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Gemini March Newsletter
  
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March is upon us, and as we sweep away the winter blues (which seem to have temporarily come back again with a vengeance), Gemini has been busy enhancing many of our procedures and client services for 2010, as well as growing our operations in new markets. As you will note from this newsletter, we have just opened our first Singapore office as part of our expansion and as a way to better serve our current Singapore clients. I am pleased to say the Singapore operations seem to be as busy as Hong Kong, and we can foresee great opportunities for us in this market as the year progresses.
 
I am also pleased to announce that we have upgraded our Gemini website (www.gemini.com.hk) with a more pleasing design and better navigation. The site allows our clients to inform us of job orders they would like us to handle, and in the coming months new services will also be launched that will allow our clients to follow the process of our consultants as they work on your job order requirements.
 
As March also signals the end of the financial year for many of us, the hiring frenzy seems to have already started, and can already see this year transforming from a client driven market, back to candidates who are a lot more fickle as the job offers flow thick and fast.
 
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any service.

Callan Anderson
Group General Manager
callan@gemini.com.hk 
New Gemini Singapore Office
 
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Gemini is not lost on the fact that Hong Kong and Singapore share many similarities, and it is with that in mind our growth plans for 2010 have included opening a Gemini office in Singapore.
 
The talent trends we find in our regional operations match well with the demands our Singapore clients have, thus expanding the Gemini operations to Singapore is a natural progression and probably long overdue.
 
To support our Singapore expansion, I have pleasure to announce the appointment of Mr. Edwin Tiah as the Branch Manager of our Singapore operations. Edwin has an exceptional consulting and recruitment background honed from within the hospitality and casino market, as well as in general recruitment projects. Edwin and his team will be pleased to handle any enquiries you may have. Contact details below:-

 
Gemini Personnel Pte Ltd
9 Temasek Boulevard
#18-04 Sintec City, Tower 2
Singapore 038989

 
Edwin Tiah
Direct (65) 6238 0667
Mobile (65) 9832 2176
How to Maintain Authority at Work?
If you've ever watched the TV show "The Office", you know that the boss, Michael Scott, is portrayed as a likeable buffoon and none of his employees take him seriously. In a real office, however, you don't need to make mistakes nearly as outlandish as Michael Scott's for employees to undermine your authority.
 
One recent article by Robert Akerlof talks about managerial authority and the fact that there is chaning relationship between managers and workers (i.e., the manager tells the worker what to do, and the worker does it), but instead incorporates a sociological examination of office politics and leadership.
 

Here are four things that managers do that can undermine their authority:
 
 
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Avoiding these mistakes is especially crucial for new managers whose authority long-standing employees may be inclined to ignore. Akerlof also has some straightforward advice for managers to follow in the long run: "Ideally, showing confidence, ability and intelligence will help a manager establish a deeper sense of authority over time." 
New Gemini Website
Gemini has launched our new website which has been designed to assist our clients get more from the entire Gemini Group and the services we offer. From our new site, you can post job orders directly, view salary surveys, as well as contact to our regional offices.
 

Click here to go to the new site.
 

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Gemini Monthly Salary Survey
 
salary survEvery month Gemini compile the most up-to-date and accurate salary trend statistics on the local Hong Kong and regional job market. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Gemini Personnel Pte Ltd
9 Temasek Boulevard
#18-04 Sintec City,
Tower 2
Singapore 038989
 
 (65) 6238 0667