#TheAspiredCXO

It does get stressful when we are very busy. But when we are not busy, it’s even more stressful. Bimbo

Do ask me stupid questions. Because I don’t want to do stupid service recovery later. Bimbo

This morning while waiting for people to log on to my Employment Relationship: Compilation of Court Cases as Case Studies session, I was entertaining the crowd about my early days in recruitment. I was sharing with them how I sent resumes to clients 2 decades ago was via fax. And I remembered, the first time … Read more

Wordle 304 X/6. Well, I finally lost my winning streak in Wordle. Everyday Haida and myself will update each other how we performed. She sent me hers first, she got it at 2/6. And when I sent this picture to her, she texted, “Oh dear 😳” I replied, “LOL! It’s okay. We fall down, we … Read more

I posted this picture in my Stories today with the caption “Hydrate” and my friend texted me when she saw the picture. “Ling, you have been doing exercise. You look like you have lost weight” “Yes, I did lose weight.” “Nice, nice… keep it up.” “It’s so hard you know. But I do go look … Read more

It was 6.12pm on a Friday evening and I received a message on an escalation. I texted my friend, “Like seriously, ppl dunno it’s Friday isit?” She replied me, “Some ppl are very hardworking and love their job very much.” Then one evening when I went out dinner with her, she was typing profusely on … Read more

Today, I had a very good lunch with an old friend. Well to be exact, he was an old client of mine. A fussy one too I remember when I serviced him 12 years ago back when I was in operations. After he left the the company and no longer was my client, we continued … Read more

I know Thomas from the app I wrote about yesterday. And this is an amazing story that he told me. At 44, with a BMI dangerously at 45.0, his weight peaked at 151kg. “My obesity ruined my life,” he said to me. His wife divorced him. He became an alcoholic. He refused to go out … Read more

I signed up a dating app last month. Because I was recruiting for Idea Bouncers. I get most of my contents ideas from conversations with people. It’s such an intriguing discover, you know, listening to different perspectives from different walks of life on different subjects. But why a dating app? Well, I was going through … Read more

The other day I received another poor feedback from a candidate about our recruiters. I have been in this business for 18 years. Across the globe, across industries, across organizations, especially agencies, you will always hear about the poor candidate experience with recruiters. Honestly, after so many years, it’s still such a pain to hear … Read more