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Job Searching 101 Part 3: Top 5 Tips for Cover Letters (For the Entry-Level...
Yes, the cover letter is a must. In 99% of the cases, it improves your chances because it gives you a chance to say something that makes you stand out (since 99% of the resumes look similar, at least...
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Happy 2013!! Recommending a Fun Read —“Angel Bank” Manga
Over the holidays, I came in contact with the manga series — Angel Bank — by Mita Norifusa. I loved the Japanese drama that was based off of Norifusa’s previous series (Dragon Zakura), that addressed...
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Six Career Myths Asian Americans Tend to Fall For
I’m not usually a big fan of Yahoo articles but one caught my eye this week and is so ON POINT with how most Asian Americans think, I felt the need to borrow and rewrite the article. The original...
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Job Searching 101 Part 4: Job Application DOs and DON’Ts
When it comes to helping people with job searches, my favorite kind of clients are ones that are responsive (You would be surprised at how many of these people, who I am helping out for free, never...
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Inherent Conflicts Between Asian Culture and American Corporate Policies: Why...
A few posts earlier, I talked about the Japanese manga “Angel Bank” that I recently read. The book raises interesting issues regarding the inherent conflicts between Asian culture and the American...
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Job Searching 101 Part 5: Nailing the (In-Person) Interview
Ok, so you’ve finally landed that hard-earned interview, major kudos to you but what can you do to make sure you secure that offer? (This post deal with only in-person interviews though many of the...
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Top 5 (I Mean 7) Career Regrets
So recently there has been quite a bit of buzz around Daniel Gulati’s article at the HBR blog on “The Top Five Career Regrets.” Now, I agree with everything Gulati has to say because the more I talk...
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Where Should I Look for Jobs? My INC Rule
Just sent off an email to a client who is now gearing up for job search activities given his upcoming graduation. Before we talked two days ago, he had sent off 70 applications to many organizations...
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Entrepreneurship — Do You Have What It Takes?
Recently I’ve reached the age (and as a woman, I will never disclose my exact age but suffice to say it starts with the number 3) where everyone around me is, strangely enough, contemplating (or at...
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Repost — Make a Stranger Believe in You & Creative Job Searching
Just read the article “Make a Stranger Believe in You” by Anne Kreamer over at HBR blog. For anyone who doesn’t quite understand what “real” career planning, networking, or job searching looks like,...
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(My) Entrepreneurship Mistake #1: Shhhhhh…. My Idea Is The Next Coca-Cola...
When my husband first came up with our business idea, I thought it was brilliant. We confided in a few (and I mean, fewer than 3 people) trusted friends and each confirmed that the idea is worth...
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(My) Entrepreneurship Mistake #2: Being Cheap!
Entrepreneurs are generally associated with cheapness since they are, for the most part, spending their own money (or money that they are expected to pay back very soon). But for Asian entrepreneurs...
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Job Searching Is Hard Work… Persevere!
It’s hard to land a “good” job in any economy (and by good, I mean a job with decent career prospects, market rate pay and benefits, and interesting work). In this economy, it’s close to a small...
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Six Career Myths Asian Americans Tend to Fall For
I’m not usually a big fan of Yahoo articles but one caught my eye this week and is so ON POINT with how most Asian Americans think, I felt the need to borrow and rewrite the article. The original...
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Got One Job Offer? Great! Let’s Look For That Second Offer!
A few days ago, a client sent me the good news that he received an offer from a Fortune 100 company. We discussed the offer in detail, after which I told him this is a great first offer, to which he...
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Poll: Factors Important to Career Advancement (For Asians)
I’m running a poll (and everyone is welcome to take it — Asians and non-Asians) to determine the most important factors for career advancement, particularly for Asian Americans. Thank you for your...
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Developing Asian Americans for Executive Positions: Starting with...
Study after study has shown that Asians are underrepresented in the executive world. In 2011, WSJ reported that while 5% of the U.S. residents identify themselves as Asian, less than 2% of executives...
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X-Factor For Landing a Job
A friend (who recently got his PhD) just posted this article written by Dave Jensen from Science Careers, along with his comments lamenting on how he wished he had known all these things before...
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Repost from HBR blog: How to Brand a “Useless” Degree
I hate reposting another’s blog post here without adding some of my own two cents (after all, it’s my blog…) but occasionally I come across such a fantastic article that anything added besides a quick...
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When In Doubt, Choose Experience Over School
I went straight to law school after graduating with my undergraduate engineering degree and I recall one of my (smart) friends asking me why, to which I responded… “I don’t want to study engineering...
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