I was catching up with my classmate recently. I had finally managed to get him an interview with my client, after months of searching. Earlier this year in Jan, his role was made redundant in a global restructuring at his bank. We're the same age. We were university classmates. So I've been helping him look for a job ever since. Then he told me something unexpected: He had taken a part-time job as a retail sales associate at a luxury brand. I asked him: "How come? I thought y

I had an interesting conversation with my senior recently. He's 35 years old and works at a PE firm. We grabbed coffee to catch up on careers and life. I asked him a simple question: "So... what's your next goal? Another promotion?" His answer genuinely surprised me. He said he's no longer interested in getting promoted. Instead he's trying to break into the upper class. His logic: He can already afford to fully pay for a 3-bedroom apartment on HK Island. But he knows that re

Recently, I was chatting with a group of undergraduates. Many of them shared the same fear: not being able to land a job after graduation. One final-year student told me he applied to over 30 jobs And received only ONE interview. He felt hopeless. Others had given up on job hunting entirely. I tried my best to encourage them, because I genuinely believe we should help our younger generation. They are our future 💛 Here's what I shared with them: The job market has changed. Qu