HR & Education
Layoffs in Singapore swell to 4,800 in 2Q16
Layoffs in Singapore swell to 4,800 in 2Q16
Job vacancies also fell for the sixth consecutive quarter.
Singapore unemployment rate rises to 3% in 1H16
Total employment also grew slower by 11,600.
Why freelancing is not exactly a free-for-all career
Self-employed workers often have to manage their back-end needs.
Here's why fewer posts await job seekers in Q4
Nearly 3 in 4 employers don’t plan to hire.
On my own: Number of Singapore’s freelancers blows up to 200,000
Changing employment standards push workers to go independent.
Private education's role in engineering tomorrow's Singapore
In 2015, the Ministry of Manpower reported that four of the top ten professions with the biggest number of vacancies in Singapore were engineering...
NUS, NTU, among top 20 on QS list of best world universities
SMU made its debut in the rankings this year.
1 in 2 Singaporean silver workers are positive about being retained at work
Opportunities will keep growing in the next 5 years, they said.
Demand for interim managers skyrocket among Singapore finance leaders, says survey
9 in 10 will work with an interim manager in 2016.
Online hiring for Singapore-based bankers spiraled down by 8%
Recruiters are still jittery when it comes to boosting headcount.
Training a SkillsFuture generation: Are workers workplace-ready?
Training is an inherently expensive endeavour, and current efforts to train workers to meet the demands of employers are no exception. Thankfully, the...
How do you account for your headcount?
In today's uncertain economic times, many companies are re-looking into their priorities, one of which is to retrench staff as a way to save on...
Singapore’s workplace safety should shift to preventive mindset: MOM
Tracking of minor injuries and near-misses is a must.
Raffles Education’s net profit inches up 2% to $19.7m
Drop in number of enrollees dragged revenues.
Future-ready education: Honing the right skills
Singapore is often praised for its high standards of education, so it might be surprising to some that the nation state suffers from a huge knowledge...
Hiring curb feared to come in 2H16 as job market remains conservative
7 out of 10 candidates are cynical on job availabilities.
18 influential business professors aged 40 and under
The youngest is aged 27.
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