HR & Education
Daily Briefing: Sembcorp unveils big plans for India; Investors file complaint against A2A Capital Management
Daily Briefing: Sembcorp unveils big plans for India; Investors file complaint against A2A Capital Management
And here are the things you should avoid if you want to earn passive income.
Companies urged to create momentum to have more women on boards
A triple-tier target has been set to raise participation by up to 30%.
Daily Briefing: Is Singapore Post's current dividend sustainable?; What you need to know about paying for older flats
And here are perceived money wasters in Singapore.
Daily Briefing: Prime residential rents down 3.3%; Property curbs to give developers headaches
And here are four well-paying jobs that don't require degrees.
Job security becoming less important for Singaporean millennials
Average tenure is around two years.
Only 1 in 2 Singaporeans are working flexibly
A fair policy for all employees could convince more to take advantage of flexible working practices.
Online hiring activity in Singapore up 3% in February
Information technology and telecom sectors posted double-digit growth.
Two-thirds of Singapore employers struggle to attract talent
Key challenges include skills shift, low engagement, and poor retention.
Only 32% of Singaporean employees are willing to become entrepreneurs
Fear of failure holds them back.
Less than 2 in 5 Singaporean business leaders think their tech strategies are "mature"
These leaders also think their IT departments don’t listen to them.
Only 7% of Singapore workers turn to formal courses to upgrade skills
A massive 77% of them resort to self-learning.
The great disconnect: Why Singapore companies' HR agenda do not appeal to employees
62% of employees prioritise health, but only 37% of companies focus on this.
Only 1 in 4 Singapore companies say their talent strategies are ‘change agile'
HR leaders do not have job redesign on their list of priorities for 2017.
Almost 7 in 10 employers intend to give bonuses to all employees
42% may give up to 50% of staff salary.
9% of Singapore employers won't give salary increases this year
But almost 1 in 2 will award increases of up to 6%.
Nearly 1 in 3 Singapore employees did not get bonuses in 2016
Over 35% said they didn’t receive even a performance-based bonus. According to the Job Outlook and Bonus survey by JobStreet.com, the average...
Singapore millennials prefer working for multinational companies
The trend is also apparent in Malaysia and Hong Kong.
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