Workplace

Workplace

I wasn’t promoted for 8 years and it stung

“I thought you were a senior. You have been working here for so long already!”, my colleague blurted out during a casual chat when we were discussing a work-related case. His words made me feel a...

Finding Purpose

How I found the courage to walk on waves

In April 2019, I felt God calling me to leave my job. I didn’t have clarity on what exactly He wanted me to do, but I sensed it was along the lines of ministry and missions. It was a call to...

How-tos & Handles

How to find the right job: Start at the end

Many graduates and mid-career switchers want to find the right job, but it is an elusive goal (and COVID’s not making things easier). What is a good place to begin? Writer-turned-career coach Yong...

Finding Purpose

Fresh graduate: I get it, the job-search is killer

Landing a job as a fresh graduate is challenging enough, but coupled with my “inferior” private university degree and lack of internship experience, I felt like I was up against Goliath....

Real Life, Real People

How one lawyer found freedom from being obsessed with success

Handling billion-dollar transactions as a young lawyer. Becoming partner at her law firm within four and a half years of practice. Making the list of Singapore’s top 20 promising legal luminaries...

COVID-19

When COVID-19 disrupted my life

“The staffroom has been asking after you! How have you been in such messed up times?” That was what my ex-colleague recently asked me, out of concern at my seeming lack of a career. For around...

Workplace

From fear to faith: My journey of serving in a COVID-19 ICU

It was about a week before the first COVID-19 case in Singapore, when my nurse manager assigned me to be part of the COVID-19 ICU nursing team in Singapore General Hospital. It was the first such...

Workplace

Working from home or shirking from home?

It has been about 241 days since I’ve started working from home. I don’t know about you, but I started off pretty determined and motivated. I would wake up at 8am and be fresh and ready for work...

Studies & NS

Teachers’ Day: Heartfelt tributes to those who moulded our minds

This Teachers’ Day, we’ve only gone and picked up the sweetest stories about your favourite ‘chers! From tough talks to terrific teaching, we’ve collated a little series of...