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Online hiring activity in IT and telecom sectors jumped 23% in 2018
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.
Chart of the Day: Foreign workers make up a fifth of the services sector
The tighter manpower rules will hit consumer and healthcare bottomlines by less than 4% by FY20.
Daily Briefing: MINDEF to hire 300 cybersecurity experts; Grab unveils pet transport services
And 7 in 10 reported e-commerce scams in 2018 transacted in Carousell.
Poll: Seven in 10 Singapore executives made business decisions based on inaccurate data
Only 27% of firms agreed they could trust that their finance teams identified all errors to ensure they are reporting accurately.
Foreign worker policies spur short-term pains for food, retail, and rentals
The dependency ratio ceiling for foreign workers will be cut from 40% to 35%.
Here's why robots won't take your job
Human resources is still a critical component of Singapore’s Smart City vision.
Salaries of digital talents could rise 10-15% when switching jobs in industries: report
Financial services, e-commerce, and telcos emerge as top industries to be dominated by digital talents.
Local technology and banking hiring to persist in 2019
IT savvy employees are in hot demand due to technological disruptions across all industries.
Singapore turns to grants to retain older workers
It also offers wage offsets to employers with older workers. Reuters reported that Singapore’s ‘job-redesign’ grant which is geared to uplift...
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