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The "Perfect" Candidate is a Bad Investment
English with subtitle Cantonese with subtitle Are you hiring for history or trajectory? 📉 Most hiring managers hunt for the "Unicorn"—the candidate who is a 100% match on day one. It feels safe. It feels like "de-risking." But in this episode, our career coach and headhunter Hong Ming Lau, ACC argues that hiring for 100% certainty is the fastest way to kill your retention rates. Watch/ Listen the full episode to learn why the "perfect" candidate might be your worst investm
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Dec 31, 20251 min read


The "Perfect" Candidate is a Bad Investment
Are you hiring for history or trajectory? 📉 Most hiring managers hunt for the "Unicorn"—the candidate who is a 100% match on day one. It feels safe. It feels like "de-risking." But in this episode, our career coach and headhunter Hong Ming Lau, ACC argues that hiring for 100% certainty is the fastest way to kill your retention rates. Watch/ Listen the full episode to learn why the "perfect" candidate might be your worst investment. 🎙️ Listen to English or Cantonese versio
hongminglau8
Dec 30, 20251 min read


IQ Got You the Job, EQ Got You the Promotion. In APAC's Luxury Chaos, Only AQ Will Save You
Last week, we diagnosed the Great APAC Talent Drain. We dissected the unique "Burnout Signatures" crippling teams from Shanghai to...
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