Career Success Stories

SAJJAD PARMAR is the Global CEO & Founder of THE TALENT ACCELERATOR. When it comes to conversations about Total Rewards i.e. salaries, benefits, rewards & compensation in general, Sajjad is 'the man'.  Let's hear his POV on the essential points every professional needs to know on this topic.  Bio & Career background of Sajjad An Employer vs An Employee Market What is & the signs of...

FRANCIS CHNG is the Head of Talent Acquisition for ZOOM INC across Asia Pacific. Did you know that apart from being an industry-recognised veteran in his trade, he is a strong advocate of workplace happiness, exemplified in his active role as a Happiness Crew at Zoom Inc! Catch a recruiter's point of view on happiness & common career queries: Overview of Francis' 25 year Career Journey Types o...

Andre Misso is the Learning Consultant for VISA University at VISA, based in Singapore. He sees his career journey in 3 key phases and invests heavily in his own future once he sense any evolution of roles in his field of work. His answers to some matured questions below: Overview of Andre's Career Journey 6 ways to own your career A valuable career advise from Andre's COO in the midst of organisa...

JOHN WONG is a senior data analyst with the SPEEDOC company. He recognises situational opportunities that allowed his true work value and work principles to be experienced and witnessed by those whom he collaborates closely with.  Highlights of John's career journey & insights: About Speedoc, the company Overview of John's Career Journey John's work philosophy John's key learnings on how to de...

Kirk Ho is the Finance Director for the Stamford American International School based in Singapore. Apart from being extremely busy and successful at work, he is also successful at home - guess how many kids he has? Answer in the earlier portion of the podcast! Kirk shared several insights on navigating your career based on his own experience and observations: Here are the highlights: Overview of K...

Shirley Hoon is the HR Director for the Singapore office of the BOLLORE LOGISTICS global company Here are the highlights of her talk:  Overview of Shirley's Career Transition Key statistics of Shirley's Career Transition The Commonly Known 4Es of career transition Shirley's 1st E for career transition Shirley's 2nd E for career transition Shirley's 3rd E for career transition Shirley's 4th E for c...

Evelyn Tay is the OD (Organisational Development) Partner with the AVALOQ ASIA enterprise. Some professionals may find her face and name familiar if you have received one-to-one coaching from a certified coach appointed by the Workforce Singapore during your career transition journey, Here are the highlights of her talk: Overview of Evelyn's Career Journey Her 3 major role & industry transitio...

Dr Annie Chan is the Vice-President for BD BIOSCIENCES with a remit for the Central, South Asia & Japan geographies. Did you know she spent a good number of year at the start of her career journey as a contract hire? Catch the highlights of her talk: About Annie's Career Journey What Annie got most out of all her jobs Benefits of contract roles for both employee & employer How to pave the...

Ms Vanessa Teo is the Director of Strategic Planning with ABBVIE INC. At this webinar, Vanessa lends advice based on her years of experience both as a hiring manager and more extensively as a HR professional. Highlights of her speech include: Vanessa's career brand story begins! Vanessa's career statistics  Vanessa's life transitions parallel to her career's What makes brands unique Steps to build...

To watch a video version, head to https://youtu.be/zolt2noDKvk Sandra is the Senior Engagement Manager with PAYPAL in Singapore. In her fireside chat at a career seminar organised by Workforce SG and moderated by Eileen Seah, Organisational Psychologist of The Art of Career, Sandra shared her career journey as well as her views to the list of questions from the live audience. Here are some highlig...

Dominic is the Regional Head at EQUINIX with a Sales Planning & Strategy remit for Asia Pacific. In this fireside chat, Dominic shared his views from Sydney Australia where he lives and works at the time of this webinar. Highlights of his talk include: The roles, companies and locations that he's taken on and worked. Will opportunities be different had he not migrated to Australia How does any...

To watch a video version, click --> https://youtu.be/tJbgaDMisMA Elaine is a Talent Acquisition specialist with prior work experience in both in-house Recruitment and HR Outsourcing environments. At ADAPTOVATE, she predominantly takes care of the full recruitment and onboarding processes for the Singapore and Australia offices. Accompanying her is Sam Fraser who is a Project Lead with ADAPTOVAT...

To watch the video version click ---> https://youtu.be/ieJ7T12PDZ8 Charles Tan is a Partner and the Singapore office Lead with ADAPTOVATE Asia Pacific and specializes in strategy and operational Improvement. He has over 20 years of working experience across southeast Asia and Australia in industries such as financial services, telecoms, tertiary education, agriculture, private equity & util...

Riaz is a senior HR Advisor to the Asia Pacific Sales teams within the Thomson Reuters organization. Over the past 20 years, he has held various specialized functions with the HR job family based on his diverse industry experience in the news/media world, banking & finance, insurance, private rail including the IT sector. In his speech, Riaz provided many tips to the following questions raised...

In this fireside chat, we hear from 2 seasoned masters in the field of Search & placement: Mr. Jonathan Low, Senior Associate with KORNFERRY and Mr. Eugene Wong, Talent Acquisition Manager with GARTNER Inc. Find out their take on these 19 Career Questions!! Q1) Is a myth or reality that today's market is faced with a shortage of talent? Q2) Does a career break lower the attractiveness of a can...

Melwynn Leong is the Corporate Account Manager with the ECOLAB APAC office and has 8 years of technical sales with EPCs and End Users of the Oil & Gas industry across the Asia Pacific locations. In his talk, he shared generously on his personal 20 must-dos for Online Interviews, thank you Melwynn in 3 parts as outlined below. BEFORE THE ONLINE INTERVIEW a) Poll: How long do you spend preparing...

Janice is proficient (reads, writes & trains) in Mandarin, English & Cantonese.  She shared career tips both as an individual contributor as well as a hiring manager having lived and worked in Singapore, the Philippines and is currently based out of Sydney, Australia. There are 2 parts to her talk. PART 1 - WHAT INTERVIEWERS LIKE a) 1st impression matters; b) Share relevant experience to t...

Dr Murali is the Managing Director of Leadership Dimensions LLP in India. He is recognised in the industry as an Executive Coach with a solid Organisational Development knowledge & experience. Highlights of his speech include: Why CV of Failures is important for all jobseekers Guess how many of the audience have heard of the CV of Faillures? A quote from Winston Churchill on failures Dr Murali...

Mr Cheong Weng Kit is an Agile Coach with CPrime Inc. Highlights of his speech are: Introduction to Weng Kit's 1-Page CV The most important page in his entire CV that landed him his dream job The importance of recommendations Examples of Weng Kit's posts that showcased his expertise & interests Summary of his Top 3 Takeaways of his speech Thank you for your generous sharing! May your career gr...

Have you met a leader who walks the talk? Well, Sameer is not your conventional leader. Use the approximate time stamps to listen to the highlights of his talk: 04:11 Check out his career journey and the decisions he made for his career. 18:09 If you're doing well in your job, should you take a risk and change jobs? 21:02 What Sameer gained working out of Sydney Australia. 29:40 One must expect a...

THIS IS A BONUS INTERVIEW THAT MADE ITS DEBUT right here with our #artofcareer channel, personal thanks to SEAN HENG for his sharing :) Sean Heng left an impression on Eileen where she collaborated on a few People programs with one of his global employer ABBVIE. He gave his take on what WORKED for him: 13:15 Make an effort to truly understand the role expectations 14:09 The importance of an open c...

Daniel David is the Assistant Vice-President of a global bank, HSBC, in Singapore. Highlights of his talk include: 03:00 About Daniel's Career Journey 09:00 A quote to inspire a courage to try new ways 18:10 From Media to Digital Marketing but is it crowded? 22:00 Daniel's certifications 23:15 Daniel's view on Ageism 25:45 Reasons for pivoting from Engineering to Marketing 31:15 What if you don't...

Shawn Lim is the Asia Pacific HR Director for the global manufacturer INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES and also the Head of the Talent Network. A video recording of this speech can be view on https://youtube.com/c/TheArtofCareer together with many more speeches. To join our live events, follow us on https://linkedin.com/company/artofcareermain. #career #careertransition #careerjourney #jobsearch #changejobs...

Martini Constance has a day job a Project Manager as well as a slash career as a Home Decluttering coach. A video recording of her speech can be view on https://youtube.com/c/TheArtofCareer together with many more speeches. To join our live events, follow us on https://linkedin.com/company/artofcareermain. #career #careertransition #careerjourney #jobsearch #changejobs #jobs

Zaidi Jantan is the Manager of Learning and an Ambassador for Career Management at the NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC in Singapore. A video recording of this speech can be view on https://youtube.com/c/TheArtofCareer together with many more speeches. To join our live events, follow us on https://linkedin.com/company/artofcareermain. #career #careertransition #careerjourney #jobsearch #changejobs #jobs