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SAJJAD PARMAR on Measure Your Market Worth

SAJJAD PARMAR on Measure Your Market Worth

SAJJAD is a Business and People Leader with over two decades of Global HR & Total Rewards experience having worked for companies like Unilever, GSK and eBay.

He has led and developed some of the most progressive HR and Total Rewards interventions and programs for his company, using Data and Tech tools.

His mission for The Talent Accelerator is to help companies perform better, optimize costs and maximize employee's performance by strenghtening the HR capability in Data Analytics and raising the standards of Total Rewards.

His learning programs are very hands-on, based on a case study approach that are centered on real life challenges.

 At work, Sajjad is ruthless about execution, time management and believes that the best solution is usually the simplest way.
FRANCIS CHNG on The Art of Being Happy In Your Job Search

FRANCIS CHNG on The Art of Being Happy In Your Job Search

FRANCIS CHNG is a licensed recruitment professional with more than 15 years of combined experience from Agency Executive Search & In-house Recruitment, including direct sales experience across the Telecommunications, Technology & HR Consulting industries. 

At the organisational level, his core expertise lies in his acute observation of future leaders with high potential when talent spotting, in particular, for clients with an ambitious agenda to build a strong team from ground zero.

At an individual level, he has placed over 500 professionals in executive level roles and is extremely well regarded by many as both their career & life coach.

Apart from earning his MBA from the University of Strathclyde Business school where he returned to lecture for a Strategy Module on an adjunct basis, Francis is also a certified NLP Practitioner recognised by the American Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (ABNLP).
LYNN LOI on Measure Your Worth

LYNN LOI on Measure Your Worth

LYNN LOI is currently the Sr Manager, Recruiting APAC for TRICENTIS based in Singapore. 

While she has over a decade's experience in HR, she made a mid-career switch after navigating multiple career leaps across different functions from Engineering to Sales, and across Public Sector to MNCs and startups.    

She has a passion for helping talented and growth-oriented professionals make similar leaps into new careers. She is also the host of the new podcast, Making the Career Leap, where she interviews professionals who have made interesting career pivots. The episodes are available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.    

Lynn believes that if we truly understand how the career game is played, we are all capable of making those career transitions and be paid what we're worth.   

She has a Bachelors degree in Engineering and Arts from the University of Melbourne, a MA, Contemporary Art History from Sotheby’s Institute, and an Executive MSc, Industrial Organizational Psychology and Management of Human Resources. 
JOHN WONG on My Values In Action

JOHN WONG on My Values In Action

JOHN WONG is a Senior Data Analyst and Data Scientist known for his ability to to create automated data pipelines for his stakeholders to make informed decisions to achieve their desired business outcomes. 

His core expertise lies in the deep knowledge of data mining methodologies and storytelling techniques. These strengths have helped him to connect the dots across different domains to lend insights to the end-to-end processes and isolate root causes or identify opportunities for optimisation. 

John holds a degree in Physics, an advanced diploma in Business Analytics, and a professional certificate in Data Science. 

Throughout his career, he has gained diverse experience across multiple functional areas from engineering, to finance, supply chain, operations management, process improvement in manufacturing, healthcare, as well as the health technology.
KIRK HO on Reflections On My Career Transition

KIRK HO on Reflections On My Career Transition

Kirk Ho has over 20 years’ experience as a senior leader in finance at various global listed companies across the technology, retail, semiconductor, education & the art industries and has held regional remits for the APAC & Japan markets.  

His core expertise lies in the specialised areas of accounting, compliance, budgetary control, forecasting as well as the end-to-end financial management. 

 On the business front, he plays a pivotal role in strategy formulation, new markets penetration, stakeholder management and helps in shaping the next generation of finance leaders for the organisation.

Kirk holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and is currently completing his executive studies in Business Administration.  
SHIRLEY HOON on MY 4Es of Role Change

SHIRLEY HOON on MY 4Es of Role Change

SHIRLEY HOON is a highly collaborative and outcome driven HR Leader with over 20 years’ experience mostly working in private sector companies across different industries. 

She is a firm believer of leveraging strong consultative approaches with key stakeholders in transforming people and growing business together with an energized HR team to drive purposeful solutions that meets the business outcomes of the organization   

Shirley is currently HR Director with Bollore Logistics Singapore. She has held HR roles at Turner & Townsend, Depuy Synthes ( a part of Johnson & Johnson), Tyco Flow Control to name a few.  

Her areas of expertise is in both operational and strategic HR practices from overseeing all aspects of HR to managing HR teams and infrastructure that effectively support rapid business growth.

Shirley holds a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences from NUS and Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from SIM. 
EVELYN TAY on Luminating Your Visibility During Job Search

EVELYN TAY on Luminating Your Visibility During Job Search

Evelyn is an ICF (PCC) certified coach with more than 20 years of work experiences across HR consulting, HR, Organisation Development, sales, and career coaching. 

She has a passion for making a difference to organisation that she is a part of. Evelyn believes in enabling organisation successes through harnessing it’s human capital and effective business partnering. 

Certified in several psychometric tools, she possesses the knowledge and experiences in talent management and development to bring about effective human capital practices and strategies. 

She has also career coached and developed more than 200 professionals in their career journey and enabled valuable insights as a coach.
ANNIE CHAN on ALWAYS EXCEL ABOVE YOUR CONTRACT

ANNIE CHAN on ALWAYS EXCEL ABOVE YOUR CONTRACT

Annie has over 20 years of experience across the research, biotechnology, and diagnostic industries from working at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, A*STAR Singapore, Queen’s Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Life Technologies (now Thermo Fisher) and QIAGEN.

She joined BD in 2014 as Strategic Marketing Manager for BD Diagnostic Systems in the Asia Pacific region and took on roles from portfolio management, market development, and industrial partnership where the molecular diagnostics and Women's Health businesses both saw profitable growth. Under her current leadership, the CASAJ BDB team won the FY22 Global BDB region of the year award.

Annie is passionate about developing talent and engaging employees, as evidenced by her active involvement in the BD Women’s Initiative Network (WIN). Her commitment to excellence has been recognized with the Greater Asia Leadership Award in FY18, a testament to her people-focused approach to leadership. 

Annie pursued her PhD degree in molecular virology at the University of Oxford. 
VANESSA TEO on Navigating Career Transitions

VANESSA TEO on Navigating Career Transitions

Vanessa is a strategic business focused HR leader. 

She’s passionate about helping organizations make human capital a competitive advantage through developing people to their highest potential. Vanessa has over 20 years of experience spanning the HR and Commercial functions. 

At AbbVie, Vanessa currently leads Strategy Planning for the Medical Aesthetics function. Since joining AbbVie in 2019, she has held various roles in HR including Director, Talent Management (Intercontinental), Director, Talent Management and Development (JAPAC) and Talent Acquisition (Japan), and HR Director for Singapore (JAPAC HQ and site operations). 

Prior to AbbVie, Vanessa worked at the LVMH Group (DFS) in multiple HR leadership roles in including Vice President, Learning and Talent, and HR Director for Singapore and Corporate HQ. 

She started her career at Target Corporation, where she has held a wide range of leadership roles including Organizational Effectiveness Director (International), HR Director (China), Procurement Lead (Southeast Asia), and Merchandise Business Analyst (US). 

Vanessa holds an Executive Masters in Change (Organizational Psychology) from INSEAD, and a Bachelors in Business Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington.   
SANDRA SEET on MY ABCs OF CAREER TRANSITION

SANDRA SEET on MY ABCs OF CAREER TRANSITION

Sandra is presently a Senior Engagement Manager in PayPal, managing Channel Partners onboarding across APAC   
She has driven multiple client facing and internal projects and worked across all phases from Pre-sales with Commercial Managers and Solution Architects and to managing end to end Project Delivery with the Integration & Engineering teams. 

In PayPal, she started out in a Hybrid role of a Customer Success Manager plus Engagement Manager handling APAC clients in which having to converse in Mandarin is important.   Prior to this, Sandra was the Client Specialist Team Manager in Thomson Reuters (now known as Refinitiv, an LSEG business), managing a team of Buy-side Client Specialists.

Her 1st job was an SAP eLearning consultant who lives out of her luggage 70% of the year, flying from across different countries for her clients.   PMP certified and holds a Bachelor Degree in Business (Financial Analysis & IT) from Nanyang Technological University. 

Early morning jogs gives her the adrenaline to kick-start her day to collaborate with US folks in Pacific from 7am to evening calls with India/EMEA/US teams. Otherwise, she is on the hunt for the next dessert to satisfy her sweet tooth.  
KONG KUM HOONG on If You're Shy, Let Your Brand Do The Talking

KONG KUM HOONG on If You're Shy, Let Your Brand Do The Talking

Kum Hoong is trained in the Social Sciences and built his career around marketing and communications for 18 years in various inter-related industries, including travel, hospitality and lifestyle, in both the public and private spheres. He has a has a proven track record of promoting brands by engaging the media in both traditional and social media when he conceptualised and executed marketing campaigns and communications plans. He continues to embrace the use of IoT, Industry 4.0 and digitalisation, yet understands the need to be proactive, collaborative and people-centric. Today he helps to influence young minds who are preparing to enter the workforce.
JAVIER LIM on Reconstruct Your Brand Story During Transition

JAVIER LIM on Reconstruct Your Brand Story During Transition

Javier graduated from the academic world of international business management and has been operating in this space since then.

He is currently based in Ho Chi Minh city Vietnam since his move there 4 years ago.  During that time, he has helped a few SMEs on various fronts, from capability building, factory operations, general management including business development & fulfilment.

Prior to basing himself in Vietnam, he started his career journey as a licensed Optician with OWNDAYS Singapore and left to pursue his interest in workplace health and safety with the Changi Airport Group.

In his free time, he has been lending a hand  behind the scenes on local community projects and charitable initiatives that are aligned with his altruistic nature and disposition.
RIAZ AJAM on Its your interview - own it

RIAZ AJAM on Its your interview - own it

Riaz Ajam has over 20 years experience in HR. He commenced his HR career at ANZ, then contracted at both MMI Insurance (now Allianz) and NCR, before joining Reuters to establish an internal recruitment team. After joining in 2005 Riaz has held a number of HR positions within Thomson Reuters such as HR Advisor, HR Manager, HRBP and Senior HR roles including a secondment in the Head of Talent Acquisition role.  Riaz is now Senior Manager HR for Sales across Asia within Thomson Reuters. His HR career has spanned many industries including the news/media world, financial markets, banking & finance, insurance, private rail and IT. Riaz thrives in providing strategic HR guidance and operational support to senior leadership teams across Australia and Asia.
JIMMY PANG on How Do Employers Size You Up Beyond CVs

JIMMY PANG on How Do Employers Size You Up Beyond CVs

Jimmy Pang is a HR professional with a diverse business knowledge and deep experience in Workforce Talent Development & Solutions.


He started his career journey as a Fund Manager for the United Overseas Bank group before pivoting into the Learning space as a facilitator, internal coach & program lead on Organisational Learning for global companies across the Academic, Banking, Insurance, Technology, HR Consulting, Search & Placement industry sectors.


Jimmy is recognised for his ability to shift the interest in learning and has earned perfect scores in his facilitation. 


He is certified to teach Design Thinking, NLP and leadership programs.
JANICE LIM on Tips To Connect Better At Online Interviews

JANICE LIM on Tips To Connect Better At Online Interviews

Janice Lim is a certified Trainer, Assessor, Career Coach, web training advisor & helps employers in remote Application Support. She has over 13 years of diverse experience with regional and global organisations in the financial industry specialising in the Equity and Commodity and Energy market. Janice has lived and worked in 3 different countries and is presently residing in Sydney, Australia. She also has extensive experience in customer service both as individual contributor and in people management capacities. Janice has produced content and delivering learnings in multilingual platforms such as English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Teochew & Hokkien etc.
MELWYNN LEONG on 20 Must-Dos for Online Interviews

MELWYNN LEONG on 20 Must-Dos for Online Interviews

Melwynn Leong is a Technical sales professional with 8 years of experience with the EPCs and End Users of the oil and gas industry across the APAC markets.

He has a track record of exceeding sales targets in highly competitive environments. He believes in optimising sales performance through a collaboration with the channel partners and the collective strengths of a dynamic sales team.

His keen eye for new business opportunities has helped him in numerous occasions in nurturing prospects into reliable customers.

Melwynn is constantly inspired by the positive impact that digital solutions & technological advancements can have on our environment and made it his modus operandi to adopt the change whenever any opportunity arise.
DR MURALI PADMANABHAN on Write Your CV o Failures Before A CV of Success

DR MURALI PADMANABHAN on Write Your CV o Failures Before A CV of Success

Dr Murali brings with him a wealth of experience in adult development. In his two decades of experience in corporates, he has learnt the nuances of developing individuals. 

He brings with him an uncanny enthusiasm to help professionals to live their dreams and aspirations in organizations. He believes that it is possible for individuals to maximize their full potential with adequate support. 

Murali vows in ending discrimination of all kinds and is working to raise funds to support Oxfam India in this initiative. 

He holds a PCC (ICF) and is an organization development facilitator, with a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Murali is certified in EQ, Hogan Assessments, OPQ32, Harrison Assessments Leadership Agility 360 and Transformative Alignment Mapper
CHEONG WENG KIT on Every Professional Needs A 1 Page CV

CHEONG WENG KIT on Every Professional Needs A 1 Page CV

Weng Kit is a Agile Coach with CPRIME Inc.


 

Prior to this role, he was working with various leading IT corporations such as Accenture, SAP, Oracle, Fuji Xerox and Pegasystems with remits in operations, technological support.  


 

On the business consulting front, he has helped a few companies in their digital transformation by applying Six Sigma, Lean and the Agile frameworks.  Weng Kit has a comprehensive knowledge of the industry and even took on a contract role with Prudential Assurance in Singapore to see through a transformative experience.
Shawn Lim on HOW TO START A CONVERSATION WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

Shawn Lim on HOW TO START A CONVERSATION WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

Shawn Lim is a Human Resource Practice Leader with experiences from Public and Private Sector organizations. I started as a Quality Engineer 20 years ago and had opportunities to lead HR teams across Asia Pacific with exposure to Greater China, Middle East, Europe and America markets.

As an Industrial Organizational Psychologist, my key competencies and achievements around Strategic Human Resource are focused on Succession Planning and Management, Early Talent Attraction and Pipeline, Leadership and Talent Development; Talent relationship and Acquisition, Organizational Development with experience in HR Due Diligence and Post-merger work. 

Certified as a IHRP-SP, Communication, Stakeholder Management and Negotiation are critical skills I have honed throughout my career journey.
Daniel David on HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF IN CAREER CONVERSATIONS

Daniel David on HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF IN CAREER CONVERSATIONS

Daniel is a seasoned marketing and communications professional, having spent over 10 years in large MNCs from various industries such as banking and consumer goods.

Throughout his marketing career, he has achieved several key awards and recognition for his contributions and achievements which include the likes of product revenue and campaign performance. As a marketer, Daniel holds a proven track record within most sub-disciplines, including marketing communications, product marketing, marketing strategy, as well as in digital marketing. 

Daniel is well-versed in both the marketing profession, as well as in the corporate world having spent his time in several companies and industries including global and regional roles as both a contributor and a leader.
Zaidi Jantan on Tips To Excel As A Contract Hire

Zaidi Jantan on Tips To Excel As A Contract Hire

Zaidi has 18 years of specialised knowledge and experience in Sales & Marketing across print manufacturing and electronics, public manpower agency and education industry sectors. He specialises in strategy formulation, channel management, multi-party collaboration to drive brand awareness, campaign & sales. Zaidi currently holds an honours degree in Business Studies, Business Management, Marketing & related Support Services.
Martini Constance on My Experience As A Contract Hire

Martini Constance on My Experience As A Contract Hire

Martini Constance is a certified Project Management Professional with over a decade of experience in Finance IT & Supply Chain IT across the Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical & Real Estate Industries.

She is also the founder of Minimize With Joy where she helps her clients lead their ideal lifestyle in a clutter-free home. She was featured in the media recently to raise awareness.

Martini holds a Bachelor Degree in Computerised Accounting and a diverse certification in Digital Marketing, Supply Chain and most recently in Home Organising by Marie Kondo.
PHYLLIS LIEW on SHOULD CVs BE CUSTOMISED FOR SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW ROUNDS?

PHYLLIS LIEW on SHOULD CVs BE CUSTOMISED FOR SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW ROUNDS?

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Phyllis is an experienced Human Resources Director with a demonstrated history of working in the logistics and supply chain industry. 

 She is a strong human resources professional, skilled in Human Resources, Strategic Human Resource Planning, Employee Engagement, Succession Planning, and New Hire Orientations. 

 Phyllis currently holds a Master of Human Resource Management focused in Human Resource Management from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
EMILY KEONG on HOW DO CUSTOMISED CVs HELP EMPLOYERS

EMILY KEONG on HOW DO CUSTOMISED CVs HELP EMPLOYERS

Emily’s current role involves designing and executing thought leadership and operational excellence for employer branding and university recruitment in one of the largest global commodities trading conglomerate. Prior to this, she has professional experience in other industries such as FMCG, information services, investment banking, education, recruitment and outplacement services.

She is a specialist in the talent acquisition (TA) domain for the most part of her 20+ years career journey and has the opportunity to branch out into adjacent areas such as executive and graduate recruitment, career management, talent development and learning development. These helped to enrich her ability to provide advisory for both internal and external stakeholders on the most suitable strategy and tactics to hire and develop the best talent in APAC.
ARLENE KOH on DO EMPLOYERS PREFER CANDIDATES TO CUSTOMISE THEIR CV

ARLENE KOH on DO EMPLOYERS PREFER CANDIDATES TO CUSTOMISE THEIR CV

Arlene is a passionate Talent Acquisition practitioner with recruiting industry experience spanning over 20 years. She fell into this profession by accident but then discovered this path to be her calling. And so she continued this career journey in Recruitment within various industries. 

She started out as a Researcher, then Consultant in an Executive Recruitment firm before moved to an in-house recruiting role with a global wealth management company. 

From Financial Services industry, she went on to LinkedIn as a Senior Recruiter where she helped built teams during the company’s hyper-growth period. 

 Arlene is currently a Recruiting Manager in Amazon Web Services, leading a APJC team to Hire and Develop the Best for a number of strategic businesses. A firm believer that diverse and inclusive teams increase innovation and is the right thing to do, Arlene also holds a portfolio as the APJC Diversity Recruiting Lead in AWS.  

When she is not working, Arlene enjoys horse riding, watching heart-warming animal insta-stories and nurturing a herb plant or two (albeit with not-so green thumbs). Reach out to Arlene at https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlenekoh/
ROBIN YOO on COMMON CV MISTAKES THAT JOBSEEKERS MAY NOT BE AWARE

ROBIN YOO on COMMON CV MISTAKES THAT JOBSEEKERS MAY NOT BE AWARE

Robin is the Managing Director, and Co-Founder of Agile 8 Advisory Pte. Ltd with more than 24 years of professional experience in both the private limited and listed companies’ corporate secretarial services. 


Prior to this role, he was the Deputy Head of Corporate Secretarial in TMF Singapore H Pte. Ltd. (“TMF”) from 2015 to August 2019 and spent close to 9 years in Boardroom Limited since 2006 as Head of Corporate Services in Aspire CS Pte. Ltd, a subsidiary of Boardroom Limited until 2015. 



His experience spans various industries such as legal, banking, food & beverages, commodities, construction, manufacturing, healthcare, property logistics, armed ballistic training fabrication, mining and power cogen, including an in-house stint with DBS Group Holding Limited (“DBS”) as the Assistant Vice President of the Legal & Secretariat Department supporting the Group Secretary and attending to DBS’ Board of Directors in 2010.
JONATHAN WAN on ACTIONS CANDIDATES CAN TAKE TO BE MORE VISIBLE TO EMPLOYERS

JONATHAN WAN on ACTIONS CANDIDATES CAN TAKE TO BE MORE VISIBLE TO EMPLOYERS

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Jonathan Wan is an experienced visionary leader with decades of experience in building successful teams, both in National Service (NS) and civilian practices. He has an accomplished career in the hospitality industry which spans 3 decades with specialisation in operations, business development, publishing and events management. He is currently a learning & development specialist with a major training company and also a HR Business Partner with an IHRP-Certified Associate qualification. Jonathan aspires to be a coach and mentor. As a lifelong learner, he attained his Advance Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) in Aug 2021. He has trained officers in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on delivering excellent customer service and also appointed as a senior Leadership Assessor to help assess SPF senior officer candidates for suitability in taking the appointment as CO of Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC). Jonathan enjoys the shooting sport of IPSC and IDPA, photography and runs regularly. Occasionally he is called to be an artistic swimming judge.
CINDY GAN and YOLANDA YU on WHAT CAN CANDIDATES DO TO BE INCLUDED AS A TALENT PIPELINE

CINDY GAN and YOLANDA YU on WHAT CAN CANDIDATES DO TO BE INCLUDED AS A TALENT PIPELINE

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Cindy Gan is the Senior VP & Country Head of Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.  She has more than 15 years of global sales and marketing experience, having worked with clients across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. She specializes in demand generation, sales management and market development. Since joining Frost & Sullivan in 2006, Ms. Gan has organized several high-profile summits and awards banquets for Frost & Sullivan with tremendous success.

Yolanda Yu is an ICF‐PCC certified Transformational Coach. Based in Singapore, Yolanda offers Executive Coaching and Career Coaching to senior executives, high potential professionals and start‐up founders. She has helped over thousands of clients in career transition, professional branding and personal development. In her 20 years of professional experience prior to becoming an Executive Coach, Yolanda served various leadership positions in Mastercard, Visa, Lazada‐Alibaba, and helloPay, a Fintech start‐up in APAC Emerging markets. A highly regarded professional recruiter in her earlier career, Yolanda was also an HR solution consultant and a start‐up owner. Today she is an advisor for various start‐ups, a regular guest speaker at INSEAD executive education classes and has taught Fintech courses to students from HKUST, NUS and NTU. Yolanda is also a multi‐award‐winning writer and poet.
KELVIN TAY on DO EMPLOYERS PREFER CANDIDATES TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYMENT GAPS?

KELVIN TAY on DO EMPLOYERS PREFER CANDIDATES TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYMENT GAPS?

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Kelvin Tay is the HR Director of Shing Shing Pharmaceutical Metals Pte Ltd.

He graduated in 2003 with Business Degree from Boston University majoring in Finance, Accounts but found Human Resource to be the passion during the times at BCG and have since taken various HR leadership roles in various types of companies in the region including MNCs, regional companies and even SMEs. The roles involved mainly hiring of key personnel, organizational setup, training as well as identifying and upgrading of potential talents in the organizations. 

 He travels and helps out in Charities around the region during his free time.

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ADRIAN CHONG on GETTING TO YES

ADRIAN CHONG on GETTING TO YES

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Adrian Chong is the Principal Consultant and founder of EREVNA LEADERSHIP PTE LTD.

He brings more than twenty-five years of experience in training, sales, general management and entrepreneurship to Erevna Leadership. In his last role,

he was in senior management with regional responsibilities in a financial institution. Specializing in team and organizational effectiveness, Adrian helps individuals, teams and organizations achieve bottom- line results and become measurably more vital. 

Adrian is among a select few globally who is a Cialdini Method Certified TrainerÒ (CMCT) and has been personally trained and mentored by the world renowned “godfather” of influence, Dr Robert Cialdini, to conduct the Principles of PersuasionÒ workshop. He is a Certified Trainer in Authentic Leadership Conversations.
KENNETH DE SOUZA - THE 4 PILLARS OF THINKING ON YOUR FEET

KENNETH DE SOUZA - THE 4 PILLARS OF THINKING ON YOUR FEET

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GARY HO - TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU THINK ON YOUR FEET

GARY HO - TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU THINK ON YOUR FEET

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GRACE WONG - SHOULD CANDIDATES COLLABORATE WITH ALL RECRUITERS, IF SO, HOW?

GRACE WONG - SHOULD CANDIDATES COLLABORATE WITH ALL RECRUITERS, IF SO, HOW?

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SHAWN LIM - PARTNERSHIPS WITH INTERNAL RECRUITERS THAT WORK

SHAWN LIM - PARTNERSHIPS WITH INTERNAL RECRUITERS THAT WORK

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GENEVIEVE LIM - DEMYSTIFYING COMPENSATION

GENEVIEVE LIM - DEMYSTIFYING COMPENSATION

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ALEX YEW - HOW SHOULD ANY TALENT NEGOTIATE SALARIES

ALEX YEW - HOW SHOULD ANY TALENT NEGOTIATE SALARIES

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PRASHANT PILLAI - THE SECRET SAUCE TO CREATING VALUE

PRASHANT PILLAI - THE SECRET SAUCE TO CREATING VALUE

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Prashant Pillai is the Vice-President & Leader of the End-User Business for GARTNER in India.

He is responsible for managing existing customers and growing the business within financial services, corporates and government segments. Prior to joining Gartner ,Prashant spent over 18 years with Thomson Reuters as Head of Corporates business, Head of solutions – ASEAN and South Asia including a stint as the Head of Mergers and Acquisition. 

Prashant contributed in several market leading initiatives in the financial services markets from growing the Enterprise market risk , FX transaction platforms , Enterprise data and technology solutions for the markets . He also led the acquisition of Omnesys Technologies, a market leading equities execution platform. 

He served on several boards of Thomson Reuters entities & RML (India’s earliest ag tech start up). He was a member of the IAMAI governing council (2014-2016) & Tax Committee but is still active in Corporate governance and Regulatory affairs committee of CII.

Apart from holding a degree in Mechanical Engineering and MBA (Marketing), Prashant has successfully completed leadership programs from the Stephen Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and INSEAD. 
JOANNA JIN - WHAT DO HR LOOK FOR IN CANDIDATES AT INTERVIEWS

JOANNA JIN - WHAT DO HR LOOK FOR IN CANDIDATES AT INTERVIEWS

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Joanna is the Asia Pacific HR Director for the Bollore Logistics Group.

She has over 18 years of experience partnering with business leaders in the area of Human Resource Management and whereby a good 7 years were spent leading in the capacity as APAC leader for companies in the technology, glass manufacturing, chemicals and most recently in the logistics industry sectors. 

Joanna specialises in the development and implementation of global HR systems, business partnership through the adoption of global practises within a local context and actively leading both pre-M&A HR due diligence work and post-M&A integration programs. 

She reads, writes & speaks 4 languages, having lived & worked in those native countries. She has a degree in HR Management & 2 Masters qualifications in both HR Management and an MBA. 
DAVID TIONG - HOW DOES A DIVERSE WORKFORCE HELP ANY BUSINESS

DAVID TIONG - HOW DOES A DIVERSE WORKFORCE HELP ANY BUSINESS

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ELIZABETH STRONG - WHY DIVERSITY MATTERS

ELIZABETH STRONG - WHY DIVERSITY MATTERS

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JUNE SUN on DO EMPLOYERS VALUE CONTRACT HIRES

JUNE SUN on DO EMPLOYERS VALUE CONTRACT HIRES

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June Sun is a strategic marketing professional turned Business Owner with extensive experience in Australia & Asian markets and now running two MindChamps franchises in Singapore. 


 Prior to this, she has worked at Mars Australia and Singapore, General Mills Singapore where she transitioned from Marketing, to Consumer Insights to Head of Trade Marketing for the region. 


 June is a passionate and resourceful individual that likes to share her expertise and knowledge to enhance the skills and mindsets of our future generation. 
SU AYE on CONTRACT ROLES AS AN OPPORTUNITY

SU AYE on CONTRACT ROLES AS AN OPPORTUNITY

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She’s currently the HR manager at ZTO Singapore where is she aims to empower and value add to her employees’ lives. 

As an early career professional, she knows from the start of her interest in pursuing HR which is aligned with her aim of wanting to make a difference in the world. She hopes to do this by making an impact on those she cross paths with. 

Su is open to listen to jobseekers’ journeys can is prepared to help, wherever possible. 

She lives by the quotes “your dreams aren’t big enough if they don’t scare you” and “have courage and be kind”.  
SAPPHIRE YONG on How To Attract Employers To Convert Contract Hires To Permanent

SAPPHIRE YONG on How To Attract Employers To Convert Contract Hires To Permanent

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Sapphire is an experienced marketing communication and operations professional, with over 20 years of diverse experience with local, regional and global organizations in the government, aviation, automobile, IT and publishing industries.  In her career, she was responsible for marketing strategy and communications, events planning, change and talent management, and marketing operations and automation.

She is an advocate for lifelong learning and believes in continuous education.  She is currently pursuing a Business & Digital Transformation course at SMU under the SG United program, and hope to use the knowledge to help SMEs in Singapore to digitalize and transform their business and expand overseas.  She is also pursuing an online social media marketing course with Facebook and on weekends, she is pursuing a 2-year Certificate in TCM Assistant at the Singapore College of TCM.
LOO MENG GEE on Can My Expertise Be Turned Into A Business?

LOO MENG GEE on Can My Expertise Be Turned Into A Business?

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Loo Meng Gee founded Providence Management Services Pte Ltd, providing a one-stop corporate service for SMEs.
Prior to that, she has held multiple roles in company administration, management consultancy, finance, accountancy, tax, treasury and audit, with KMPG, DBS Card Centre, MSD Consultants and Changi International Logistics Centre Ltd, the latter being a joint venture of CIAS , MSAS, Sime Darby and ST Logistics. 

She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a 2nd class Honors degree of Bachelor of Accountancy in 1987.  She continued to pursue her passion with a Master of Business Administration in 1996.

She is an FCA with an MBA as well as an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income Tax and GST).  She is also an ASEAN CPA, Certified ACTA Trainer and Approved Management Consultant under Enterprise Singapore. She has developed her own series of non WSQ courses which participants can tap into the Skills Credit.
DANIEL LEE - DISCOVERING YOURSELF THROUGH TWISTS TURNS N PIVOTS

DANIEL LEE - DISCOVERING YOURSELF THROUGH TWISTS TURNS N PIVOTS

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Daniel was an aspiring leader responsible for a USD5 million training budget in 2015. Despite that apparent success, one day he was told by his manager to 'show more leadership’. Unable to show what he did not know, he went on to interview 220 successful leaders from 37 countries in 6 continents, and identified 30 principles of successful leaders, and wrote a book titled ‘First Time Leadership’. Daniel has a Double Master Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is married and has a young family, and was a former police officer who patrolled the streets of Singapore. 
LOW BOON SEONG on HOW CAN I START A BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH

LOW BOON SEONG on HOW CAN I START A BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH

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Boon Seong is the Founder & Managing Director of Align Group, one of the fastest growing companies in Singapore and in Asia (The Straits Times & Financial Times, 2020 & 2021). As the brain of National Workplace Happiness Survey, Align Group has been a thought leader in the organisational development space, helping many SMEs to accelerate their growth through positive transformation of people and culture. Align Group is also a programme partner of various agencies, including SkillsFuture Singapore, Enterprise Singapore, SBF, SME Centres. Clients include Prime Minister's Office of Singapore, NTUC Learning Hub, Singapore Airlines, etc. 
DORIS LIM on The Purpose of Candidate Profiling In A Recruitment Process

DORIS LIM on The Purpose of Candidate Profiling In A Recruitment Process

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Doris has 9 years of working experience in various industries such as Banking & Finance, IT and Services.
Her specialization in HR lies in Business Partnering, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Recruitment and Employee relations.
She has recently embarked on an entrepreneurial route as the founder of FloristD.
FAITH SUDHARMAN on My Professional Identity in Changing & Different Seasons

FAITH SUDHARMAN on My Professional Identity in Changing & Different Seasons

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Faith is a seasoned Strategic Communications and Partnership professional with a wealth of experience working for and with various organizations (government, profit and not-for-profit), industry groups and the education sector.
Her key contribution lies in designing, managing and implementing corporate/marketing communications and curating program content through the use of compelling storytelling strategies to drive desired behaviours/outcomes. With an innate desire to connect and build community, she actively seeks meaningful collaborations with different stakeholders.
Also in line with her core value of drawing out the best in others, she took up the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) when she was in the Learning & Development space.
ADRIAN LEONG on How I Discovered My Professional Identity

ADRIAN LEONG on How I Discovered My Professional Identity

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Adrian is well versed in the Indo-China business & security environments. He has experienced driving numerous risks assignments, including market survey / enforcement, due diligence, asset traces and crisis management projects on behalf of MNC (+20 years) in Asia.
In his 35-year career, he has worked/consulted in the following industries & government link institutions, including business risk/security consultancy, army, recruitment, banking, legal/property, retailing/distribution, trading, hospitality, medical, telecommunications, oil & gas.
Since 1995, He has been involved in trade, legal work and investment in Vietnam. Over the years, he has invested & currently operating companies involving in the distribution of international skincare products & security-related products for the logistic/transportation/FMCG industry.
YEO ENG SHENG - IMPROVING YOUR ODDS OF TRANSITIONING INTO THE GIG ECONOMY

YEO ENG SHENG - IMPROVING YOUR ODDS OF TRANSITIONING INTO THE GIG ECONOMY

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Eng Sheng was a Senior HR practitioner with regional management experience in numerous MNCs, comprising of several years based out of Shanghai and Beijing in China.   As a trusted and respected leader who believes in providing opportunities for growth to staff at all levels, he had been invited as keynote speaker and panelist for numerous career fairs and HR seminars, including the Future Leaders Summit by NTUC, CEO Masterclass by SNEF, and HR Summit. He had served as the co-chairperson of the EuroCham Internship Committee and is an Adjunct Tutor for Career Foundations in Nanyang Technological University.   After 20 years of serving in the corporate HR function, he decided to switch career and went full time into financial advisory to continue his purpose of making positive transformation to people’s life, this time by providing sound financial planning to individuals and families, and helping businesses in designing benefits and long-term incentive schemes to attract and retain talents.   Eng Sheng is an avid road cyclist and looks forward to attending live concerts again when COVID19 is more controlled.  
PERLIN CHAN on VALUES THAT HIRING MANAGERS LOOK AT TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT FIT

PERLIN CHAN on VALUES THAT HIRING MANAGERS LOOK AT TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT FIT

Perlin Chan is the Deputy CEO of the Berlitz Marine Group.

She is responsible for the  Group's overall operational excellence and business growth. She executes the  Group’s lean-cost, revenue, talent and digitization strategies. Being in a family-run  business and second-generation owner, she is tasked with the transformation of first generation business, culture management, and executing forward sustainability  plans. 

Perlin is currently also the Non-Executive Director of Red Planet Hotels Limited,  whose primary business is hotel ownership/operator in Thailand, Philippines, Japan  and Indonesia. 

As part of the family’s sustainability strategy, Perlin is also the Board Member of  Onewater Inc, a wastewater treatment business which cleans sewage water using  algae in a decentralized system.  

Having a deep passion for building and fostering the family business community in  Singapore and the region, Perlin is currently the Compass Chairperson of the Family  Business Network, where she helps millennial family owners and stakeholders find a  safe and reliable space to connect and support one another. 
BEE WEE SWEE on WAYS TO STAND OUT IN A COMPETITIVE JOB MARKET

BEE WEE SWEE on WAYS TO STAND OUT IN A COMPETITIVE JOB MARKET

Bee stumbled upon Talent Acquisition 10 years ago and worked for one

of the world's leading recruitment agencies. Her 4 years as an external Recruiter allowed her to gain exposure to a vast array of job functions and industries. 


An internal talent acquisition opportunity came knocking on her door for an Australian commercial explosives company and she exploded in pure excitement. Taking a leap of faith in doing something completely new, in an industry foreign to her, she applied her transferable expertise and created customised talent management strategies that take a proactive approach in anticipating the organisation’s needs. 


Currently the Asia Pacific Talent Acquisition Manager for a French global leading freight forwarding company, Bollore Logistics (again, completely different industry, different culture), Bee is a firm believer in using cost-savings and culture-building tactics in succession planning in order to better handle the current climate of uncertainty.


From recruitment agencies to commercial explosives to freight forwarding, Bee thrives on expanding her knowledge of various industries and their respective TA needs.
EILEEN SEAH on How To Demonstrate Our Work Values.pdf

EILEEN SEAH on How To Demonstrate Our Work Values.pdf

Eileen is an Organisational Psychologist, Executive Coach & founder of The Art of Career.


She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 2 Masters qualification in Business Administration, Organisational Science & HR Management.


Eileen has held diverse roles from customer-facing to mid-office & back office support functions across the government-led Defence Science, Banking & Finance, Telecoms & HR Consulting industry sectors.


She has an active coaching practise & runs talent management programs including social hiring & digital profiling for career branding.
EILEEN SEAH on Tips To Excel As A Contract Hire

EILEEN SEAH on Tips To Excel As A Contract Hire

Eileen is an Organisational Psychologist, Executive Coach & founder of The Art of Career.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 2 Masters qualification in Business Administration, Organisational Science & HR Management.

Eileen has held diverse roles from customer-facing to mid-office & back office support functions across the government-led Defence Science, Banking & Finance, Telecoms & HR Consulting industry sectors.

She has an active coaching practise & runs talent management programs including social hiring & digital profiling for career branding. 
EILEEN SEAH on The 4E of Successful Role Change

EILEEN SEAH on The 4E of Successful Role Change

Eileen is an Organisational Psychologist, Executive Coach & founder of The Art of Career.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 2 Masters qualification in Business Administration, Organisational Science & HR Management.

Eileen has held diverse roles from customer-facing to mid-office & back office support functions across the government-led Defence Science, Banking & Finance, Telecoms & HR Consulting industry sectors.

She has an active coaching practise & runs talent management programs including social hiring & digital profiling for career branding. 
EILEEN SEAH on Our Brand Story During Career Transition

EILEEN SEAH on Our Brand Story During Career Transition

Eileen is an Organisational Psychologist, Executive Coach & founder of The Art of Career.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 2 Masters qualification in Business Administration, Organisational Science & HR Management.

Eileen has held diverse roles from customer-facing to mid-office & back office support functions across the government-led Defence Science, Banking & Finance, Telecoms & HR Consulting industry sectors.

She has an active coaching practise & runs talent management programs including social hiring & digital profiling for career branding. 

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