Clayton J.C Tan | July 28, 2010
While the Generation-X talks much about mid-life crisis, Generation-Y seems to face a similiar phenomenon in the form of quarterlife crisis. Gen-Y seems to want everything faster and therefore crisis happens sooner too, isn’t that true? So what’s the difference between the two?
Here are the definition from Wikipedia:
Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | June 14, 2010
A friend introduced to me this video created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University. It is a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | May 5, 2010
Security officer or safety officer - what are the differences between the two? What exactly do they do? In some instance, security as well as safety matters are taken care off by the same people or groups of people. So does it make a difference what we call them? I believe it does.
Having attended many [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | May 3, 2010
I read with disbelief the reports and suggestions in TheStar recently especially an article today titled “Student laud the move to make teenagers get home at prescribed hour“. While I agree that it is generally unhealthy to be staying out late nights regularly, it’s hard to believe anyone would suggest a nationwide curfew.
First of all, [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | February 12, 2010
I was recently in a good debate and discussions on Linked-In about Gen-Y - the similarities and differences accros culture and how to deal with them. It triggered me to think about how to bridge the gap between the different generations.
Sometimes I do keep wondering why we often see programs, articles, workshops focusing on “how [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | February 2, 2010
Stumbled upon this article (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/01/avatars_at_work.html) recommended by a friend via LinkedIn. It got me thinking about a project I was on many years ago which involves the development of Virtual Campus to deliver Virtual Learning Programs and knowledge sharing platform. For those who is not familiar with the SecondLife yet, I’d encourage you to find [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 19, 2010
“Do you think we can retain this candidate?” is often a question posed by hiring managers during recruitment. Employee retention has been very much talked about especially when the economy is recovering and talent war is fast taking place again. Each time I get such questions, I’ll ask myself:
What position do we have?
What kind of [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | February 27, 2009
I was invited to give a short talk related to “anything about HR” in a young executives gathering event last week. It was though trying to select a topic that would interest many since most of these people do not belong in the HR industry; and I guess it wouldn’t be right for me to [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | February 5, 2009
First Class Honours, CGPA 4.0, graduated from Harvard University, MBA from MIT Sloan, Masters of Finance from Wharton University … and the list goes on. These are some “prestigious achievements” that anyone filtering CVs are unlikely to miss when they see one. The candidate is sure to get some attention from recruiters.
During the good times, [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 15, 2009
One of the most common statement by HR practitioners or management these days - “The employees today aren’t like the good old days where they are loyal and work hard; employees today are selfish and have no loyalty to the organization”. I’ve heard this many times, and time and again I’m going to defend the Generation [...]
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