Everyone knows the saying “between a rock and a hard place” to mean facing two equally difficult alternatives that are both meaningful and important to someone. With women, however, it should really be called “between a pregnancy and a promotion”. Whenever we hear these two words, society tells us never to put them in a...
Category: Career Development
How to quit gracefully?
You know the heart-dropped-to-your-stomach feeling when you realize that the current years-long relationship you have is no longer working because you both have grown apart with different directions and goals? Even though you have dedicated so much time and effort to this relationship, you have come so far only to not end up where you...
Covid-19 widens existing gender inequality in Vietnam
The reality of people’s mindset towards successful women in Vietnam is a sad one. A woman’s success seems to be determined not by the hard work she has contributed, the long hours she has sacrificed, the education she has had, but rather by the man she is with or without. If she is in a...
JPMorgan, Goldman call time on work-from-home (WFH)
There is a growing divide on Wall Street: firms calling employees back and firms telling people they can work from home. Titans like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are taking a hard-line approach, beefing up in-person staff five days a week in New York even though it might mean losing talent....
How does our work from home future look like?
Work from home during the pandemic have made us think about some of the biggest long-term implications of retention in an era of working remotely. Companies have witnessed these changes becoming more permanent as people adapt successfully to virtual work. However, the essence of in-person office and interactions are still fundamental to the business culture...
How Human Resources evolves Post-Pandemic
The pandemic has forced businesses to grow in different ways in order to survive. There isn’t one business function that has not been significantly impacted and was demanded to change to stay operational. One function that has seen an especially dramatic shift in purpose and processes is human resources. The overall role of HR and...