HR & Education

IMDA and IBM team up to provide tech skills training for professionals
16 Aug 18
Apprentices will go through 12 months of training in critical emerging tech areas.
Here's why Sunningdale Tech's CEO fired himself
16 Aug 18
Koh Boon Hwee stepped down as company executive in 2008 at age 58.
Hong Kong is more liveable than Singapore
14 Aug 18
The Lion City fell to 37th place in the global liveabilty rankings whilst Hong Kong rose to 35th.
Australian expats single out Singapore as best place to live in
14 Aug 18
Good wages and lower taxes offset the Lion City’s high cost of living.
67% of finance jobseekers no longer wait on job offers
13 Aug 18
An overwhelming 88% will quit if the role doesn’t meet their expectations.
Chart of the Day: Q2 manufacturing employment falls for fifteenth straight quarter
13 Aug 18
Blame crippling conditions in the marine & offshore engineering segment.
Daily Briefing: Singapore bank headcount up by 4,541 in H2; Golden Gate Ventures unveils US$10m crypto fund
10 Aug 18
And Carousell expands its meet-up feature to the Philippines.
HRtech gains ground as Singaporeans embrace mobile in job hunting
9 Aug 18
Nearly a fourth have relied on a smartphone app to apply.
Retail and wealth banks shun digital as they ramp up hiring in Q2
6 Aug 18
Relationship managers in bancassurance were in hot demand.
Chart of the Day: See the declining trend in Singapore employees' working hours
5 Aug 18
They may approach a five-hour decrease to a 41.9 hours from the usual 45-hour work week by 2030.
IBF rolls out career centre for financial industry professionals
2 Aug 18
It will offer skills upgrading, career advisory, and job matching services.
Participation in work-related learning jumped to 48% in 2018
1 Aug 18
Over 11,000 already joined the government’s SkillsFuture Series.
Chart of the Day: Here's why retrenchments rose in Q2
31 Jul 18
Some firms have on-going restructuring and reorganisation.
More Singapore firms have women in their boards
31 Jul 18
All-male boards for Top 100 firms declined to 27% in June.
Unemployment rate rose 2.1% in Q2
30 Jul 18
Retrenchments inched up to 2,500 from 2,320 in Q1.
Daily Briefing: NTUC chief urges employers to raise retirement age; GIC to buy minority stake in a Spanish telco
26 Jul 18
And Tre Ver condo prices will be discounted amidst property curbs.
Keppel Capital and MindChamps to raise $200m for education real estate fund
26 Jul 18
It will invest in preschool and early learning real estate assets in the Asia Pacific.
Developed Asian markets could slash working hours by 2030
26 Jul 18
Technological advancements and higher incomes could fuel this change.
4 in 5 Singapore employees want flexi work
23 Jul 18
But 55% fear it will interfere with personal time.
Chart of the Day: Singapore labour market pressure down in 2017
23 Jul 18
This also reflected in the total unemployment rate, which fell from about 2.2% in H1 to 2.1% in H2.
The search is on for Singapore's most outstanding business leaders at the SBR Management Excellence Awards 2018
20 Jul 18
The deadline for entry submissions is on 5 October.
Singapore is the seventh most sought-after city for global workers
19 Jul 18
Local businessmen think that tax and cost of living could make workers think twice about moving to the Lion City.
Online hiring in Singapore up 3% in May
19 Jul 18
The BFSI sector saw a 19% growth in e-hiring activities.
8 in 10 Singaporeans want to try living abroad
16 Jul 18
Majority of healthcare and tech workers want to work away from home.
Productivity cannot keep up with wage growth: Minister Koh Poh Koon
13 Jul 18
Real wages rose 1.9% whilst productivity grew only 1.1% in 2011-2017.
Chart of the Day: Expected turnover rate in Singapore is the highest in Asia
12 Jul 18
About 46% expect to leave their companies in the next 12 months.
Half of Singapore workers threatened that digitalisation will snatch their jobs
12 Jul 18
Almost half think their managers are lacking in engaging them to digital upskilling.
DBS and SGX team up for three-year investment education programme
12 Jul 18
It will target women, young adults, and members of the Gen X.
Talent crunch beefs up finance payrolls amidst thinning workforce
2 Jul 18
Firms may need to shell out extra $29,100 per highly skilled finance worker by 2030.
More than half of employers struggle to fill in positions
2 Jul 18
The jobs that are hardest to fill are sales representatives, engineers, and drivers.
Asian firms could pay in-demand workers US$15,000 more amidst talent crunch
29 Jun 18
Japan's salary surge could cost as much as US$468b by 2030.
Workers' brain drain could lag Malaysian economy
27 Jun 18
It can create an equilibrium of low levels of workers and a large technological gap.
Six APAC cities amongst world's costliest for expats
26 Jun 18
Hong Kong is the world's most expensive city whilst Tokyo, Singapore, and Seoul also made it to the list.
Singapore jumps to 4th spot in costliest cities for expats
26 Jun 18
For instance, coffee in Singapore is at US$5, which is significantly cheaper than coffee in Seoul (US$10) and Hong Kong (US$7).
Singapore firms could add up to $29,065 to highly-skilled workers' pay
21 Jun 18
Talent shortages for these kinds of workers could hit 38% in 2030.
Government workers to get mid-year bonus and $300 lump sum payment in July
20 Jun 18
About 1,450 civil servants with lower wage will receive a one-off $500 lump sum.
Chart of the Day: Higher employment in services sector offset declines in construction
19 Jun 18
About 9,700 workers for services in community, finance, and transport sectors were employed in Q1.
Online hiring rose 6% in February
19 Jun 18
The banking, financial services, and insurance sector raised online recruitment by 30%.
MindChamps acquires Sydney preschool for $5.5m
18 Jun 18
Two more Sydney pre-school centres are in the process of acquisition.
DBS rolls out virtual bank recruiter
14 Jun 18
‘Jim’ can save up to 40 hours monthly otherwise spent on manual processing.

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