ABOUT ME:✐Accredited HR Professional (SHRI), Career/Mentor Coach. Awarded Professional Certified Coach (PCC), ICF Gold Standard in Coaching & Senior Practitioner, European Individual Accreditation (EIA) with EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council). I work with a diverse range of organizations from corporates, educational institutions, military personnel, entrepreneurs, start-ups to non-profit. Originally from Hong Kong and fluent in Cantonese with a background in the Legal & HR Arena. ✐I was the Manager of the Career Resource Centre for Excellence (CRCE, non-profit program) in Singapore for 10+ years providing continuous support and enhancement of the job search program; career-related workshops to multinational global trailing talents™ and delivering career center services to US Navy, US Embassy, Chamber of Commerces, business associations and schools/universities. From April 2017, I continue in an advisory capacity. Extremely privileged to work with a diverse group of nationalities across cultures striving towards developing skills both professionally and personally. ✐As an independent consultant, I also work with a number of other global organizations in the areas of NeuroLeadership, Global Mobility & Intercultural programs, Executive Career Coaching training, mentoring & supervisory programs. ✐In Hong Kong, I stepped back from full-time employment in 1997 as Global Mobility Leader after motherhood with Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel). Provided solutions in international assignments, tax/immigration compliance services within and to the EMEA and Greater Asia regions. A strong advocate of inclusion & diversity initiatives in the global workplace for relocating partners managing a career transition and/or an international assignment seamlessly. Selected Highlights: ♚101 Most Fabulous Global Coaching Leaders Award, World HRD Congress, Feb 2020 ♚Top 10 Most Talented Coaching Leaders Award in Singapore, World HRD Congress, Aug 2019 ♚100 Best Global Coaching Leaders Award, World HRD Congress, Feb 2017 ♚Trained diverse groups of individuals on job search related workshops at non-profit organisations, high schools/universities & corporates with affiliated trainers in Singapore and around the region ♚Successfully coached individual global clients from entrepreneurship to job searching strategies during their transition into APAC ♚Writer/Speaker/Author ♚Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner Certification ♚Transforming Leadership & Coaching through Neuroscience ♚Currently pursuing CSA Asia Pacific Diploma in Coaching Supervision Assessment
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 Company Mission"To Begin , Believe & Become Your Ultimate Career Aspirations" Hard Facts:* Up to 80% of online job applications fail * Most recruiters spend no more than 20-30 seconds on a resume * Good people fail at Telephone Interviews * Excellent candidates fail at Face-to-Face interview! * Competency or Behavioural Interviews are taking over "Did you know that for 73% of employers a badly presented and written CV is more of a turn-off than turning up late, wearing inappropriate clothes or swearing during the interview?
Most irritating mistakes are misspelling employer's name, grammatical errors, including irrelevant information and having inappropriate e-mail addresses." Testimonials"Alka is one of a kind. There is no one better in Singapore or the region who truly understands recruiting and the important details required to find and get a job. I have taken two courses at CRCE under Alka's guidance and found both to be 'lifesaver' courses as I re-entered the paid workforce after a long absence. A true professional, Alka is extremely well connected, very knowledgable about the recruiting industry, and has the personality and drive to help others succeed. Approachable to a fault, I have no hesitation in recommending Alka to any organisation where attitude and determination matter most. Alka is an absolute pleasure to know and work with..." "We have found your lecture really informative and are really keen to work with you again. From the pre-lesson package to the lecture proper, you provided our students with useful nuggets of information, presented with clarity. Your experience in conducting such courses to a wide spectrum of the community have made your sharing authentic." "It was you and the great workshop which helped me 'hit the ground running'! Now I have structure, a guide and a place to keep it all organized... before I had no idea where to start. Today, I can do my search correctly, right from the start, instead of just posting resumes and sitting at home, waiting for the phone (which never rings). You have no idea how much it has all helped me." "Miss Alka has been a very good speaker at our school and I feel that she has helped us a lot in our preparation for future interviews. I really want to thank her for sharing all these valuable information with us." |
