Yes, you read that right. Not HK$8,000 a year. HK$8,000 a month. (That's about USD 1,019 every single month.) My lease expires in 2 months, and he called early to deliver the news. The HK rental market is on fire right now. Everyone's renting instead of buying, so landlords hold all the cards. 🔥 But here's what I genuinely don't understand: If more and more people are being laid off… who's affording all these higher rents? How does the rental market keep going up? If it were

(Part 2 of 2 — and this one is bigger than one job.) A candidate of mine resigned recently. Director level, big firm. Naturally, I asked if I could work on her replacement headcount because her firm usually engages recruiters. She said it would be impossible. Since last year, her company had been flying people in from Malaysia and China. Not to visit. To secondment. To shadow the Hong Kong team. To learn exactly what they do. The company was running an experiment: "Can someon

(Part 1 of 2 — two interesting things happened last week. This one stung more.) A Director-level candidate I'd placed had just resigned. ☎️ My client called me straight away: "Same search. Same level. Let's go." So I sent over 4 CVs. And when I say good, I mean apple-to-apple good (Direct competitors!!) He met all 4. I was already mentally banking the fee. 💰 Then the feedback came: "All 4 candidates were outstanding. Honestly. But I gave it some thought. Instead of paying H