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Chai Pei Shan, Jessica brings with her 8 years of experience in areas of international business development, marketing and project management, across digital media industries and public service. Currently, Peishan is the industry champion at IE Singapore driving Singapore’s consumer electronics companies to internationalise in Asia-Pacific, US, Europe. She enjoys interacting with the vibrant business community to steer overseas partnerships for technology players.
She has a wealth of corporate experiences pitching to international game publishers, engaging researchers and developers at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, as well as, influencing policy-makers through her engagement with Asia’s thought-leaders, youth organisations, trade associations during her work at MCYS, MDA and Straits Times.com.
Pei Shan holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Communications and New Media and Minor in Technopreneurship from the National University of Singapore.
She has 3 loves (Tech, Travel,and Toastmasters). She is an active member of the Toastmasters International and the Singapore-Turkey Friendship Association. She enjoys new cultures, diversity, sharing ideas to collaborate with others to inspire breakthroughs. A believer in 'doing what you love, and loving what you do', she seeks a living that broadens her professional horizons while adding value to others.
She has a wealth of corporate experiences pitching to international game publishers, engaging researchers and developers at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, as well as, influencing policy-makers through her engagement with Asia’s thought-leaders, youth organisations, trade associations during her work at MCYS, MDA and Straits Times.com.
Pei Shan holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Communications and New Media and Minor in Technopreneurship from the National University of Singapore.
She has 3 loves (Tech, Travel,and Toastmasters). She is an active member of the Toastmasters International and the Singapore-Turkey Friendship Association. She enjoys new cultures, diversity, sharing ideas to collaborate with others to inspire breakthroughs. A believer in 'doing what you love, and loving what you do', she seeks a living that broadens her professional horizons while adding value to others.
Finding what you love
Life will be exciting and enriching when you follow your heart and do what you love. You will achieve the greatest satisfaction when you do what you are best at! (where talent + skill + right opportunity meets) What's your motivation? |
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Success is not by accident,
Success is by choice
- Rick Pitino
Useful Career Advice!
"If you are like most people, you spend a lot of time stressing about work.
Why not re-invest some of this time and effort into periodically thinking about your career strategy and pathway.
Do your basic career math. Take inventory of the transportable skills that you have already acquired,
and the ones you will need to propel yourself forward. Talk to your bosses, and at least one trusted advisor.
Begin to define your sweet spot, and how to evoke your passions.
Work out your time portfolio and think about how you are investing your precious time.
Is it changing over time? Is it building new skills and relationships?
Is it leading you somewhere better in your career?
Most of all, enjoy the long, long ride."
Wisdom by Brian Fetherstonhaugh (Chairman and CEO of OgilvyOne) View More.
"If you are like most people, you spend a lot of time stressing about work.
Why not re-invest some of this time and effort into periodically thinking about your career strategy and pathway.
Do your basic career math. Take inventory of the transportable skills that you have already acquired,
and the ones you will need to propel yourself forward. Talk to your bosses, and at least one trusted advisor.
Begin to define your sweet spot, and how to evoke your passions.
Work out your time portfolio and think about how you are investing your precious time.
Is it changing over time? Is it building new skills and relationships?
Is it leading you somewhere better in your career?
Most of all, enjoy the long, long ride."
Wisdom by Brian Fetherstonhaugh (Chairman and CEO of OgilvyOne) View More.
Career Rocket Fuel : Get Right About Work
A plan for each stage of work life, designed with long-term success in mind.
First 15 Years of Career
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Next 15 Years of Career
Find your sweet spot + Align to your passions + Set a high ambition + Differentiate or perish Differentiate yourself from the pack and create great choices in your career pathway. Build on your core strengths and push yourself to make them great.
By the time you are into Stage 2, it is very hard to fix weaknesses. It is often much better to stay focused on your strengths and surround yourself with people who complement you and compensate for the things you do not do as well. Early in Stage 2, you need to plot out two or three really rewarding pathways and start to pursue them. I do mean pathways, because too many things can happen for you to bank your career on just one route. To get started, write down some ambitions and directions of where you might like to end up. You don’t need to put a precise timetable on it, just plot out some broad options and start to assess them. To home in on the top two or three, ask: 1. Does this play to my personal strengths? Is this something that I can be really good at? Do people (especially trusted mentors) agree that this is in my sweet spot? 2. Is this pathway aligned to my interests and passions? A good career avenue can sometimes be directly linked to your strongest interests (love of sports, or music or gardening or animals or travel or whatever), but any valid path must at least allow room for you to pursue your passions. In my own case, I love music and travel. I do not work in music or the travel industry everyday, but my job in global advertising at least keeps me around music and travel as part of my career experience. 3. Does this pathway have a viable future for me in terms of employability and financial rewards? Do some homework into the longer term outlook for the industries, categories and professions you are considering. Not all career pathways are created equal. There are many publicly available sources which can help you assess the long-term viability. It is NOT just about money. But you really do need to pay attention to industries that are either growing or shrinking fast. It is hard to enjoy a job in a category that is destined to long-term shrinkage. Your "pathway analysis" should reveal a few good ambitions. For example,
You are a career brand. You are on the shelf with other competent and well-intentioned brands. Some boss with a job opening or promotion is shopping for a solution to their problem and you need to get them to pick you. Some people find the notion of career brands distasteful. Whether you like it or not, bosses and companies are constantly shopping for talent, and you are either on the menu or you’re not. People ask me what it takes to win the battle of the brands--to be well differentiated and come out ahead. One factor that is becoming increasingly important in career momentum is “social eminence”--a measure of your activity and respect in social networks. Employers routinely look at your LinkedIn profile and the publicly visible parts of Facebook. Some employees offer you a chance to link your Twitter handle or blog on your resume. What happens when they search your name on Google or Bing? Do not be surprised or offended. They are not invading your privacy, they are just doing modern due diligence into how you behave in social circles. I am not a believer that career advancement comes from blatant self-promotion or aggressive confrontation (aka “winning through whining.”) It’s more important to be good at something, to stand out, and to earn a reputation as someone who delivers. If you are a good communicator, work to become the best public speaker in your company. If you are a talented connector, take on tough team challenges that show your special abilities to integrate where others have failed. If you are a highly effective doer, then celebrate it. One of my mid-level colleagues had a business card printed up naming her CEO. She proudly said it stood for “chief execution officer.” Stand for something that others value. Fly your flag. |
Retirement/Succession Planning
Succession + Tribal Wisdom + Teach + Mentor + Stay Fresh Pass the torch: closing the loop on succession planning and evolving from a doing/leading role to an advisory/contributory role.
This is where the student becomes the teacher and the mentee becomes the mentor and the leader becomes the valued contributor. Succession: How do I equip the next generation in my company to succeed? This can range from a simple, thoughtful hand-off of duties and lessons learned to a much more formal hand-over of leadership or ownership. Consultancy and paid advisory boards: Consulting jobs and board appointments can be great Stage 3 gigs if you can get them. But you need to have laid the tracks in Stage 2 to get asked. These roles are in hot demand now as Boomers age out of the traditional workforce in record numbers. The tight competition brings us back to that rude eBay question: “Are you now skilled and connected enough that someone would bid for you?” Nobody owes you a paid consultancy or Board position. You need to earn it. Teaching: To me, teaching is a critical part of a rewarding Stage 3 experience. Think broadly about what you know and who you could teach. You can aim as loftily as a college professorship or as down-to-earth as tutoring local kids to read. Adult schools offer hundreds of courses in business, the arts, languages, life skills, hobbies and crafts. What tribal wisdom do you have to pass along? Community: Recent retirees often talk about their hopes of “sitting on a few community Boards,” but they are startled to find how competitive and demanding these roles can be. Frankly, I wouldn’t want someone on my Board who wants to sit around and preside. But I would welcome a volunteer who says they want to “contribute to this exciting mission.” You need to be productive. Do things. Contribute, or you won’t be asked back. To be effective in Stage 3 you must stay fresh and relevant. People value history, but only to the extent that it informs present-day conditions and challenges. If you don’t stay at least broadly informed and relevant, don’t expect people to listen to you. And certainly not to hire you. |