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Singapore employment doubled in 2017 as foreign hires continue decline: MOM

SINGAPORE (Mar 15): In line with the pickup in economic activity, Singapore’s local labour market showed marked improvement over 2017, with growth in local employment and a decline in the annual unemployment rate when compared to a year ago.

Careers & Training

Retaining the right talent is just as important as hiring them. Here's why

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): In view of a more buoyant economic outlook for Singapore and the continued skills shortage, recruitment specialist Hays is advising employers to not neglect employee retention as they seek to hire more talent for their business growth.

Careers & Training

Top 10 hiring trends in Singapore for 2018, according to Hays

SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Hays Singapore has published a list of what it foresees to be the top 10 talent trends of 2018, in light of a fast-changing workforce environment and continued economic growth.

Panel survey reveals top 3 HR concerns in Singapore's services industry for 2018

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): Human resources leaders from the services industries are citing competition for talent as their biggest concern for the coming year, according to a survey conducted during a panel discussion today.

Singapore enjoys strongest employment outlook in 2 years

SINGAPORE (Sept 12): Singapore’s 4Q net employment outlook has jumped to +11% after seasonal variations have been taken into account, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS).

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This company is turning the heat up with plans to diversify

SINGAPORE (April 28): Since succeeding his father as CEO in January 2016, Jeffrey Soon has been trying to steer Heatec Jietong into the chemicals industry, which could offer more opportunity for growth than the offshore and marine (O&M) sector.

What Singapore employees actually want is not what their employers expect

SINGAPORE (March 29): There are quite a few disparities between Singapore’s employer and employee views on what should be prioritised within a company – giving rise to likely contributing factors to companies’ current struggles with talent attractio

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

What’s holding Asia’s millennials back from unleashing their entrepreneurial spirit?

SINGAPORE (March 29): A higher proportion of employees across Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia (37%) are considering leaving their current job to start on their own business compared to the global average of 28%.

Singapore government efforts drive spike in vacancies for IT experts

SINGAPORE (March 27): While employers across Asia generally remained cautious in their hiring activates during the last quarter of 2016, there has been a particular surge in demand for professionals within the financial service and IT space, according the

18 new companies join Singapore’s Top 75 employers for 2017

SINGAPORE (March 21): Great Eastern, Mapletree Group and NTUC Income are three homegrown organisations that can be spotted for the first time among Singapore’s top 75 list of companies this year, according to the latest employer brand research data from
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