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150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever
People write the strangest things on their resumes, sometimes downright hysterical. Why should only recruiting managers get to laugh at these? The Top 10 are at the bottom. Enjoy!
Nearly One in Five Hong Kong Firms to Recruit As Economy Rallies
Nearly one in five Hong Kong companies plan to take on new staff as the city’s economy recovers strongly from the downturn, a survey found Tuesday. Read more.
The Perfect Interview Test
Who’s got the time and energy to interview people these days? My buddies Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon, authors of I Hate People!, came up with this solution for this problem: Watch how they cross the street.
If you can’t arrange for an interviewee to cross the street to get to your building, arrange for the interview at a Starbucks, cafe or restaurant—preferably in Manhattan during rush hour, but any reasonably-sized city will do. Watch carefully. Secretly videotape it, if at all possible. These few seconds will tell you more about their workplace capabilities than an hour of tough questions.
Here are five types of crosswalkers and how they would perform in the workplace:
The worst candidates in Asia
Several Hong Kong based recruiters from Robert Walters, Ambition, Manpower Professional, Morgan McKinley and Hudson give examples of silly but common mistakes candidates make in their job search.
The CEO-slash-secretary
Never get too desperate in your job hunt. It’s a mistake when candidates apply for roles that require only half their current experience, says Gary Lai, manager, financial services at Robert Walters
“I’ve seen someone apply for a role in charge of a small group of bankers. However, the candidate’s resume indicated that he had bigger regional responsibilities, in charge of over 100 people and primarily responsible for ‘assisting’ to build the bank’s presence. This is an obvious mismatch of skill set and job title,” adds Lai.
Slowly waking up from the nightmare: Hong Kong’s legal job market
An article by CML Recruitment in the October issue of the Hong Kong Lawyer Magazine
New roles: Financial Markets
Our client came into the Asia Pacific Region in 1997 and now has a presence in Hong Kong and Singapore ensuring a full coverage of the Asia Pacific region, including Japan and Australasia .
They are a Top 5 Executive Search business (Asiamoney Headhunting Poll).
Product coverage is wide ranging and they have specialist Consultants in the following areas:
- Equities
- Private Equity
- Back office/Middle office
- Asset Management/Hedge Funds
- Investment banking
- Private banking
- Financial Markets
Due to the expansion of this well established firm the opportunity has arisen for a strong Hedge Funds, Asset Management or Buyside Headhunter and a young and hungry Researcher with knowledge of Fixed Income (IR and FX) Trading.
Contact me to find out more - or for a confidentail discussion.
doron@recruitment20.asia - +852 28159004
As of early this morning, LinkedIn has 50 million users worldwide and they’re growing that figure at roughly one new member per second. When LinkedIn launched in 2003, it took 477 days — almost a year and four months — to reach their first million members. This last million took only 12 days.
Congrats to the whole team at LinkedIn for their 50M users!!
Job seekers prefer newspaper ads?
“A recent survey of Singapore’s workforce has found that the newspaper medium is still the top choice for job seekers.” You find this hard to believe? Well, we do too. Guess WHO conducted this survey. yep, Singapore Press Holdings, The main newspaper publisher in Singapore. FAIL
"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IS HIRE GREAT PEOPLE"
How can I negotiate with private equity? | Expert Advice | Recruiter
Private equity investors still have recruitment firms very much in their sights. What is the best approach for negotiating with them so you can achieve the best deal for you and your employees?
The placement dance by Wayne Kerrrrrrr. Via: My View By Lachlan Sloan.
The Geography of Jobs
This animated map provides a striking visual of employment trends over the last business cycle using net change in jobs from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on a rolling 12-month basis.
Capital Markets - Ex-Deutsche team sets up Asian debt venture
A team of distressed debt traders who resigned from Deutsche Bank earlier this year have set up their own boutique investment bank in Hong Kong. SC Lowy, which opened on Thursday, will deal exclusively in distressed and illiquid investments across Asia, an asset class that has become increasingly fashionable among banks and hedge funds since the financial crisis struck.
New Role: Senior Contract Recruiter - Hong Kong
For our client, one of the world’s largest specialised finance & accounting recruitment firms, we are looking for a outstanding Senior Recruiter to join the contracting desk. This highly successful desk currently exist of 4 recruiters, placing temporary professionals within Hong Kong’s financial markets. Due to the expansion of the well established contracts division built over several years the opportunity has arisen for a strong Senior contracts recruiter to develop the contracts business further.
A minimum of 5 years of consistent billing is required, along with a hard working attitude, a real sense of value in doing a great job and a winning mentality.
To apply for this exciting opportunity in the strictest of confidence, please contact Doron Vermaat at +852 28159004 or doron@recruitment20.asia
