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Expats in Singapore now earn less than before, but remain among world's 20 most highly paid
SINGAPORE (May 28): Expatriates in Singapore are now receiving significantly less wages than before, even as the city state remains one of the 20 most expensive countries to employ expat staff in, finds an annual study published by ECA International.
May 28, 2018
Management & Corporate Governance
Ageism, lack of disability support remain rampant in Singapore's workforce, finds study
SINGAPORE (Apr 18): Businesses in Singapore have much to catch up on in terms of workplace diversity, according a new report by Workday, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources (HR).
April 18, 2018
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.
December 06, 2017
Singapore economy
Singapore business optimism for 2018 hits two-year high, finds survey
SINGAPORE (Dec 6): Singapore’s business optimism and profitability expectations for the year ahead have both hit two-year highs after rising 26 and 22 percentage points q-o-q, respectively, according to Grant Thornton’s annual APAC businesses report f
December 06, 2017
Careers & Training
53% of job seekers turned off by lengthy recruitment process
SINGAPORE (Nov 20): One in two or about 53% of job seekers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia say that they develop a negative impression of the prospective employer if the hiring process takes longer than expected, according to Randstad Candidate Expec
November 20, 2017
Tech
How automation is set to revive Singapore’s competitive advantages
SINGAPORE (Aug 22): Despite acknowledging that intelligent technology could progressively claim many jobs, the Singapore government is also confident that artificial intelligence (AI) will concurrently create new jobs in areas such as data analytics, cybe
August 22, 2017
Global Economy
Singapore’s employees most unfazed by prospects of losing their jobs to automation
SINGAPORE (June 5): Despite fears of having their jobs replaced by automation, nearly three quarters of Singaporean employees surveyed say they are happy to retrain into a new role if their salary remained the same or higher, according to Randstad’s Em
June 05, 2017
Most Singaporeans take charge of their own career development: Hays
SINGAPORE (March 28): Rather than looking to their employers to provide training, a majority 77% of Singapore respondents are taking responsibility for developing their skills through self-learning and leveraging on-the-job experience, according to a rece
March 28, 2017
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
March 27, 2017
Investing strategies
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SINGAPORE (Nov 22): As both a woman and a person of colour, Erika Irish Brown spent over 15 years of her career in the financial sector feeling fortunate to have been given what she saw as equal opportunities as everyone else in the US.
November 22, 2016