Eyeing a dream job? Maintain your online professional profile

Eyeing a dream job? Maintain your online professional profile

About 46 per cent of Singaporeans say they maintain their CVs frequently but not so their professional social media profiles, according to Hays.

SINGAPORE: Almost 50 per cent of Singaporeans say they update their CVs often, but only 29 per cent say they keep their CVs and professional social media profiles up to date, said recruiting firm Hays.

In a statement on Tuesday (Aug 12), the company said that in its poll of 736 Singaporeans, 46 per cent indicated that they update their CVs most frequently. About 25 per cent only update their professional social media profile, while 29 per cent update both.

Comparing these results with job seekers around the region, Singaporeans who update both CVs and social media profiles are equal to those in Malaysia and slightly ahead of Hong Kong (25 per cent) and Japan (27 per cent). They are behind their Chinese counterparts (38 per cent), however, Hays said.

Commenting on the findings, Ms Christine Wright, Managing Director of Hays in Asia, said: "Job seekers need a dual approach in today's job search. They need to recognise the power and relevance of social media and put their best self out there by updating their online profiles as well their CVs regularly."

Hays also suggested the following for those looking to update their online profiles:

Audit Yourself: Take a subjective view of your current online profile by searching for your name. If you do not like what you see, change it.

Strengthen Your 'Brand': Use a professional looking head-and-shoulders profile picture, as it humanises you and is important since people are unlikely to connect with an anonymous profile.

Write A Compelling Bio: Make sure potential employers can learn from the bio what sets you apart.

- CNA/kk

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People urged to monitor social media for any posts by Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee

People urged to monitor social media for any posts by Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee
27 Jul 2013 08:23pm

KUALA TERENGGANU, July 27 — Communication and Multimedia Deputy Minister Datuk Jailani Johari has urged members of the public to monitor controversial couple Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee’s blog for any possible seditious posts.

“I urge the public to help monitor the couple’s blog and social networking sites and report the same to the authorities,” he told reporters here today.

Commenting on their conditional release on bail yesterday, Jailani said stern action would be taken against the bloggers if they breached the court’s conditions.

Yesterday, High Court judge Datuk Mohd Azman Husin released them on RM30,000 bail in one surety each, with four conditions.

The conditions are, their passports are compounded, they must report to the nearest police station once a month, are prohibited from posting obscene photographs, provocative comments or articles which touch on religious and racial sensitivities, and prohibited from using network communication devices for the same purpose.

Tan or Tan Jye Yee, 25, and Vivian Lee May Ling, 24, were jointly charged with posting a seditious photograph on their Facebook page, ‘Alvin and Vivian – Alvivi’ at https://www.facebook.com/alvivi.swingers, with the caption, “Selamat Berbuka Puasa (dengan Bak Kut Teh…wangi, enak, menyelerakan !!!” (Happy Breaking Fast with Bak Kut Teh…fragrant, delicious and appetising!!!) and a halal logo.

Meanwhile, on a separate development he said that the Ministry planned to expand the ‘Klik dengan bijak’ programme nationwide, through the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission.

He said the move was to create awareness among the people on the importance of correct internet usage.

“Clicking the wrong thing can land you in trouble as we can see from numerous cases involving blogs, face book and so on,” he added. – BERNAMA


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Yahoo! breaks its silence on MDA licensing scheme

Yahoo! breaks its silence on MDA licensing scheme

    By S Ramesh
    POSTED: 05 Jun 2013 7:32 PM

Yahoo! has broken its silence on the new licensing rules for online news sites in Singapore, which kicked in on June 1. The response came in a posting on its webpage by Alan Soon, Yahoo!'s country manager for Singapore and managing editor for Southeast Asia.

SINGAPORE: Yahoo! has broken its silence on the new licensing rules for online news sites in Singapore, which kicked in on June 1.

The response came in a posting on its webpage by Alan Soon, Yahoo!'s country manager for Singapore and managing editor for Southeast Asia.

Yahoo! noted that prior to the new licensing framework it was already bound to comply with the Media Development Authority's Internet Code of Practice.

Mr Soon said this key guideline complements Yahoo!'s own internal editorial policies around what is suitable for its readers, and that further regulation is redundant.

Yahoo! noted that the new framework has caused confusion and unsettled both users as well as the media industry.

However, Yahoo! also said the new licensing rules will help pave the way for full accreditation and access for its reporters.

It believed this will help strengthen its editorial reporting.

Yahoo! said as a network, it serves one million unique users in Singapore each day.

Unlike reporters from mainstream media, Yahoo! reporters are not accredited with the Ministry of Communications and Information, and are not given access to government media conferences.

Under the new rules announced on May 28 and which came into effect on June 1, local news sites with a significant reach will require individual licensing.

10 news sites were placed on this list, including Yahoo! Singapore.

These new sites need to put up a performance bond of S$50,000, and will need to comply with any take-down notice from authorities within 24 hours.

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