A mindful career

In this episode, Yang and I talk about the following:

- How was your experience becoming the No.5 employee of Uber Singapore?

- What have you learned the most during those years at Uber?

- Have you thought about being a civil engineer after undergraduate? Why does tech industry interest you?

- Compare the differences working in a US company vs a Chinese company

Hu Yang was No.5 employee in Uber Singapore. He worked in both US and China TMT companies including Uber, Kuaishou and Alibaba and accumulated many years of working experiences in product development, operations and user growth. His Pre-MBA internship before INSEAD was with a global venture capital GGV Capital.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

Our [Ask Us Anything] episode is back! In this episode, Daphne and I answered some of the questions we received from our audiences! Thanks for the awesome questions and please continue submitting your questions to Daniel on LinkedIn.

- I only have 3 months of experience in a job. Will it reflect badly if I switch jobs now?

- I am in healthcare for 7 years, have I committed career suicide for staying so long?

- I in am in audit for 8 years. Is it wise to leave if I am tired of the role?

Daphne is a career coach who works with postgraduates and rising professionals in the area of defining their career visions and designing a personalised plan to meet their goals. She is adept at helping individuals to connect to their true internal feelings and inclinations, and in turn, achieve a personal sense of fulfilment in the work that they do.

More details: https://www.amindfulcareer.org/

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

Season 2 is here! 

In the first episode of the new season, Annie and I will talk about the following: 

- How has market research evolved since Annie entered the industry?

- How can a young/midcareer professional remain updated with what’s going on in the industry?

- How can we take 2021 as a year of building resilience in our career?

- Dos and Don’ts in this year of continued uncertainty

Annie is a seasoned market researcher currently living and working in Singapore. 

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

More details: https://www.amindfulcareer.org/

Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! 

祝大家新年快乐！这期中文特辑，我邀请我的合伙人金博士用中文跟大家聊聊天，跟大家共勉：

- 2020企业的实际情况到底有多难

- 2020年思考最多的是什么

- 有什么事情会晚上睡不着

- 跟其他企业主想要共勉的

希望企业主们也都多多保重，我们2021再见！

Season 1 is a wrap! I can't think of a better person than my dear friend and colleague Dr Tony Jin to be on the last episode of Season 1! See you next year! 

In this episode, Dr Jin and I talked about the following: 

- How difficult was it for job seekers in 2020

- Best job searching strategy for 2021

- Career tips from Tony and Daniel

Dr Tony Jin is the founder and CEO of BestTop. BestTop was founded in Singapore in 2014, providing professional customized career mentoring service. Our 400+ career mentors are from the Fortune 500 companies, with rich industry experiences and career development skills. We have set up offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Our services are recognized by the community and we are backed by renowned incubation programmes from National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, and the Hong Kong Cyberport. In BestTop, we always keep in mind that "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." We are building more than just a startup. For more details: www.besttopcareer.com

You can follow Tony (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayujin/) and Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Jackson and I talk about the following:

- How difficult was it to run a startup while studying?

- How was the experience at Alibaba Group in Hangzhou?

- Advice to young professionals who are thinking about starting their business

Jackson represented Singapore at the GSEA 2016 as the National Champion and was recognized as the top young entrepreneur in Singapore.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Steve and I talk about the following:

- Steve’s personal experience from Singapore to Oxford then China

- Moving from a corporate world to entrepreneurship

- Interesting anecdotes for Singaporean founders to start their businesses in China

- How to manage teams remotely

It is estimated that more than 20,000 Singaporeans living and working in China. (https://www.sgsme.sg/news/singaporeans-who-live-and-work-china-remain-confident)

Steve Xie started his Edtech startup (https://www.careershe.com/en.html) after MBA in Oxford as an extension of his Entrepreneurship project and is based now in both Shenzhen and Singapore. Prior to his MBA, he was working as a strategy and business development manager for a top German multinational, mainly focusing on M&A projects across Asia Pacific. 

Careershe is bridging the gap between the academic world and careers by providing transparency to students on careers so that students can make a better decision during the academic pathways. Careershe hopes to reduce their anxiety and dilemma but most importantly reduce the social cost of students leaving careers after a short stint and realizing that they have wasted significant amount of time and resources acquiring technical skills that they will not use in the future. Also, Careershe believes there will be significant savings from corporates, institutions spent on recruiting, training these misallocated talents. Most importantly, by providing transparency across careers and making it available to all students regardless of their economic status, Careershe hopes to level the playing field from the haves and haves not and also give students a sense of purpose and reason on why they need to work hard in their education.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

It's our first [Ask Us Anything] episode! In this week's episode, Daphne and I answered some of the questions we received from our audiences! Thanks for the awesome questions and please continue submitting your questions to Daniel on LinkedIn.

- What is the most popular job hunting website right now?

- How should job seekers manage pay expectations?

- What can I do if there is a mismatch of skill sets?

Daphne is a career coach who works with postgraduates and rising professionals in the area of defining their career visions and designing a personalised plan to meet their goals. She is adept at helping individuals to connect to their true internal feelings and inclinations, and in turn, achieve a personal sense of fulfilment in the work that they do.

More details: https://www.amindfulcareer.org/

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Joe and I talk about the following:

- What is social selling?

- How do you decide the most effective social media marketing channel?

- How is personal branding relevant in today’s job market?

- How should you acquire skills beyond your daily job?

- Why should you work backwards to understand your objective of using LinkedIn?

- What topics should you create on LinkedIn?

Joe Escobedo is the author of Asian Growth Stories. He has advised and trained over 12,000 executives from around the world, from countless Fortune 1000 brands, on building brands and growing revenue through digital. He has been a contributor for Forbes, Inc, HuffPost and other top-tier media. His articles have garnered over 1 million views. He is a digital marketing and social media marketing lecturer for the world’s top-ranked universities including ESSEC. He was awarded the “Most Influential Global Marketing Leader” at the World Marketing Congress in 2017 and rated as the #1 speaker at the 2018 ASEAN CMO conference.

Follow Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-escobedo/

You can find the book Asian Growth Stories on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Growth-Stories-Business-Asia/dp/1798169622

https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Growth-Stories-Business-Asia-ebook/dp/B07QNDJFBX

You can find Joe's online courses: https://zillearn.com/learning/channel/02e2253635c0000000004000

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Daniel and I talk about the following:

- How does developing an international mindset help you in your work and personal life?

- How should aspiring lawyers plan for their careers?

- Career advice to do a career pivot

Daniel is a private equity lawyer and is triple-qualified in Canada (Alberta and Ontario), England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands. He was born in Hong Kong, raised in Mississauga, Ontario, and proudly calls Canada his home.

He is currently working as a legal counsel at UBS in Singapore and is focusing on investment funds and asset management. He was previously an associate at an international offshore law firm in Singapore, legal counsel at a private equity firm in Hong Kong and an associate in an international law firm in Canada. Daniel graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.) degree in political science and criminology. He subsequently completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree at the University of Birmingham (UK), his Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at City, University of London (UK) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

You can follow Daniel on his LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlo/)

You can follow me (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.