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Mar 14, 2019 • 9min
83% Of Malaysia-Based Employees Anticipate A Bonus
Randstad released the second edition of its Bonus Expectations survey this year, and 83% of Malaysia-based employees want a bonus this year, compared to 64% of them who received a bonus last year. But companies are playing it conservative with bonuses this year - so how can we resolve this issue?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 14, 2019 • 9min
We Don’t Need No... Degree!, Says Tim Cook
Having a four-year college degree has become a common requirement for many jobs around the world but according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, there are certain in-demand skills that students may not learn in college - namely, coding. Having a degree may not be a requirement in the future in certain sectors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 13, 2019 • 7min
Boring Tasks At Work? Not Anymore
No matter how cool your job is, there will be some repetitive or mundane task that gets you slipping into the dreaded state of boredom. So how do you reframe boring tasks so you don’t just get through them mindlessly?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 13, 2019 • 9min
Treat Decisions Like Job Candidates
Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman has come up with a decision-making process to avoid gut-based decisions called the “Mediating Assessments Protocol”, or MAP. Instead of making decisions on impulse, break down the components of your decision the way you would approach interviewing a job candidate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 13, 2019 • 11min
Un-complicating Money Management In Parenthood
Managing money is hard. It gets even harder once you’re a parent. Via Quartz, here are a few ways to simplify the process as much as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 13, 2019 • 12min
Have you started teaching your kids about finance?
There comes a time in every young person’s life when they need to sit down with their parents and face the uncomfortable facts of life — it’s time for The Talk. After all, how else will they learn the truth about where bills and credit scores come from? That’s right, you need to have the financial version of The Talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2019 • 8min
Hey Siri! Could Virtual Assistants Bring Us Universal Internet Access?
Making the internet available and affordable does not get us all the way to universal access. It leaves behind the 20% of the world’s population that is illiterate. So could Siri, Alexa and other virtual assistants be the missing link in internet accessibility?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2019 • 11min
Move Over, Facebook! We’ll See You In Fortnite.
We’ve always wondered what the next big social network would look like, but never would we have imagined it to be in the form of an online videogame. Fortnite ticks all the boxes of a good social network, and its growing popularity could threaten Facebook’s position in the long run.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2019 • 11min
The Future of the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web turns 30. It’s a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come, but also an opportunity to reflect on how far we have yet to go.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2019 • 12min
The WWW’s Big 3-0!
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the world wide web. We asked what some of your fondest memories of the internet were. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


