By Bharati Jagdish “Adapting outside of my professional scope has always been more rewarding for me. If the worst happens and you’re replaced by an algorithm, you’d be equipped to move on to other roles, or even build your own […]
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20 Years of PeopleSearch
20 Years of PeopleSearch: Hardship Made an Enduring Imprint and Fuelled his Career Success – Santoz Kumar of the IRONMAN Group
November 6, 2020
By Bharati Jagdish “I grew up seeing my single mom struggle with two jobs to support a family of four by herself. I felt guilty taking money from her,” says Santoz Kumar, Director of Sales (Asia) at global mass participation […]
By Bharati Jagdish As PeopleSearch celebrates its 20th Anniversary, we check in on the people we’ve worked with over the years. About 2 years ago, we had the privilege of placing Jim Lim in a fulfilling role as CEO […]
By Bharati Jagdish “This job has given me an interesting gift. I tend to remember candidates’ and clients’ stories. It’s like watching a documentary depicting their career, business and life transformation journey, part of which we can help facilitate,” […]
20 Years of PeopleSearch: Stories of Dedication – Being Ready to Harvest When Spring Arrives
May 29, 2020
By Bharati Jagdish As PeopleSearch celebrates 20 years of elevating careers and empowering businesses, Shawnie Soo, Regional Consulting Director of PeopleFirst, PeopleSearch’s office in Kuala Lumpur, is preparing for retirement. Her dedication has been instrumental in the firm’s success. […]
Covid-19 Has Strengthened our Reason for Being – Celebrating 20 Years of PeopleSearch Amid a Global Crisis
May 29, 2020
May 29th, 2020 On this day, 20 years ago, PeopleSearch opened its very first office in Taipei. Our vision was to provide clients and candidates with a value proposition that was unique at the time – a contingency-based business model […]
By Bharati Jagdish Evelynn Koh’s decision to become a headhunter is steeped in a deep sense of empathy. Today, the PeopleSearch Practice Leader can proudly say that the desire to help others whose life experiences she could relate to […]
By Bharati Jagdish The incident could have sucked him into a vortex of utter disillusionment and despair, but Group Business Leader of PeopleSearch in Shanghai, Kung Shih Chan chose to rise above it. In a previous interview, he alluded […]
By Bharati Jagdish “People can sense insincerity, so being insincere doesn’t serve us,” says Jaime Lim decisively. As Group Business Leader of PeopleSearch Singapore, Jaime’s philosophy since she joined the firm 18 years ago has been to get to […]
20 Years of PeopleSearch: Stories of Growth – Ignoring the Naysayers and Staying on Target
April 17, 2020
By Bharati Jagdish It’s a dramatic mosaic of purpose, courage, grit and strategic-thinking, among other things. After revealing the reasons behind the genesis of PeopleSearch, the various efforts to amplify its presence in the face of more established, formidable […]