HR & Education

How to become the employee that Singapore bosses love to work with

How to become the employee that Singapore bosses love to work with

When Malcolm first joined his new company 3 months ago, he had regard this new position as a great opportunity to realise his full potential.  The...

6 tax deductions Singapore startups didn't know

November spells tax time for Singapore companies. We examine six tax deductions not commonly understood by startups in Singapore.

Top 5 management skills for Singapore's business environment

Whether you like it or not, unemotional, highly rational, mechanistic and authoritarian leadership are a thing of the past. It is true that these...

Why Singaporeans need clarity in career progression

A majority of professionals in Asia have left a role because there is a lack of clear career progression. This is according to a white paper by...

Why it's important to perfect social media and work productivity balance

Who isn’t guilty of a swift ‘Alt + Tab’ keyboard manoeuvre after noticing the boss’ impending approach while you’re on Facebook? This image...

Why Singapore organisations need pessimists on their teams

As a manager, you may completely baulk at the notion of having a pessimist on your team. But there is a breed of pessimist called Defensive...

Raffles Education records net loss of S$2.9m

Hurt by interest expense and forex losses.

6 reasons why Singapore employees are leaving their bosses

The cost of a new hire is certainly escalating in Singapore and this will only be exacerbated by the manpower crunch resulting from a progressively...

Here are the 20 strangest requests from Singapore bosses

Have you been asked to bear your boss' traffic offence?