HR & Education
5 distinctive traits of a new world manager
5 distinctive traits of a new world manager
Let’s face it; the world we live in is a lot different from the one we grew up in. The science fiction that we grew up reading is becoming reality...
Meeting today's managerial challenges in a globalised workplace
The new realities
Top 9 foreign groups forming business in Singapore
Britain tops the list and guess who are those catching up.
Good Samaritan: Singapore startup provides Filipino rural youth quick access to call center jobs
BagoSphere launched a pilot call center class in a suburb area in the Philippines in 2011 with a 90% success rate of getting trainees into call...
New businesses established dip 0.8%
Good news 66% of these young firms are purely Singaporean-owned.
Unemployment inched up to 2.1%
And total employment grew by a scanty 27,400.
2 in 10 companies avoid permanent hiring
Looks like contractual employment looms ahead for applicants.
Higher starting monthly pay shocks fresh grads
Monthly salary for degree holders is S$2,678 for without Honors and S$2,882 for with Honors.
How to manage your diverse team
Greater productivity is one of the major corporate goals of the 21st century. More companies than ever before are using a range of measures to boost...
Singapore's 'FT' conundrum
Almost everywhere in the world FT means "Financial Times", but in Singapore these days, it means "foreign talent", currently a "sensitive" issue, to...
What’s hot in the in-house legal market today
In the legal industry here in Singapore, employers all around are feeling the effects of a talent scarcity. Whether it is junior lawyers or middle to...
3 mindsets Singaporean employers must change
According to a recent news article by Channels News Asia, employee loyalty to their company fell to a five-year low in every major region. And about...
Words to make you sound smarter
Chances are if you work with an MNC, a local public listed company, an SME or even a non-profit organisation in Singapore, you will be bombarded with...
Whopping 200% wage hike to shock hotel workers
Some 3000 employees may have 30%-200% salary increase with the new wage model.
You're fired: Banks planning to cut headcount quadruples to 12%
The banking & financial services sector's hiring expectations dropped sharply from 59% to 34%.
2 in 3 paranoid Singaporeans fear bosses stalking online
50% change their social media privacy settings when jobhunting.
Unemployment looms in Q3
Only over a third or 34.7% of employers plan to increase headcount, says survey.
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