HR & Education

HRtech gains ground as Singaporeans embrace mobile in job hunting

Nearly a fourth have relied on a smartphone app to apply.

Retail and wealth banks shun digital as they ramp up hiring in Q2

Relationship managers in bancassurance were in hot demand.

Chart of the Day: See the declining trend in Singapore employees' working hours

They may approach a five-hour decrease to a 41.9 hours from the usual 45-hour work week by 2030.

Participation in work-related learning jumped to 48% in 2018

Over 11,000 already joined the government’s SkillsFuture Series.

Chart of the Day: Here's why retrenchments rose in Q2

Some firms have on-going restructuring and reorganisation.

More Singapore firms have women in their boards

All-male boards for Top 100 firms declined to 27% in June.

Unemployment rate rose 2.1% in Q2

Retrenchments inched up to 2,500 from 2,320 in Q1.

Keppel Capital and MindChamps to raise $200m for education real estate fund

It will invest in preschool and early learning real estate assets in the Asia Pacific.

Developed Asian markets could slash working hours by 2030

Technological advancements and higher incomes could fuel this change.

4 in 5 Singapore employees want flexi work

But 55% fear it will interfere with personal time.

Chart of the Day: Singapore labour market pressure down in 2017

This also reflected in the total unemployment rate, which fell from about 2.2% in H1 to 2.1% in H2.

Singapore is the seventh most sought-after city for global workers

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

The BFSI sector saw a 19% growth in e-hiring activities.