Practical advice for moving between cities and countries in Asia-Pacific.
I graduated from NUS in December and started applying for marketing roles in January. My lecturer told me the going rate for a fresh grad in marketing was around SGD 4,000 to 4,500. So when I got to the offer stage with a mid-sized agency in Tanjong...
I was a Regional Head of Operations for a European bank in Hong Kong. Fourteen years. Good performance reviews, decent relationships, the lot. Then in March they restructured the Asia desk and my role was "consolidated" into a global function...
I moved from Jakarta to Singapore two years ago. My husband got transferred and I was looking for finance roles here. Back home I was a Senior Accountant at a manufacturing company, so I thought it would be quite straightforward to find something...
I'm from KL. I studied at Monash Malaysia and got a grad offer from a consulting firm in Singapore. Everyone said congratulations. I said thank you and then quietly panicked for three weeks. I'd never lived alone before. I'd never lived...
My husband works for a Japanese trading company here. I came on a Dependant's Pass. I have a Letter of Consent so I'm allowed to work. I have ten years of experience in logistics management. I speak Japanese, English, and some Mandarin. Getting...
I've lived in both. Three years in Dubai, now two in Singapore. People ask me constantly which is better so here's the honest comparison. Spoiler: it depends entirely on what you care about. ## Money Dubai wins on take-home...