http://www.juchiaetan.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:36:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=242 I've seen so many organizations with succession planning in place (some of which even have a dedicated person to manage succession planning).  While CEO succession is something that have been talked about for some time, cascadding succession planning initiatives to other levels are somewhat new to many organizations.  Though it ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=239 The Star carried the news "Talent Corp to woo back 70,000 Malaysians" emphasizing that this is one of the key focus of the 10th Malaysian Plan.  While I see this as a very positive move by the government.  I would also like to raise my concerns and hope that the ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=236 As a HR practitioner, I do get questions about: What do you think about using Social Network to Recruit? Is it a norm for HR to check on employees behaviour via Social Network? Is it ethical for HR to be spying on employees (or potential employees) using Social Network? Before I give my answers ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=234 A player knocks the ball ... the ball rolls out ... every player nearby including the one who knocks it out raises their hand to claim the right for the throw in.  A player mistimed a tackle ... knocked a player and felled him ... then turns back and raised ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=231 Malaysia has long been known to have among the most tuition centers (I guess in the world) and tuition has been a lucrative business (although teachers don't seem to be a very respected profession here).  These tuition center prospers for the fact that there are at least 3 key examinations ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=229 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 ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=227 [caption id="attachment_224" align="alignright" width="261" caption="FIFA World Cup 2010 Logo"][/caption] While world cup is around the corner, much have been talked about the final 23 selected by each country, the havoc created by injuries and team coach's changes of plans and strategy leading towards the world cup.  I was looking at the ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=223 Very often, when we're too focused on "winning the battle" we lose sight of our original mission and end in mind.  I've been reading articles after articles and reports after reports about the Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, and one thing has been troubling me - Has the "activist" lost sight of the ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=221 [caption id="attachment_217" align="alignleft" width="296" caption="Deadlock at the far end"][/caption] Last Saturday (8 May 2010) I took a wrong turn after my medical checkup in Subang Jaya and that led me into a highway.  I was in such a hurry and found that the only way for me to get back on ... http://www.juchiaetan.com/?p=215