Last week, I ran into a recruitment peer at the gym. We hadn't seen each other in ages, so we spent 30 minutes updating each other on the market. What she told me stayed with me. She feels the recruitment market is dying down. Most of the back office roles she used to place are being outsourced outside of Hong Kong. These days, she mostly works regional roles based out of HK. Her prediction? The market has a few profitable years left at most and 2027 will be worse than 2026 �

This quarter has been really slow for me. The past Q2 and Q3 have been great for me as my buy side clients were super quick. But now the buy side market seems to slow down in Q4. I have plenty of pipelines going but every single deal is moving at a snail's pace. Either there are endless rounds of interviews... Or the gap between each interview stretches beyond 2 weeks. Which makes forecasting my Q4 revenue nearly impossible 📉 And here's the real problem: it's almost Christma

Yesterday was my birthday As usual, I took the day off My company offers birthday leave to all employees, and I always use mine on the actual day. But something strange happened. When I sat down alone to think about my birthday wishes... I came up with none. Remember last year? I treated myself to a luxurious spa day and a branded handbag 👛 This year, I browsed online for another handbag. Maybe a pair of earrings. And I realised... I had no desire to buy anything. Despite ea