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Instead of having retirement at the end of their continuous working life, more employees are choosing to deliberately insert interruptions. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Why ‘micro-retirement’ career breaks are so attractive for Gen Zers

A rising workplace trend involves employees taking months-long career breaks while they are still young and active.

Redefining Hong Kong's workforce

Redefining Hong Kong’s workforce for the future

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China jobs

China’s youngest millennials deemed too old for jobs, and elder Gen Z are next

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China technology

Opinion | China’s smartest students are ditching finance for tech

China’s top students are reconsidering their career choices by opting for the tech industry over finance, but in a worrying trend for the country, also now prefer the stability of state jobs over entrepreneurship.

The entrance to Tsinghua University in Beijing, Nov. 18, 2021. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
China jobs

Is China’s version of the ‘Great Resignation’ creating an army of freelancers?

Gen Z and younger millennials embrace flexible employment and freelancing, saying their ideal jobs provide more freedom while allowing them to pursue their passions.

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China jobs

Why are China’s fresh grads now saying no to high-paying ‘996’ jobs?

Skyrocketing living costs and mounting uncertainties in China’s job market make the situation unbearable for those who desire security and reasonable working hours that the private sector may not offer.

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China jobs

China’s working mothers find careers and children often do not go hand in hand

China has done away with its decades-long restrictive child policies, but women are finding limitations still exist in the form of workplace challenges and career impediments.

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Structural and social barriers in Chinese society continue to challenge mothers in their quest to level the corporate playing field. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 class disruptions affect Hong Kong students’ performance, well-being

Pupils lament lack of scope to interact with teachers, while prolonged screen exposure and absence of regular daily schedule are affecting their health.

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Hong Kong youth

Hong Kong faces brain drain threat as quarter of under-35s plan to leave

Poll of university-educated Hongkongers also finds more than 15 per cent of those questioned don’t plan on returning, with most citing work-life balance and political stability.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 jobs squeeze forces some Hongkongers to explore new careers

Desperate job-seekers lower expectations, while others sign up for training courses.

Hong Kong’s latest unemployment rate for the three months to January reached 7 per cent – the highest in nearly 17 years. Photo: Winson Wong
Art

Working for Marvel Comics is a dream come true for two artists

Drawing Star Wars characters and superheroes like Thor, the X-Men and Venom for Marvel Comics is the realisation of a childhood dream for Ario Anindito and Alti Firmansyah. They talk about how they followed their passion.

Wolverines by Ario Anindito. Photo: courtesy Ario Anindito
Luxury travel

The women who are bringing equality to the space race

Women have played crucial roles throughout the history of space flight, but they have largely taken second place to men. Commercial space flight could change that by democratising space.

Education

30 is not the new 20: why your twenties is a defining decade

If you use your twenties to sit back, enjoy life and have fun, you are missing the point, says psychologist and TEDx speaker Dr Meg Jay – it’s really a crucial time to set important goals and put your life in motion.

China economy

China’s TikTok says it created 36 million jobs as content creation explodes

A new report by Douyin says about 20.97 million live-streamers in China generated income via gifts from fans, advertisement contracts and product sales, among other income sources, in the past year.

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A man walks past a sign depicting the logo of Chinese company ByteDance’s app TikTok, which is known in China as Douyin. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Bodybuilding contest in Indonesia has a deeper mission

Jatiwangi, in Indonesia, has for many years been known for its clay roof tiles. But with the industry in decline, a bodybuilding competition for tile makers is now held every year to promote the fading trade to young people.

Bodybuilding contestants wait their turn to show their moves. Photo: Agoes Rudianto
Food and Drinks

The best jobs in Hong Kong? Try gelato maker or beer taster

Money isn’t everything when it comes to work. We propose an alternative list of the six best jobs to have – not necessarily for a short working week but for the satisfaction they bring.

Coronavirus pandemic

Can flexible jobs solve China’s post-virus jobless crisis?

With the domestic economy still struggling to recover after pandemic lockdowns and a broad decline in consumption, many struggling workers have turned to part-time jobs such as street vending and construction.

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Travel news and advice

Digital nomads: we have sunny beaches, cheap living for you

Boasting low infection rates but suffering over lost tourism, Barbados, Estonia, Bermuda and Georgia have launched visas aimed at wooing adventurous digital nomads to bolster their economies.

Dream of working from the beach? Several nations have launched visa regimes aimed at wooing digital nomads to bolster their economies. Photo: Shutterstock
Mental health

‘It’s like getting over grief’: How to deal with being laid off

Why you should reach out to a career coach or counsellor if you have recently lost your job – they can help you bring your emotions under control and consider your next steps.

Architecture and design

Interior design is more than cool ideas on a Pinterest mood board

Interior design lacks respect in Hong Kong, says Horace Pan. To put that right he advocates better education, agreed standards, and continuing professional development.

Food and Drinks

‘Whisky changed my life’: Asian women joining drinks industry

A head bartender creating cocktails in Bangkok, a gin distiller in Hong Kong, Malaysia’s only female whisky bottler – women in Asia are making their mark in a man’s world.

Eiling Lim buys cask whisky and bottles it under her own brand. She is an example of the Asian women who have moved into the drinks industry and are making their mark. Photo: courtesy Eiling Lim
Jobs

From IT to Irish dancer: how radical career changes pay off

A late career change may see you stepping off the corporate ladder and giving up a regular salary, but the rewards can outweigh any initial fears. We talk to four people who flourished after taking the plunge.

Takayuki Hayashi quit his IT job in Japan after watching the Riverdance stage show, and moved to Dublin in Ireland to learn to be an Irish dancer. He now runs the Irish Dance Academy in Tokyo with his wife.
Women and gender

A comfortable retirement? Not if you’re a Japanese woman

Factors including an ageing population and falling birth rates are damaging the retirement prospects of women in Japan, with one study suggesting that Japanese women will, as a whole, run out of money 20 years before they die.

South Korea

How South Korea’s job applicants are learning to trick AI hiring bots

Facial recognition is being used in hiring by major South Korean conglomerates such as SK Innovation and Hyundai.

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City Weekend

Hong Kong vocational students reap rewards of WorldSkills Competition

Childhood passion for cars leads Youth College student to world prize and a job.

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Li Kam-hung’s career in the career has been turbo-charged since he won a category of the WorldSkills Competition in Kazan last August. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Wellness

Why do Singapore, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur work so hard?

Workers in the three Asian cities spend longer in the office, take fewer holidays and have some of the worst work-life balance in the world, a study has found.

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Stress-induced illnesses are often attributed to overwork. Photo: Shutterstock
The Good Read

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ star Ben Levi Ross on the challenges of a Broadway show

The 21-year-old actor decided ‘less is more’ when it came to the famously challeging role

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Why Hong Kong schools need to provide better careers education

To get Hong Kong’s young people ready for tomorrow’s radically different jobs and workplaces, the government must go beyond grants and a life planning website to make careers education an important part of school, starting at primary level.

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