How to Leverage Yourself in an Employees’ Market Hong Kong is hiring. With Christmas and Chinese New Year now past and a strong local economy in full force, companies are expected to pick up the pace of hiring in the coming months. Hong Kong’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in the November-January period from 4% the [...]

Mompreneur, dentist, franchisee, CEO, brick and mortar retailer, E-commerce Business Owner, Service Provider? How do you define yourself? Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” That’s true, of course, but this definition doesn’t tell the whole story—namely the entrepreneur characteristics that define their [...]

This article was printed in The Christian Science Monitor, November 17, 2008. by Marilyn Gardner Nicole Haase would like to work harder than she does. But as a receptionist and payroll administrator for a manufacturing firm in Milwaukee, she finds limited opportunities to take on more duties. “Work is slow, and we’re a small company, [...]

Effortless Networking (Another great installment from our guest blogger KSS) I have never felt that I am a well-connected person. Networking was never a comfortable notion as it seemed intimidating and felt insincere. After moving to Los Angeles nearly five years ago, all of this began to slowly change and unfold in its own authentic [...]

Daisy Swan & Associates upcoming career panel is a great way to learn about working in a variety of entertainment industry positions including the music industry and also how to transition out of these jobs. Guests will have the opportunity to talk informally with the panelists both before and after the discussion. According to the [...]

Knowing how to properly use technology, and specifically sites like Linked In, Facebook, and Myspace, can be instrumental in your search for job opportunities. However, these sites have the potential to do more harm than good if they are not used effectively. The first thing to consider when using technology to aid in a job [...]

We, at Daisy Swan & Associates, love to help people get clarity on their LifeStage, direction for their career direction and provide strategies to live an authentic life. You may have noticed that we offer lots of classes and one-on-one coaching. We’re trying to offer what you need. So we’ve also partnered with Jobing.com in [...]