HR & Education

Rethinking and redesigning candidate assessments in the digital era

Did you know that it costs a company an average of US$20,000 for a single bad hire, according to a study by the Human Capital Institute? The...

The best schools for best paying degrees in Singapore

Check out why SMU beat NUS in law and economics.

Game on: How Singapore can score in global sports events management

In the past decade, Singapore has played host to many high-profile events such as the annual Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, the...

Singapore unemployment climbs 2.1% in June

While 5,500 workers were made redundant in Q2.

Sales and Marketing get it, so why not HR?

Conventional sales wisdom is no longer contemporary; it's been around for a decade or two (depending on who you are). A while ago there was an...

National Library Board: Building social capital

The National Library Board (NLB) was formed in 1995 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Information and the Arts to oversee matters related to...

Strategic planning, career growth, and the Singapore PME

Recently, I read with interest an article published by SBR on 15 July that strategic thinking ranks as the highest skill a CFO needs to acquire. This...

Strategic thinking tops ranking of urgently needed skills for CFOs

As financial steward tasks occupy CFOs’ time less.

Current Singaporean workers expect to save longer for retirement, says survey

Citizens are insufficiently informed about retirement, the survey added.

Where are the hot jobs in audit, risk, and compliance in Singapore?

Professionals involved in the first, second, and third lines of defence have been in great demand, particularly within banking and financial...