Workplace

When my personality made me feel inferior

My department manager recently attended a DISC personality profile course, and wanted us to take the test too. Her aim was for us to learn about one another’s working style so that we can work...

Workplace

How God worked through my failures at work

“Agnes, please pay attention to your careless mistakes. You scored the lowest in our department audit.” These were the words my boss directed at me as she displayed slides of our January audit...

Work

Taking stock with Chuttersnap’s Klaus Tan: Photography with a different angle in mind

Everyone has hobbies. But not all hobbies make you a globally recognised talent. 20-year-old Klaus Tan, better known as Chuttersnap within the photography community, is one such example. Picking up...

Work

I thought I was giving up my dream job, then God showed me His world

“When people see someone following God in a radical way, there is usually a radical process behind it.” (Shawn Bolz) Before I quit my dream job in July 2015, I gave God a “contract”. This was...

Work

When unemployment feels like a road with no end

I am 30 this year, recently married and unemployed. If I could receive a dollar every time one of my friends or family members asked me how my job search is going, believe me, I could end world...

Work

Help, I’m a blur sotong: How to intern like a boss

To some, an internship might just be a compulsory module for school. To others, it may be something they took on to fluff up their CV. For me – a person who’s taken up four different...

Culture

Kkondae Intern: Can young and old people ever work together?

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND. If your former boss became your intern, how would you react? Based on the winning script from MBC’s 2018 drama scriptwriting contest, top-rated K-drama Kkondae Intern...

Work

I never expected that my financial breakthrough would come this way

I wasn’t your typical university student who focused on hall activities, securing internships or hitting the books. I was frequently flying, even during school weeks, to support my pastor in the...

Work

Dear 2020 graduate, I know the job hunt is hard

Finals are over, but perhaps for the first time ever, a sense of dread rather than anticipation overtakes you. You’ve yet to secure a job and you may even be laden with outstanding school fees. To...