It’s All In The Planning!

Here’s food – or drink – for thought. If you stay off alcoholic drinks, you may have better chances of getting more job offers or remaining in your job! A recent survey of 375 CEOs in the private sector showed that 206 of them would prefer to recruit teetotallers: people who do not drink. More [...]

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Garry Kasparov proved to be a funny and entertaining motivational speaker at a youth summit. IF you had expected Garry Kasparov to talk only about chess at the Youth Engagement Summit in Putrajaya last week, you would have been very disappointed. Yes, for sure, many times during his 45-minute talk, he referred back to chess [...]

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Considering the thousands of jobs today, making a career choice is not easy, to say the least. How many people have you known who would like to change careers after bitter years of staying in a job they abhor? The best way to make the right decision with regards to your career direction is to [...]

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What to avoid when you go for job interviews: talking money too soon. If it’s your first interview, resist the urge to ask how much you might earn. It shows you’re primarily interested in the salary, not the work. If you prove yourself capable, you’ll get an offer and the chance to negotiate the salary [...]

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Two young chess talents head for the prestigious Beijing Chess Institute. HOW long has it been since we last unearthed any young chess talent with the potential to go far? The mid-1990s was a fertile time as we had players such as Hafizulhelmi from Kelantan, Ooi Chern Ee, Lim Chuin Hoong and Jonathan Chuah from [...]

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Stir of activities put an end to chess doldrums. THE final four months of any year is usually the slowest period for chess in Malaysia. In case you haven’t noticed, usually from September onwards, chess activities slow down to a snail’s pace. After the hustle and bustle of August, it would become so quiet on [...]

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