#TheAspiredCXO

I have been in the recruitment business for a long time & I’ve seen a lot of careers transitioned over the years. Subordinates, peers, superiors, clients, friends, mine. This is what I had observed: 1. If you are a recruiter in an agency, the job is more sales than HR for it’s a target-oriented, number … Read more

I am blessed that numbers are able to talk to me easily. So when I was in school, maths for me is cool (and quite easy). The next subject I was always intrigued with was Science (oh I love playing with experiments in the school lab). That plus my connection with numbers, Physics was something … Read more

When May Chong was casually interviewing me, I told her I was looking for work that is related to engineering but not as an engineer. She said she has the right job for me. Branch Assistant. Which is a fancy name for Front Desk. Because she was going to start a division specialising in engineering … Read more

I do use a lot of this conditional statement in my day-to-day be it at work or at home. When I was in college, I even wrote an entire “love assessment” program using mostly if-then scenarios. “IF you choose to like a man, THEN…. IF you choose to like a woman, THEN….” Fast forward to … Read more

One of the earliest applications of my knowledge from my engineering background to my work here in HR, is flowcharts. Both engineers and HR personnel are quite process-oriented people, but I notice how they express their processes are different. HR folks uses a lot of words, while engineers, they like to use a lot of … Read more

I came across this joke in the internet: A graduate with a Science degree asks, “Why does it work?” A graduate with an Engineering degree asks, “How does it work?” A graduate with an Accounting degree asks, “How much will it cost?” A graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, “Would you like an apple … Read more

I majored in Computer Engineering so part of the syllabus was also learning programming. People my age who studied programming in college would remember this – Bubble Sort. That was the first sorting algorithm I had learnt to code. The outcome off a Bubble sort would be having a set of numbers sorted in the … Read more

Once someone said to me, “You studied to be engineer…. What a shame, If I had your gift of science and maths, I would have gone to investment banking or learnt to trade in future.” “You said me in recruitment a shame?!” “I mean your skills in physics and maths you can’t apply it in … Read more

A baking competition show with a cliffhanger, wow. In “Baking Impossible” by Netflix, 1 Baker is paired with 1 Engineer to complete different missions like creating a 5 feet skyscraper with baking materials that could withstand an earthquake simulation shaking table. The catch is, both baker & engineer are strangers but they have to work … Read more

For the past 5 days I have been reading this book, “The Leadership Challenge” by Kouzes & Posner which inspired my posts this week. Kouzes & Posner listed these 5 practices of exemplary leadership: Model the Way Inspired a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Among the 5 of … Read more