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Chart of the Day: Weekly paid hours edged up to 44.8 in September
Chart of the Day: Weekly paid hours edged up to 44.8 in September
Jobs under security and investigation saw the highest rise in hours spent.
Chart of the Day: Number of potential entrants to labour force hit all-time low
Rising population ageing contributed to the decline.
Here are the best companies to work for in 2020
Tech firms dominated the list.
These are the fastest growing jobs in Singapore
The demand for AI specialists and robotics engineers is increasing.
Chart of the Day: Proportion of women in the labour force rose to 46.3% in June
LFPR for female residents grew to 61.1%.
45% of Asian firms lack data security disclosures in annual reports
A sizeable 36% still don’t have a whistleblowing medium.
Chart of the Day: Most residents outside labour force finished secondary school or less
One in 10 of the residents held a degree.
Daily Briefing: Changi Airport Group to commit $10m to upskill staff; Ride-hailing firm Tada bags $6.8m in series A funding
And the Singapore trading team of LNG firm Gazprom resigns.
Chart of the Day: Tertiary-educated workers snaps up over half of labour force
Those with degree holders grew to 37.5% from 26.7% in June 2009.
Only 1 in 10 firms have policies for gig economy workers
12% of bosses said they have no plans to implement related policies soon.
Real wages tipped to grow 3.6% in 2020
Across Asia, real-wage salaries are expected to show the highest growth at 3.1%.
Chart of the Day: Singaporeans worked 42.9 hours a week in June
The percentage of part-time workers rose despite the slight climb in their work hours.
Transforming Singapore's next generation of leaders: Best practices and strategies for development of future leaders
The identification, assessment, selection, and development of nextgen leaders including those in Singapore are the cornerstones of the talent...
The Future Skills That Singapore Needs Are Already Here
This year Singapore began implementing major changes to their education curriculum by shifting the emphasis away from standardised tests towards...
Consumer confidence falls to lowest in 2 years
Confidence fell to 89 points in Q3 amidst recession concerns and rising food prices.
Daily Briefing: Carousell's value surges to $850m after merger; HR exec salaries to hit $300,000 in 2020
And Cocoon Capital leads the $1m seed funding for SaaS-based security firm GuardRails.
Daily Briefing: Three in four students expect starting pay of over $3,000; EPS to co-launch global maritime accelerator
And Taiwan’s cloud provider CloudMile plans to enter Singapore in 2020.
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