Emcee of the 2020 Talent Management & Innovation Asia conference, a 2-day, virtual event hosted by Human Resources Magazine in Hong Kong.

Your job search has hit a dead-end. You are sending out hundreds of resumes each month with no response. Check out this video to learn how to more effectively structure your time when job searching so you can maximize your return on investment.

Attract, recruit, onboard and "get it right at point of hire." That is something you will hear me repeat again and again to clients. Make sure you offer a salary that is commensurate with the candidate's experience and market rates. Bring them in at the appropriate title. Give them realistic expectations about their roles and responsibilities and have a structured onboarding process. It can cost employer's 20% of an employee's annual salary when you need to replace them. Avoid those costs by working with an HR consultant and having a robust attraction, recruitment and onboarding process.

Is it possible for employees to still remain engaged if they are worried about being laid off? Making the decision to terminate employees is hard. If you are a manager or business owner, there are strategies to stabilize business continuity and reduce the negative impact to your employees. Consider crowdsourcing ideas, communicating openly about the financial health of your organization and leading with empathy and compassion. Learn how to do this in this short video from a recent webinar "Retention, redundancy and what the government’s relief package means for HR."

89% of Hong Kong employees are open to an approach from a headhunter while they are still working. As an employer, how do you keep your employees engaged so they ignore that call from the headhunter? Poor employee engagement impacts your bottom line. Employers should strengthen their meaning and purpose, ensure communication is two-way and personalized, and use data to support their initiatives and ensure return on investment.