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 an Employer's Market?
• What is & the signs of an Employee's Market?
• What is a Specialised or Skills Based Economy?
• Build real deep expertise to increase your market worth
• The 70:20:10 Learning Model
• Diversified Experiences can increases your market worth
• How to balance the push vs pull factors of your career
• The 2 main factors in the financial valuation of key talent.
•  Being transparent during interviews increases your value
• What does a career counsellor do?
• Have a habit of researching the company prior to interviews
• 7 Ways to navigate the Salary Landscape
• 5 Tips when negotiating salary
• Employer's perspectives on compensation
• 3 Key Takeaways from Sajjad's sharing

Audience Questions:

•  "Will asking for a lower salary downplay oneself?"
• "Will your contract salary be taken into account when negotiating for a full time role?"
• What does the Pay Transparency legislation in the USA mean for employers vs wage earners.
• Do employers peg the new hire's salary to market even if the last drawn falls below the market average?
• Are employees who have been laid off at a disadvantage when negotiating salaries?
• How does anyone who is out of the market for 20 years determine one's market value?
• Can the candidate provide the CPF contribution in place of the past 3 months' salary slips?
• How early or late in the interview process should anyone answer the salary question on the last drawn amount, when asked by the employer?
• What are the reliable sources for salary reports?
• How should anyone negotiate salary when the previous contract salaries had fluctuations?
• How much pay increase should anyone request in the next role?
• What is considered a competitive rate to negotiate?
• What is the average salary increment % to expect for FMCG?
•  Is it appropriate to re-negotiate eventhough a verbal acceptance of the job offer has been given to the employer? 
•  If asked, is it wise to state your salary expectations that is above the salary range stated by the employer?
• Parting advice from Sajjad

Thank you Sajjad for your succint answers and precious tips to help professionals navigate the salary conversations!

We look forward to having you back on the latest trends and more tips :)

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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 of job search tactics & strategies
• Digital CV as a new tactic (see an example in the Francis' post in LinkedIn)
• Online portfolio as 2nd new tactic
• How & Why to be happy with oneself
• Build your target Job Board
• Francis' formula to keep the happiness in job searching
• How to care for your physical wellbeing to be happy
• How to care for your mental wellbeing to be happy
• How to care for your Emotional wellbeing to be happy
• How to care for your spiritual wellbeing to be happy
• Francis' overall game plan for happiness
• Should one proceed with interview when low self-esteem?
• How to avoid false positivity during job search?
• How to manage the process when one is keen on 2 companies, at the same time?
• Is the recruitment cycle (rounds & duration) the same for all roles?
• How to manage salary expectation at the begining of the interview?
• Are professionals who had career break(s) at a disadvantage?

Thank you Francis for your generous sharing!

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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 organisational change
• Insights to look for when connecting with peers in similiar roles, especially if you're an introvert - 
•  Has the market landscape change compared to 10/20 years ago?
• Never just rely on 1 brand - Build, Boost & BAU
• What stories to tell if you do not have any achievements
• A typical good brand story, think 3Ps - Passion, Purpose, Power
• Andre's 3Bs - Build, Boost & BAU
• Should one network with the hiring manager BEFORE submitting an application for an open role
• Ways to keep your story consistent over multiple interview rounds
• How to keep your composure when sharing sensitive stories?  
• Career brand vs personal brand - same same or different?
• Which to add in the CV - career brand or personal brand story?
• Should past irrelevant experiences, be included in the CV?
• How to keep story short for top mgt in final interview round!
• If no experience, reframe your story!

Thank you Andre for sharing so many tips!

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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 demonstrate his work values
• Demonstrating his work values at HP
• Demonstrating his work values at KK Hospital
• Ways to demonstrate your work values
• Ways to demonstrate Learning as a work value
• John's Work Values Map
• Obstacles John faced when demonstrating his work values
• Actions John took to reduce waiting time consultation with the doctor
• List of work values e.g. teamwork & humanity shown at the KK hospital
• Process to single your most significant work values
• Should weaknesses be shared if asked at the interview?
• How to create career value during career break?
• How to enquire about working overtime at the interview stage due to previous bad experience
• Are personal values and work values the same?
• Where to find potential employer's corporate values
• How ChatGPTcan find the core values of your target employer
• How long does one need to have clarity of one's work values?
• Data analytics courses to enhance the customer service function

Thank you John for your generous sharing!

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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 Kirk's Career Journey
• The As to maintain during career transition
• The Bs professionals should avoid and act on
• The Cs we need during career transition
• How to discover your career brand
• What draws people to my story?
• How to show the advantage of AGE in my career branding?
• How to create a brand story when I have no experience in the new field of work?
• How to present the story without sounding cliche or unauthentic?
• How to craft a career brand story for those in different industries throughout your career
• Skillset to consider for finance professionals, other than power BI.
• Stories to craft for those with 3 year gap without much progression in that timeframe
• How to transit our brand story to future employers
• Can backend roles like Sales Support be branded in your story?
• The pitfalls of career transition
• How to craft your story for those taking care of aged mum
• When does anyone undergo a career transition
• Any contacts in M.O.E.?

Thank you Kirk for sharing so many tips!

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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 career transition
• BONUS - Shirley's 4Ps for career transition
• Careers Website of Bollore Logistics
• Shirley's way to react to harsh responses at work
• What to do when one is constantly being alienated by your colleagues
• Tips to remain visible to others
• Do companies post job adverts just to know the job market sentiment?
• How to deal with the Imposter Syndrome
•  How to overcome stagnancy in a small company with limited growth potential?
• How to pitch for an HR role for a 60 year old professional

Thank you Shirley for sharing so many tips with us! We hope to have you back to take on more live questions :)

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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 transition milestones
• The typical hiring process & how to navigate each stage
• 5 ways to illuminate your value throughout the hiring process
• Will Internal Candidates have brownie points over External ones during selection?
• Is the final decision made by the Hiring Manager or HR?
• 3 key challenges faced during career transition
• 3 tips to grow your marketability
• Which of the 3 roles (using Evelyn's example) give you higher chances of transitioning based on your market value ?
• How generalist vs specialist build their value
• Inspirational quotes for your transition journey
• How to command the salary you want in your next job
• Will accepting a lower salary now impede anyone from asking for the previous higher one?
• How to convince interview to believe & bet on the candidate's commitment to the transition journey

Thank you Evelyn for spending your precious afternoon with us! We hope to have you back to take on more live questions :)

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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 path for your next role
• All about her current employer BD BIOSCIENCES
• Does Annie frown on professionals with long history of contract roles?
• What is the longest duration has Annie worked as a contract hire?
• Does a looming end-of-contract date worry Annie?
• How does Annie keep in contact with her circle of contigent workforce?
• What to consider when your contract does not renew
• How to look for opportunities in the Bioscience sector
• Do contract hires have the power to negotiate salaries?
• Are contract hires' last drawn salary as a permanent hire RELEVANT?
• What is the minimum length of each contract term?

Thank you Dr Annie for spending your precious afternoon with us!

We hope to have you back to take on more live questions :)

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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:

1. Vanessa's career brand story begins!
2. Vanessa's career statistics 
3. Vanessa's life transitions parallel to her career's
4. What makes brands unique
5. Steps to build your personal brand
6. Create your own Board Of Directors
7. Why every professional needs your own board of directors
8. Understand your environment
9. A Summary
10. Audience Q - "As an introvert who struggles with language, how can I get better at articulating my safe scripts?"
11. Audience Q - "I've lost my sense of self, including sleepless nights in my limited role at the agency. Am I correct to say that if I do not start on my career transition planning, it may be too late?"
12. Audience Q - "If I've not decided what to do next, how can I go about articulating my career brand story?"
13. Audience Q - "How do I go about deciding what I want my brand to be?"
14. Audience Q - "What are the things to avoid when branding?"
15. Audience Q - "I have had no success when applying for Sales or BD roles when pivoting to MedTech or Pharma sectors. Any strategies to share?"
16. Audience Q - "Will earning a certificate at the end of a 6-month training render us as qualified?"
17. Audience Q - "Did you complete the 6-month course on HR Analytics on a full-time basis or part-time, while working?"
18. Audience Q - "Please give us an HR perspective on professionals who take a 1 to 3 years career break to travel the world before (re)joining the workforce again?"
19. Audience Q - "Where can professionals who are keen to pivot to the pharma sector find the best resource to learn more & prepare?"
20. Vanessa's parting advice on career transition

Vanessa Teo received lots of appreciation from the audience for her invaluable career tips, thank you.

We look forward to having you back real soon, you rock!

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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 highlights:

• What does her role In PAYPAL entail?
• What roles has she done previously?
• How Sandra discovered her interest in project management
• How dual language capability helped her land a job
• Sandra's minor in technology gave her a ticket into the IT industry
• Why knowing yourself is an essential step for all professionals
• Sandra's recommended list of tools to help you discover & make sense of your strengths
• Sandra's 1st tip for a successful career transition is A for Authenticity
• Guess what Sandra's 2nd tip B stands for. Did you get it right?
• Use the 4 pillars of Sandra's 2nd tip, to help you build your brand.
• Sandra's final tip is C = Comfort zone was the reason she spent 14 years with 1 employer and her 4 ways to overcome the complacency challenge
• What time did Sandra get up each day to jog?
• Audience Q: What would you do if you needed help from your colleagues but no one offered?
• Audience Q: I may have to get up at 5am for my new job but fear that I cannot do so. Any tips?
• Audience Q: Was it easy or difficult to get en route to the Tech Industry?
• Audience Q: In terms of pay, how do you prevent HR or hiring managers from using low salary as a ticket into a role with low or no prior experience?
• Audience Q: What if my personal brand is similar to many others? As a mature PMET, I feel like it's outdated.
• Audience Q: How to really learn more about the culture of your new dept, employer, apart from interviews and glassdoor?
• In closing, Sandra shared her own interpretation of the 4Es.

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