#TheAspiredCXO

Hello. This is Prema. She first messaged me on LinkedIn & asked me out for lunch. When I first met her in person at Village Roast Duck, I must say she looks fantastic for her age (don’t ask me her age, k!). During lunch we talked about the hybrid work culture which she is passionate … Read more

Hello. This is Eric. Eric is actually my brother’s ex-school friend. We are connected via Facebook. Then one day, he decided to text me via Messenger, “Hi, is your office at Menara Bank Islam?” Turned out before we moved to Menara AIA Sentral, we were working in the same building for years and I somehow … Read more

Hello. This is Wai Hoong. Who knows I love to eat panmee and will ajak me to go eat lunch. During lunch I found out that he is an avid fan of the Japanese sports manga series, Slam Dunk. I also found out that he has an interest in cooking and educated me what Pappardelle … Read more

Hello. This is me, Haida, May and Lina (Clockwise from top left). I have worked with all of them at the same company. I have been competitors to all of them too. In fact, May & Lina still are! I have also fought with all of them (mostly about work) so bad that we didn’t … Read more

Hello. This is Joanne. I interviewed her and hired her. Then she left me and joined a competitor. Then I left my company, joined the competitor too and became her boss again. Then I left that company and came back to this company. Then she left that company too and came back to this company … Read more

There was a time I skipped a semester in college because of financial challenges. So, I had a 4 months break and during that period, I worked at my mum’s company. She owned a shipping company back then. She paid me monthly a RM400 allowance so for that, I considered that my first internship =D … Read more

My first day at Kelly Services as a full-time employee, I was… LATE!! I don’t remember why I was late but I think it was somewhere along the (lame) line that traffic was unkind to me hehe… Well, I was lucky. My branch manager didn’t make a big fuss about it because it was my … Read more

My first permanent job was with this SME multimedia company selling AV solutions located in Mid Valley. Basic salary was RM1,400.00. This was back in year 2003. It didn’t last very long. Just a few months before I was recruited by Kelly Services. Though a short stint, there were so many mistakes that I have … Read more

My first formal interview for a permanent job was during my final year exams. I was so eager to come out to earn my own money, I started to apply for jobs even before I finished school. I remember it was an SME located in Cheras. The job was a sales engineer to sell this … Read more

The first time I got a job from this company was a 1-day temporary gig, assigned to a client who is a very famous American multinational customer goods corporation. They ran out of stock for a particular free gift and my job was to call all the consumers who wanted that free gift, to apologise … Read more