017
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5 Reasons to Quit Your Job Even Though You Like It
Do you actually like your job? Yes? Then congratulations, that puts you ahead of the majority of Singaporeans ...
2 August 2017
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Why Do Singaporeans Not Take Pride in Their Work?
In a recent Facebook post, Michelle Chong lambasted Singaporeans for lacking pride in their work. And you’ve ...
1 August 2017
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4 Ways Singapore Employers Can Make Their Employees Work More Productively
Every so often, Singapore comes up tops in a survey that we’re really not proud of. Whether it be our long ...
31 July 2017
5 Reasons You Haven’t Quit That Job That’s Not Right For You
5 Reasons You Haven’t Quit That Job That’s Not Right For You
You’ve known for some time that you should leave your job. You’re being underpaid, your boss is a douchebag, ...
26 July 2017
Are You Good at Your Job? Here are 4 More Things You Need to Do to Succeed at Work
Are You Good at Your Job? Here are 4 More Things You Need to Do to Succeed at Work
Assuming your job is the main way you make money, being good at it is pretty important. If you suck, unless ...
24 July 2017
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4 Survival Tips for Singaporeans Working the Night Shift
You don’t have to be a vampire to never see the sun. To the thousands of Singaporeans who work the night ...
21 July 2017
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Here’s How Freelancers Should Be Managing Their Work Cashflow
Throughout my entire first year as a full-time freelancer, I had no idea how much money I was making. Once, ...
20 July 2017
4 Things Freelancers Can Do to Be Happier People
4 Things Freelancers Can Do to Be Happier People
So you’re a freelancer who’s happily self-employed, earning a decent income while enjoying the flexibility ...
19 July 2017
5 Ways New Grads Can Score Brownie Points With Potential Employers
5 Ways New Grads Can Score Brownie Points With Potential Employers
It’s not the best of times to be a fresh grad. Not only has the class of 2017 graduated in a very challenging ...
17 July 2017
6 People Fresh Grads Can Use as Professional References
6 People Fresh Grads Can Use as Professional References
It’s bad enough that companies only want to employ people with prior experience, even for entry-level jobs. ...
10 July 2017
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Are Singaporean Companies Hiring Unfairly? Here’s One Way To Tell
When you go for a job interview, you should be worrying about whether you’ll be able to demonstrate that ...
3 July 2017
Moonlighting as a Tuition Teacher? Here are 4 Pitfalls to Avoid
Moonlighting as a Tuition Teacher? Here are 4 Pitfalls to Avoid
Most Singaporeans have participated in the billion dollar tuition industry in some way or another—whether ...
29 June 2017
6 Decently-Paying Graduate Jobs Where You Won’t Be Stuck Behind a Desk All Day
6 Decently-Paying Graduate Jobs Where You Won’t Be Stuck Behind a Desk All Day
When you’re trying to decide what to study at university, it can seem like there’s a huge array of choices ...
28 June 2017
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4 Drawbacks of Being a Freelancer, and How to Deal With Them
As a full-time freelancer, you’ve experienced that one morning when you wake up with a severe hangover, ...
23 June 2017
Fresh Grads Who Haven’t Found a Job Yet, Here are 3 Things to Do While Searching
Fresh Grads Who Haven’t Found a Job Yet, Here are 3 Things to Do While Searching
While you were busy travelling the world, partying and “finding yourself” during the holidays, your friends ...
20 June 2017
When Are Coworking Spaces Worth the Money in Singapore?
When Are Coworking Spaces Worth the Money in Singapore?
These days, it can seem like everyone and their mother works in a coworking space. These workspaces for ...
19 June 2017
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What are the Upsides and Downsides to Hiring Freelancers
A job in 2017 looks very different from a job in 1997. Making a living no longer means wearing clothes ...
7 June 2017
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5 Things to Do In Your Free Time That Can Help You in Your Career
Doing well in your career isn’t exactly the same as doing good work. While you will get nowhere if your ...
2 June 2017
3 Ways Singaporeans Might Actually Benefit From Redundancy Insurance
3 Ways Singaporeans Might Actually Benefit From Redundancy Insurance
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, not in Singapore. At least that’s the message we’ve had drummed ...
1 June 2017