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Author Archives: Andrew C Abraham
11 Elements To a Winning Campus Recruitment Presentation
I’ve recently started doing some Talent Management Consulting for a Technology start-up company in Singapore. An inspiring team of young go-getters, committed to investing in other start-up ideas they believe will change the world.
Coupled with their mantra of investing in … Continue reading
How To Use Twitter To Job-hunt
Twitter started off as one of those platforms that no one understood. Why would it be necessary to send a message to a group of followers about what I’m doing? Can’t I already do that via my Facebook status? Well … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Branding, Social Media Recruitment
Tagged job, job hunting, job search, online brand, social media, twitter
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NCC Employer’s Survey on Hiring Requirements
In a previous post I made public the views of thousands of NUS students about their career requirements. This article leads on from that and elaborates on what Employers consider in their hiring strategies.
As per the survey conducted last year, … Continue reading
NUS Students’ Survey on Careers
The NUS Global Talent Forum took place again this year with some interesting findings from the Students and Employers Survey. The study was conducted in December 2009, and while the results could have been made public in a more timely … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Market, Generation-Y, Professions
Tagged first job, Gen-Y, graduate salary, job-seekers, NUS, salary, social media, work-life balance
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“No Reservations” – Personal Branding
As many of you know, Gradkin has teamed up with NUS’ Radio Pulze to deliver a weekly show on Careers for young people. Last week’s show covered Personal Branding and how it’s relevant in today’s age.
It’s a buzzword we’re hearing … Continue reading
Posted in Career Wisdom, Personal Branding
Tagged blogging, NUS, personal brand, personal branding, radio pulze
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Let’s Welcome Fernando!
Hi Everyone, I am very pleased to announce that Fernando Tarnogol will be officially coming on board the Gradkin team as a regular blogger. Some of you might have read his previous riveting content for Gradkin’s Blog, but for those … Continue reading
8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 2
Let’s continue on from Part 1 shall we?
5. Become a content provider – this point is a corollary to the previous one. Rather than flood your news stream with inane remarks that add no value to people’s lives, provide … Continue reading
8 Ways to Make Facebook Your Friend – Part 1
In a previous post I elaborated on the increasing trend by hiring managers to screen candidates using social media. As this strategy emerges here in Asia, many young job-seekers are perplexed as to how they can prevent themselves falling through … Continue reading
“No Reservations” – Is It Better to Use Many Social Media Platforms?
This is the second installment of week 1’s radio show. In this part we discuss whether or not it’s better to use a range of social media platforms for your career.
Join our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to … Continue reading
Gen-Y Jobs #6: Stream Media, Another Cool Start-Up is Hiring
Stream Media sits comfortably in the midst of the mobile industry, focusing on mobile payment and mobile software development for the Android OS. Their core product, MoVend, is an in-app mobile payment platform which allows users to make payment within … Continue reading
