https://www.scmp.com/rss/501972/feed Find the right career path, and learn more about applying for jobs, working environments, work life balance, career development and choosing the right job industry. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Olympic gold medallists Sun Yang and Wang Meng are quickly learning that sporting heroics do not necessarily mean being a fan favourite in later life. The pair have both appeared on reality shows on Chinese television in recent weeks, and the reaction has not always been kind, certainly where Sun is concerned. Branded “immature” for his behaviour on travel show Viva La Romance, one incident in particular riled viewers. In it, Sun, acting as his group’s guide, goes in the wrong direction, refuses... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3353597/back-reality-chinese-athletes-they-make-painful-transition-life-after-sport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3353597/back-reality-chinese-athletes-they-make-painful-transition-life-after-sport?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000 dpa dpa Working from home has become routine for many of us, particularly since the coronavirus pandemic. There are perks aplenty: you do not have to commute or even change out of your pyjamas, you can attend to your family’s needs – and the fridge is not far away. On the other hand, you are out of your superior’s sight. Yes, they are not around to breathe down your neck, but you could be “out of mind” for promotions and raises. Is there a way to avoid career stagnation while working remotely? Not all... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3327976/how-prevent-work-home-career-stagnation-expert-tips-standing-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3327976/how-prevent-work-home-career-stagnation-expert-tips-standing-out?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:15:07 +0000 Morning Studio editors Morning Studio editors Financial services, aviation, shipping, and innovation and technology are among the key industries expected to generate a new surge of growth in Hong Kong. To meet changing business needs, the city is seeking high-calibre professionals from these sectors as part of its strategic approach to talent acquisition. In the face of keen competition for global talent, the city has adopted a proactive approach. Key initiatives include the establishment of Hong Kong Talent Engage (HKTE), a dedicated... https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/hong-kong-global-hub-talent/article/3308448/hong-kongs-robustness-continues-strengthen-its-status-international-talent-hub?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/hong-kong-global-hub-talent/article/3308448/hong-kongs-robustness-continues-strengthen-its-status-international-talent-hub?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 06:20:47 +0000 dpa dpa Should you wait until retirement to travel the world, train for that half-marathon you’ve set your sights on or volunteer for a local charity? This clashes with many young people’s notion of a healthy work-life balance, leading to a new career trend encouraged by social media: micro-retirement. “Micro-retirement is a kind of career break or work hiatus,” says Marlene Pöhlmann, a careers expert for the Germany-based recruitment agency Robert Half. It is typically taken between jobs, but for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3304256/why-micro-retirement-and-work-life-balance-appeal-gen-z-and-millennials?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3304256/why-micro-retirement-and-work-life-balance-appeal-gen-z-and-millennials?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:15:08 +0000 Every generation brings distinct qualities to the workplace. Baby boomers are known for their driving ambition and strong work ethic; Generation X is famed for its self-sufficiency and adaptability, and millennials are recognised for their technical savvy and team spirit. Gen Z, which strongly emphasises flexible work hours, physical and mental well-being, and jobs with a high degree of technological engagement, is poised to impact the future of the corporate workplace significantly. In response... https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/redefining-hong-kongs-workforce/article/3291642/redefining-hong-kongs-workforce-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/redefining-hong-kongs-workforce/article/3291642/redefining-hong-kongs-workforce-future?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:09 +0000 Mia Nulimaimaiti Mia Nulimaimaiti The writing on the wall is abundantly clear, brazenly spelled out with no-nonsense language in the job posting for a Chinese automotive services firm in Sichuan province. “The average age of the team should be less than 30 years old,” states the notice seeking to fill a vacant human resources position. China’s pervasive ageism in employment is nothing new. And it’s certainly no secret. But signs could be suggesting that it is getting even worse. Traditionally, it starts rearing its head in the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3209667/chinas-youngest-millennials-told-theyre-too-old-jobs-and-elder-gen-z-workers-are-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3209667/chinas-youngest-millennials-told-theyre-too-old-jobs-and-elder-gen-z-workers-are-next?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Feb 2023 03:00:10 +0000 The job choices of graduates from China’s top two prestigious universities, Tsinghua University and the Peking University, are often seen as an indicator for the direction of the whole country. According to the latest job reports on graduates from both schools, China’s top students are reconsidering their employment destinations, in a similar fashion to US students picking Silicon Valley over Wall Street. In one noticeable change last year, finance lost favour. At Tsinghua, only 12.2 per cent of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3162816/chinas-smartest-students-are-ditching-finance-tech-and-prefer-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3162816/chinas-smartest-students-are-ditching-finance-tech-and-prefer-state?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:30:26 +0000 With China’s working environment becoming increasingly stressful and competitive, Zheng Lizhu’s career ambitions as a designer shifted dramatically earlier this year. “The competition and anxiety in the design industry made my toes curl,” Zheng said. “I worked like a machine every day. By the time I got home I’d already be exhausted, and my mind would be blank, with no time or energy to think or reflect on myself.” Devoting her whole life to the company wasn’t a fair trade-off, the 30-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3152487/chinas-great-resignation-freelancers-find-both-hope-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3152487/chinas-great-resignation-freelancers-find-both-hope-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:15:18 +0000 This is the fifth in a series of stories on China’s job market, looking at its history, the role of migrant workers, inequality and the future for its graduates entering the workforce. A gruelling two-month stretch awaits Adam Xu later this year, and he has a stable government job in his crosshairs. In addition to the classes he is taking as a master’s student in public administration, the 25-year-old has ambitious intentions to set aside at least 12 hours a day to study for the national civil... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3143030/chinas-job-scarcity-sees-fresh-grads-shun-private-sector?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3143030/chinas-job-scarcity-sees-fresh-grads-shun-private-sector?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:30:18 +0000 This is the fourth in a series of stories on China’s job market, looking at its history, the role of migrant workers, inequality and the future for its graduates entering the workforce. Like women in workplaces the world over, struggling to juggle their careers with motherhood, many of those who choose to have children in China are finding that the decision comes with immense challenges – often considerably more than their male counterparts face. In addition to the high cost of living, including... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3142865/chinas-working-mothers-struggle-career-setbacks-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3142865/chinas-working-mothers-struggle-career-setbacks-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jul 2021 23:30:18 +0000 Hongkonger Hugo He was expecting a fruitful, smooth final year of secondary school, but then came the Covid-19 disruptions. The 17-year-old Form Six student at an international school says classes have been disrupted three times since the outbreak began in January last year, and he has spent most of the past year at home, studying online from 8.30am to 4.30pm every day. The long-time exposure to screens makes his eyes tired, while a lack of interaction with teachers and classmates makes studying... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3126205/coronavirus-class-disruptions-take-toll-hong-kong-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3126205/coronavirus-class-disruptions-take-toll-hong-kong-students?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:00:09 +0000 Hong Kong could risk a brain drain in the next five years after a new survey found a quarter of the city’s university-educated under-35s were planning on leaving to work elsewhere. The study, which was conducted by one of the city’s biggest youth organisations, also showed that some 16 per cent of those who wanted to leave the city for work said they had no intention of ever coming back, while another 12.6 per cent said they would only consider returning after securing a foreign nationality. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3125412/hong-kong-brain-drain-threat-nearly-quarter-university?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3125412/hong-kong-brain-drain-threat-nearly-quarter-university?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:53:57 +0000 Surveying the flowers scattered all over the sprung floor of his empty 7,000 sq ft dance studio alone, Singaporean Tim Russ Fernandez picks up some chrysanthemums to make a floral arrangement. The 41-year-old, founder of the Russ Dance Factory in Hong Kong’s bustling Causeway Bay, designed it for Lunar New Year in late January. The bright yellow chrysanthemums are arranged with red Chinese folding fans – the former mimicking the likeness of New Year fireworks, the latter representing red junk... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3124220/covid-19-jobs-squeeze-forces-some-hong-kong-take-leap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3124220/covid-19-jobs-squeeze-forces-some-hong-kong-take-leap?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Mar 2021 02:00:05 +0000 “It’s a dream come true,” says Indonesian comic artist Ario Anindito. After many years as a professional cartoonist, this year he began designing elements of the latest chapter in the global Star Wars multimedia spectacular. The 37-year-old was an introverted child, frequently “daydreaming and getting lost in my own imagination”. At the age of six, he decided that drawing superheroes like Spider-Man and Superman would be his escape, and later his profession. Today, Anindito is one of a few... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3114185/working-marvel-comics-dream-come-true-how-two-artists-ended?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3114185/working-marvel-comics-dream-come-true-how-two-artists-ended?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:15:05 +0000 “Naturally you needed a man with the courage to ride on top of a rocket, and you were grateful that such men existed,” Tom Wolfe wrote in The Right Stuff, his exposé of the astronauts behind Project Mercury in the late 1950s and early ’60s – America’s first space flight programme. They were men who, as Wolfe put it, had “the right stuff”. However, a number of the unsung heroes in humanity’s quest in space at that time were women. Dana Ulery became the first female engineer at Nasa’s Jet... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3104167/women-space-female-astronauts-and-engineers-push-gender?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3104167/women-space-female-astronauts-and-engineers-push-gender?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:15:17 +0000 Newly minted college graduates in the United States are living with unprecedented uncertainty and anxiety. While a rare minority cruise into their dream job, or postgraduate degree, there are 50 million twenty-somethings who have no idea what they will be doing, where they will be living, or who they will be with in two years or 10 years. Many simply tread water; working as baristas or waiters, dating all the wrong people and buying into every distraction. All they have to do, they think, is... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3101638/why-30-not-new-20-and-why-you-cannot-put-big?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3101638/why-30-not-new-20-and-why-you-cannot-put-big?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:15:10 +0000 Short-video platform Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, says it created 36 million jobs domestically over the year-long period from last August in the video and live-streaming sector – one of the few areas where employment is flourishing in the nation’s challenging post-coronavirus labour market. Among that total, about 20 million are individual content creators and live-streaming hosts, while 8.6 million came from their team members. The rest were from Douyin’s corporate accounts and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3101037/chinas-tiktok-douyin-says-it-created-36-million-jobs-last?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3101037/chinas-tiktok-douyin-says-it-created-36-million-jobs-last?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:11 +0000 The bodybuilder, muscles shiny with baby oil, hoists a stack of roof tiles over his head. He clenches his muscles, strikes a pose and revels in the applause. The audience roars with appreciation as multicoloured spotlights glint off his body. Dozens compete in the annual bodybuilding competition at the Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF) in Indonesia, a non-profit organisation focused on the arts and cultural activities. The factory is based in Majalengka, a district in West Java province, and all of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3100036/bodybuilding-competition-difference-indonesia-contestants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3100036/bodybuilding-competition-difference-indonesia-contestants?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:15:10 +0000 Who has the best job in Hong Kong? Clue: it’s not necessarily the highest paid, and being the chief executive – which rakes in more than HK$5 million (US$645,000) a year – isn’t necessarily a plum posting nowadays. Should it come down to work/life balance, there are a number of candidates up for Hong Kong’s most satisfying employment. Here’s an alternative best jobs list for Hong Kong. David Gallie: head brewer, taster, accountant and keg carrier, Black Kite Brewery After six years in the craft... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3099560/best-jobs-hong-kong-brewer-ice-cream-maker-stylist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3099560/best-jobs-hong-kong-brewer-ice-cream-maker-stylist?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:15:11 +0000 In June, Qiu Xiaogang decided to close his Happy Noodle Shop near an expressway in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region and set up a street food stand to sell grilled meat skewers. It was the second time this year that Qiu had been forced to close his shop. The first was during a coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown. To make ends meet then, he did a short stint at a construction site, moving bricks for about 200 yuan (US$29) a day. After the lockdown ended in May, he returned to... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3098011/coronavirus-china-seeks-solution-unemployment-crisis-flexible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3098011/coronavirus-china-seeks-solution-unemployment-crisis-flexible?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:00:13 +0000 Offering sunny beaches, cheap living and low infection rates, a number of countries are competing for a new generation of remote workers in a bid to ride out the pandemic and make up for lost visitors. From Estonia to Barbados, nations have launched visa regimes aimed at wooing “digital nomads” to bolster their economy, chasing the sort of people who mix work with travel and can set up shop any place with an internet connection. “Work from Paradise” boasts the web page of Barbados’ 12-month... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3096421/want-work-beach-visas-countries-offering-cheap-living-low?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3096421/want-work-beach-visas-countries-offering-cheap-living-low?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:30:10 +0000 When Mark was called into his boss’ office two weeks ago, he had a suspicion that his job was on the line. The small Hong Kong design firm had lost a number of big contracts, and as the most recent hire, he knew he was likely to be the first to be laid off. The news still came as a shock. “I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach. I knew it was on the cards, but it didn’t hit me until I was sitting in his office,” says the 40-something expat, who does not want to reveal his last name. Hong... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3090065/just-been-laid-how-get-over-shock-anger-shame-or-grief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3090065/just-been-laid-how-get-over-shock-anger-shame-or-grief?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:15:10 +0000 Hong Kong does not take interior design seriously. That’s according to Horace Pan, vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association (HKIDA). “Most people in Hong Kong wouldn’t be able to name you a single interior designer, unless they’ve hired one. Not even a famous one,” says Pan, who is a driving force behind the industry’s push to be recognised as a profession in its own right – distinct from architecture but every bit as skilled and rigorous. Pan – who in 2003 founded brand and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3089249/when-will-hong-kong-start-taking-interior-design-seriously?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3089249/when-will-hong-kong-start-taking-interior-design-seriously?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:15:07 +0000 Across Asia, alcoholic drinks are taking on some very different flavours as women uncork new ideas and add a new spirit to bar menus. Female distillers, bottlers, bar owners and bartenders are helping change the fortunes of an industry that once frowned on women drinking in public, let alone making drinks. “It’s not so much a sudden change, as a light being shone on women’s role in the industry as people become more aware,” says Holly Graham, former food and drink editor of Time Out Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3089057/bartender-distiller-whisky-bottler-women-asia-changing-face?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3089057/bartender-distiller-whisky-bottler-women-asia-changing-face?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:55:13 +0000 A single performance of the Riverdance stage show in Tokyo was all it took to catapult Japanese salaryman Takayuki Hayashi into a different career. The 27-year-old quit his humdrum IT job and moved to Dublin with his life savings of US$100,000. At first, barely able to speak English, he was unable to find an instructor, so he binge-watched Irish dance videos, doggedly mimicking the action on screen in an effort to learn by himself. Incredibly, it paid off. After being taken on by a sympathetic... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3084598/keep-hold-belief-anything-possible-how-having-courage-make-late-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3084598/keep-hold-belief-anything-possible-how-having-courage-make-late-career?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 May 2020 23:15:07 +0000 At first glance, things seem to be getting better for Japanese women. In an economy that has historically lagged behind other developed nations when it comes to female workforce participation, a record 71 per cent are now employed – an 11 point leap from a decade ago. The Japanese government boasts one of the most generous parental leave laws in the world and recently created a “limited full-time worker” category aimed primarily at mothers looking to balance job and family. And one of the most... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3046139/women-japan-facing-harder-retirements-will-run-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3046139/women-japan-facing-harder-retirements-will-run-out?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:30:14 +0000 In cram school-obsessed South Korea, students fork out for classes in everything from K-pop auditions to real estate deals. Now, top Korean firms are rolling out artificial intelligence in hiring – and jobseekers want to learn how to beat the bots. From his basement office in downtown Gangnam, careers consultant Park Seong-jung is among those in a growing business of offering lessons in handling recruitment screening by computers, not people. Video interviews using facial recognition technology... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3045795/south-korean-job-applicants-are-learning-trick-ai-hiring-bots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3045795/south-korean-job-applicants-are-learning-trick-ai-hiring-bots?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:00:14 +0000 Li Kam-hung never imagined that his childhood fascination with cars would one day lead him to a job and first prize in a global competition. The 20-year-old came out on top in the Sustainable Practice Award for car painting at the WorldSkills Competition – a biennial championship of vocational skills – in Kazan, Russia, last August. Hong Kong sent a team of 24 to the tournament, which attracted more than 1,300 competitors from more than 60 countries and regions. Apart from Li, 13 others brought... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3045522/hong-kong-vocational-students-reap-rewards-worldskills?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3045522/hong-kong-vocational-students-reap-rewards-worldskills?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:00:13 +0000 A typical working day for Singaporean office worker Shamir Osman lasts about nine and a half hours, so packed full of meetings and calls that he sometimes does not even get a chance to eat. The 39-year-old public relations manager’s hectic schedule is far from unusual in the city state, where the average working week lasts just shy of 45 hours – the second longest in the Asia-Pacific, according to a study of 40 cities done by office access control systems provider Kisi. How to avoid burnout:... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3043649/why-do-singapore-tokyo-and-kuala-lumpur-work-so-hard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3043649/why-do-singapore-tokyo-and-kuala-lumpur-work-so-hard?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Dec 2019 07:00:16 +0000 Ben Levi Ross wakes up most mornings saddled with an “emotional hangover”, an affliction he typically shakes through meditation and a good stretch. Physically, he recuperates with the help of a personal steamer, plus a soothing ginger and manuka honey beverage of his own making. Then, after a few hours of resting in solitude, the 21-year-old steps back onstage as the title character in Dear Evan Hansen, taxing his mind and body with a 2½-hour binge of anxiety, panic, grief and guilt. “It has... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3043037/dear-evan-hansen-star-ben-levi-ross-challenges-taking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3043037/dear-evan-hansen-star-ben-levi-ross-challenges-taking?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:09 +0000 As technology disrupts the traditional workplace and creates new jobs, education is expected to prepare young people to enter a dynamic digital workplace. Careers education has therefore taken on unprecedented importance. Is Hong Kong doing enough? And what is the key to a quality careers education? Last month, the Education Bureau unveiled a Life Planning Information website to provide students, teachers and parents with “comprehensive information on life planning information and career... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3041691/why-hong-kong-needs-invest-more-careers-education-schools?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3041691/why-hong-kong-needs-invest-more-careers-education-schools?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:15:14 +0000 When my daughter turned five, her top birthday gift ask was a giant whiteboard for keeping her extensive to-do lists. Along with keeping order, she likes giving orders. Her first victims were her dolls, and then a constant rotation of family members forced to play school where, of course, she played teacher. She seems destined to run a big company. But lately, I have had to wonder: will she? 5 tips to help you reclaim control over your work-life balance As a culture, we are still wrestling with... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3036856/future-female-ceos-need-more-coding-camps-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3036856/future-female-ceos-need-more-coding-camps-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Nov 2019 07:21:51 +0000 Nathan Au began volunteering on the Swanage railway at the age of 17. Ten years on, he is a fully fledged driver and he loves being at the controls of the great steam and diesel engines that trundle through the Dorset countryside. “It’s lovely to work on these really elegant old heritage machines,” he said. “They’ve all got their quirks – even engines of the same class behave in different ways. You have to learn to know what they like and what they don’t want.” Heritage railways across Britain... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3032864/your-career-plans-may-not-yet-include-driving-steam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3032864/your-career-plans-may-not-yet-include-driving-steam?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Oct 2019 01:00:13 +0000 When Jane Horan visited a global Hong Kong bank to conduct a mandatory training session on unconscious bias, she was met with a harsh rebuke from a male employee attending the course. He accused Horan of wasting his time and because of that, losing the company money. The accusation rattled Horan, a consultant on leadership acceleration and workplace politics. It also underlined one of the key challenges facing women’s efforts to secure fairer treatment in the workplace: getting men to buy into... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3032848/what-helps-women-advance-workplace-male-allies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3032848/what-helps-women-advance-workplace-male-allies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:00:13 +0000 Careers in the creative industry get a bad rap. They’re seen as unstable and low-paying, or not “serious work” that others would find respectable. But many people who choose to work in the industry can be happily employed for years, and the truth is there is a lot of hard work involved. “Video camera work is physically tough. There’s a lot of gear to haul about,” says Moray Wedderburn, a Hong Kong-based cameraman who started in film school and now owns a small video production company. “Cameras... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3028040/career-film-industry-may-seem-glamorous-theres-lot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3028040/career-film-industry-may-seem-glamorous-theres-lot?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:07 +0000 As a kid, Queer Eye foodie Antoni Porowski had a love-hate relationship with Polish fare. It was standard in his Polish Canadian family, but he was a picky eater. He didn’t like caraway seeds. He truly didn’t like beetroots. And once he and his dad decamped south to the US, from Montreal to West Virginia, the 12-year-old boy with the funny name grew tired of showing up at school with cabbage rolls and kielbasa when everyone else munched on crustless sandwiches and Oscar Mayer Lunchables, which... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/good-reads/article/3032548/queer-eye-foodie-antoni-porowski-talks-avocados-salt-fat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/good-reads/article/3032548/queer-eye-foodie-antoni-porowski-talks-avocados-salt-fat?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:00:13 +0000 Intent on attending a top school, Sara Collins, 18, an exchange student from London, described her final year at a boarding school in New England in the US as a self-imposed regime that didn’t allow for anything but studying. But when the news came that she’d been rejected by her first-choice university, she cried. “I just didn’t understand; I thought I did all the right things – going to events and playing in the school band way longer than I wanted to.” Looking back, she admits her efforts... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027284/are-gap-years-worth-it-why-taking-break-university-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027284/are-gap-years-worth-it-why-taking-break-university-or?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:04:53 +0000 Moving from high school to university may be one of the toughest things you'll ever have to go through. A new life in a new place with new people … and no parents to buy groceries and cook meals for you. These tips may seem obvious at first glance, but they'll definitely come in handy as you set off on your post-secondary adventure! 1. Get to know your professors, and make sure they know you (in a good way) Professors are humans, too - if they like you, they'll grade you better, give you more... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027287/7-top-tips-ensure-you-have-best-ever-first-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027287/7-top-tips-ensure-you-have-best-ever-first-year?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:37:38 +0000 Getting a place is HARD! If you are considering a career in veterinary medicine, you are probably fairly academic - and you'd need to be. Most vet schools require top academic grades to even get a foot in the door. It is very competitive, and even with these strict academic requirements met, there are not enough places for everyone who "qualifies on paper". Once you get to vet school, you will be surrounded by smart and capable students. Throughout my school life, I had always been one of the... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027285/life-vet-challenging-and-emotional-you-can-make-real?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027285/life-vet-challenging-and-emotional-you-can-make-real?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:33:46 +0000 You've probably watched your fair share of crime TV shows and movies, where forensic doctors perform and autopsy, and the cops solve a murder case. But this isn't quite what the job is like in real life. Dr Philip Beh has spent the past 38 years working as a forensic pathologist in Hong Kong, and he says that doctors like him actually play a far bigger role in solving crimes in real life than you see on TV. For a start, his work is not confined to the autopsy room. “Crime series rarely show the... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027289/real-life-csi-what-life-and-work-are-forensic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027289/real-life-csi-what-life-and-work-are-forensic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:33:35 +0000 Fernando Lewis knew he was good at video games like Madden NFL and NBA 2K, but he wanted a better barometer of his skills. He signed up for some tournaments, but it wasn’t easy to get regular competition in between them. Then he found Play One Up. The app, which officially launched earlier this year in Apple’s app store, connects players on Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 in online matches of Madden, NBA2K and FIFA 2019 and the players can bet on themselves. “You might be good in... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027182/how-be-e-sports-star-without-going-pro-playing-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027182/how-be-e-sports-star-without-going-pro-playing-games?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:27:07 +0000 Ed Sheeran has announced his sort-of-retirement at the tender age of 28, with a reported net worth of £160m (US$200 million). On stage at Chantry Park in Ipswich in August, the last gig of his two-year Divide world tour, Sheeran said he would be taking an 18-month break from touring – probably to spend time with his new wife, Cherry Seaborn, and do a bit of DIY on their home. This seems to have been his plan all along. In 2012, when Sheeran’s album + had just spent its fifth week at No 1 and he... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027390/ed-sheeran-made-career-plan-and-stuck-it-manifesting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027390/ed-sheeran-made-career-plan-and-stuck-it-manifesting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:26:59 +0000 The US is home to some of the best, and best known, universities in the world. Wherever you live, you're likely to have heard of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford and Colombia. It also has an admissions process which is almost totally unique, and if you're applying from outside the country, can be confusing. “When you look at the US, most of their top universities are private institutions,” explains the senior admissions consulting partner of The Edge Learning Center – one of Hong Kong’s top... https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027262/how-do-you-get-harvard-yale-ucla-and-other-top-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/better-life/career-education/article/3027262/how-do-you-get-harvard-yale-ucla-and-other-top-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:23:42 +0000