Ms Melinda Eng, 50, left her general manager job in mid-2016, when the business environment turned sour and her company, which produces advertising accessories, could no longer afford to pay her monthly salary of $5,000.
Over the next four years, she applied for well over 100 jobs but met with little success. The few prospective employers who met her would not believe she would accept markedly lower remuneration packages.
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