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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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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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Using tactics to optimise your marketing strategy

Recently, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore saw the launch of a next-level tactical marketing campaign involving two of the world's fastest-growing companies. Global smartphone distributor Xiaomi teamed up with US-based transportation network company Uber.

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Hong Kong is set to become the world's financial centre

With the number of financial services jobs expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, Hong Kong is set to overtake London and New York as the world's largest financial centre.

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Rising shift to visual language on social media

Recently, more videos are popping up on social media as people in Hong Kong increasingly turn to social platforms to discover and share the latest and greatest content, as well as be inspired by meaningful moments.

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Don't let the medium drown your marketing strategy

Hong Kong is a paradise for digital marketers. In the past few years, incredible technological strides have been made in inbound marketing, social media, and mobile advertising. These are new key trends, not only in our city but across the world.

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Is sustainability a trend Hong Kong enterprises shall follow?

The Environment Bureau has unveiled the Energy Saving Plan for the Built Environment 2015~2025+, which sets a new target of reducing Hong Kong's energy intensity by 40% by 2025. This plan is the first-ever energy saving blueprint for Hong Kong.

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Are you feeling the pressure of Hong Kong's talent shortage?

One of the main challenges facing Hong Kong employers in the years ahead is its talent mismatch. Are you already feeling the impact?

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Why attracting Hong Kong's top talent is more than just about money

Asia's great financial centres - Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Shanghai - continue to be attractive to companies looking for new opportunities. As a result, business leaders in these markets are full of optimism for both the growth of their local economy and their individual businesses in 2015.

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These are the skills in demand right now in Hong Kong

Now that the slowdown in recruitment over the Chinese New Year period is over, the rate of hiring in Hong Kong has returned to the same healthy levels seen before the holiday.

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