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Overcoming retail challenges in Hong Kong

2015 was not an easy year for retailers in Hong Kong. The latest report from the government’s Census and Statistics Department officially proves what most in the industry already knew in their hearts: the sector showed a year-on-year decrease for the second straight year.

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Overcoming retail challenges in Hong Kong

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Here's how fitness will improve performance management

I have been thinking and contemplating how performance reviews are done in companies annually or monthly. Some companies are even getting rid of it completely. Then it occurred to me that performance management should really move to "just-in-time performance management."

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2016: The advent of the Interconnected Era

If we look back at how technology has impacted business development in 2015, we will see that trends like big data, cloud computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) have gradually become the new enterprise norms. Now, not only CIOs, but leaders across all business functions are re-inventing their IT strategies to capitalise on emerging technology.

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Construction & property professionals in demand: Active investment from the mainland creates new jobs

Hong Kong's active property market and a boom in construction are giving skilled candidates numerous opportunities to benefit from the buoyant growth of these sectors.

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Hong Kong's dilemma: antitrust immunity for liner agreements

Opinions mixed on whether Hong Kong should adopt a Singapore-style block exemption

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Don't Whatsapp me, Hong Kong! Recruiters still need face-to-face communication

WhatsApp is one of the most commonly used remote working tools among Hong Kong workers, according to a global survey on remote working habits. Over 90 percent of 365 workers surveyed in Hong Kong by the serviced office firm Regus, reported using WhatsApp when working away from the office.

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Why Hong Kong needs to keep tapping into overseas talent pools

Hong Kong's worsening talent gap and shortage of highly-skilled local professionals is driving employers to continue to look for overseas candidates. In our 2015 Hays Asia Salary Guide, 72% of employers in Hong Kong claimed they would consider sponsoring or employing a qualified overseas candidate. So what roles are employers considering overseas talent for?

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Integrated marketing: Beautiful but underutilised

The concept of integrated marketing is attractive and growing in popularity in Hong Kong – and why not? One brand, one message, many channels – it makes sense no matter how you look at it.

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Not adding up: Accountants and employers' differing salary expectations

Hong Kong's high demand but short supply of highly-skilled accountancy and finance talent has led to higher salary expectations from jobseekers, which cannot always be met by employers.

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Successful real asset investing in Hong Kong

Shifting from financial assets to real assets? Are you already part of this rising trend or looking to get started?

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What you need to know as phishing events in Hong Kong hit record high

Chances are that over the last few months, you have more than likely received an email from a friend to redeem some type of reward through a link and something just doesn't seem quite right. Does this sound familiar? Well, welcome to the era of phishing.

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The Australians are coming to Hong Kong!

As an Aussie based out of Australia, I enjoyed the welcome sights and sounds of my fellow countrymen and women cheering on the Australian cricket team in its quest to retain the Ashes last August, even though the end result wasn't what we were hoping for.

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Here's a peek at a M2M-rich "smart Hong Kong"

Asia is leading the charge when it comes to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) adoption, and Hong Kong could be one of the region's top innovation hubs in M2M.

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What's putting pressure on Hong Kong's labour market?

The 2015 Hays Global Skills Index, produced in collaboration with Oxford Economics, has given Hong Kong the highest possible score of 10 for overall wage pressure in an assessment of 31 skilled labour markets around the world.

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Overcoming key challenges facing B2B marketing agencies

In Hong Kong, B2B companies are by nature heavily reliant on the lifecycles and growth plans of their existing and potential clients and, of course, whether or not these clients are profitable. These factors are generally either known or predictable, however one uncontrollable external factor is the state of the economy.

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Rising demand for engineering professionals in Hong Kong

With many large-scale projects now commenced and underway in Hong Kong, the demand for engineering professionals has been rising across all job levels from engineer through to technical director.

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What Hong Kong SMBs need to know amidst BYOD and mobility

According to the 2nd annual "Report on Hong Kong SME Cloud Adoption, Security & Privacy Readiness Survey" compiled by the Internet Society Hong Kong and Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau Chapter), close to 83% of surveyed companies are utilising or planning to utilise Cloud services in the year ahead, a significant increase from the 55% reported in the previous year.

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