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Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018
Chart Of The Day: PMETs account for 52.7% of job vacancies in 2018
Overall, one in three vacancies were unfilled for six months or more.This chart from the Ministry of Manpower shows that professionals, managers...
Business expansion created 26,500 jobs in 2018
ICT roles such as chief information officers, database designers & administrators and IT security specialists were in hot demand.
Only 2 in 5 firms in Singapore adhere to diversity and inclusion policies: report
The number of women in leadership teams also dipped from 30% to 29% in 2019.
Daily Briefing: Treasure at Tampines showcase launch draws 7,000 people; 3 in 5 employers prioritise luring quality talent
And regulatory tech company Tookitaki secures US$7.5m in its Series A funding round.
CapitaLand CEO Lee Chee Koon receives remuneration of $4.2m in 2018
In total, the company issued around $18m in remuneration packages for its 13 executives.
Chart of the Day: Construction sector employment shrinks by 7,100 in 2018
This was attributed to a moderation in the decline in Work Permit Holders.
Singapore unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in 2018
Residents made up 66% of the retrenchments in 2018, slightly lower than their share of employment at 67%.
Over $600m of wage credits to benefit 90,000 Singapore employers
About 70% will be disbursed to SMEs.
Online hiring activity in IT and telecom sectors jumped 23% in 2018
The sectors had witnessed its steepest growth in November 2018.
Women now take up one-third of Singapore senior leadership teams: study
But gender parity remains an issue as only 9% of firms have a female CEO.
Annual Workfare payouts for lower-income workers to hit over $1b by 2020
It will benefit about 440,000 Singaporeans.
Singapore eyes raising retirement and re-employment age
CPF payout eligibility age would remain at 65.
Daily Briefing: Singapore's flexi-work scheme gets $70m funding boost; China's YY buys livestream startup Bigo for $1.97b
And a Barclays executive ditches his job for Standard Chartered Singapore.
Nearly 1 in 5 employees hit by stagnant wage growth in 2018: study
Singapore workers lament the lack of transparency regarding pay level settings.
More than half of Singapore's CFO are willing to hire ‘job hoppers': poll
Job hopping is more prevalent in the finance and accounting industry.
Horrible bosses? 1 in 3 Singaporeans are not satisfied with work-life balance due to inflexible managers
For 73%, a work-life balance means no work on weekends, whilst for 69%, it meant being able to leave work on time everyday.
9 in 10 graduates of Singapore's top universities hired within 6 months
The average gross monthly salary of those in full-time permanent employment rose to $3,733 from $3,613 in 2017.
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