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Hiring gaps widen as Singapore firms redesign roles and screening
Hiring gaps widen as Singapore firms redesign roles and screening
Skill-based hiring and AI tools clash with broad job searches by candidates.
Singapore firms told to prioritise pay for critical talent
Demand outstrips supply in tech, AI, cybersecurity, and finance roles.
SME hiring set to pick up as local job-matching gains traction
Town-based pairing can shorten hiring timelines and lower costs.
Singapore housing rents soar 8% YoY, elevating its global expense rank
Its housing rent growth matched Hong Kong, the world's most expensive city.
Singapore ranks as 2nd most expensive city globally
Expensive housing, transportation, and goods drove up the city's cost of living.
Singapore’s retirement income system is the best in Asia: report
It also ranks 9 out of 44 globally.
Singaporeans are the most de-energised employees in Asia
4 in 5 feel they are at risk of burnout this year.
6 in 10 execs believe works get done in office not remote
This is despite 62% of employees refusing non-hybrid jobs.
56% of S'poreans did not receive ‘strong support’ from employers during the pandemic
Globally, the percentage of workers who had the same sentiment was lower at 51%.
Commentary
Where does value creation really happen?
Managing the cost of diverging standards: Why Singapore matters
Singapore’s AI ambition has an intelligence problem
Singapore is deploying AI at speed – and security risks are catching up
Precious metal boom is a stress test for Singapore’s gold ambitions
Singapore’s global dispute fault lines
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data