Polly ChanSep 29, 20206 minA Jobseeker’s Guide: Identifying Your Best Fit JobA star always chooses a stage that showcases his/her best. Introduction: Do you know how much of our life is spent in our job? Research...
Polly ChanSep 22, 20202 minFinding the Best Fit Candidate: Is Motivational Fit Actually Important?There are two types of leadership beliefs - type X and type Y. A type X leader holds a belief that all individuals are inherently not...
Polly ChanSep 17, 20203 minFinding the Best Fit Candidate - Should Personality Fit be Evaluated by Science or IntuitionOne of the key reasons why we believe recruiting is almost impossible to be 100% automated is the element of candidate’s personality fit...
Polly ChanSep 9, 20202 minFinding the Best Fit Candidate: The Deeper Meaning of Technical FitWhat is the first thing people do or ask when needing to do a hire? Bingo! We start with a job description (JD). I’m sure most of us as...
Polly ChanSep 2, 20202 minFinding the Best Fit Candidate: The Ultimate Hiring ChallengeWhen asking experienced HRs and Recruiters, “what are your biggest hiring challenges?” Three answers stood out. 1. I can’t find the...
Polly ChanAug 26, 20207 minAn HR Guide: Revitalize your Layoff Plan in the New Normal Background The air is stiff and you can almost hear the tense, deep breathing of folks in the room. All the senior leaders are here,...
Polly ChanAug 19, 20203 minFinding Your Best Fit Job: The Often Underestimated Cultural FitOne month into your new role, you know your skills, personality, and motivation all fit perfectly, but something’s off - you feel like...
Polly ChanAug 12, 20202 minFinding Your Best Fit Job: The True Meaning of a Personality FitWhen thinking about personality fit in a career context, you might just associate it with how well the individual gets along with the...
Polly ChanAug 5, 20202 minFinding Your Best Fit Job: Identifying Motivational FitThink back on your career journey - what do you think got you to where you are today? In my 20 years of recruiting experience, both...
Polly ChanJul 29, 20202 minFinding Your Best Fit: Any Job vs Best Fit JobDo you know how much of our life is spent in your job? Research shows that the average person will spend around 90,000 hours (~40 years)...
Polly ChanJul 21, 20202 minOvercoming a Layoff: Getting Back in the Game5 days after Jenny’s layoff, we had our followup call. “Thank you for the initial call. I felt better now and would like to kick-start my...
Polly ChanJul 15, 20202 minOvercoming a Layoff: Communicating with Your Loved Ones“I don’t want to go home, what am I going to tell my family?” 1.5 hours into my chat with Jenny, after we talked through the shock, the...
Polly ChanJul 9, 20202 minOvercoming a Layoff: Getting Over the Emotional Impact“Why dread over emotions? What's done is done. I’d rather get productive and start job searching,” says Jenny, my coaching client who...
Polly ChanJun 30, 20202 minOvercoming a Layoff: Head Start your Transition“I got laid off, what should I do?” Jenny, my coaching client called me one day crying. She just got the news from her manager that due...
Polly ChanJun 1, 20201 minEffective Business Etiquette & a Professional ImageWhat is effective business Etiquette? WHY it matters to you? When you think of business etiquette, what comes to your mind in the first 5 se
Polly ChanMay 29, 20202 minPassion - Can I see it?What is the #1 question that a successful founder/hiring manager wants to know from the candidates?
Polly ChanMay 17, 20201 minCommunicate for SuccessWhen was the last time you grasped all the attention at a work meeting? Or did you experience the opposite at work?
Polly ChanMay 7, 20201 minGet Connected in 5 MinutesHow often do you speak to a new colleague, a new client or a new service provider? How much time do you need to build the connection with th