HR & Education

Nutcases: 3 in 5 enterprises ignore employees' mental health

Even though three quarters of them recognize the benefits of improving staff's mental well-being.

Nutcases: 3 in 5 enterprises ignore employees' mental health

Even though three quarters of them recognize the benefits of improving staff's mental well-being.

3 signs of a nervous business negotiator

Body language reveals more of ourselves and then we sometimes wish to. Often, even the untrained person can pick up subtle signals from the gestures...

Instilling integrity in Singaporeans

Integrity is a little-understood feature of organisations and the individuals they employ. Yet it is much desired. The public, customers, clients –...

5 distinctive traits of a new world manager

Let’s face it; the world we live in is a lot different from the one we grew up in. The science fiction that we grew up reading is becoming reality...

Top 9 foreign groups forming business in Singapore

Britain tops the list and guess who are those catching up.

Good Samaritan: Singapore startup provides Filipino rural youth quick access to call center jobs

BagoSphere launched a pilot call center class in a suburb area in the Philippines in 2011 with a 90% success rate of getting  trainees into call...

New businesses established dip 0.8%

Good news 66% of these young firms are purely Singaporean-owned.

Unemployment inched up to 2.1%

And total employment grew by a scanty 27,400.

2 in 10 companies avoid permanent hiring

Looks like contractual employment looms ahead for applicants.

Higher starting monthly pay shocks fresh grads

Monthly salary for degree holders is S$2,678 for without Honors and S$2,882 for with Honors.

How to manage your diverse team

Greater productivity is one of the major corporate goals of the 21st century. More companies than ever before are using a range of measures to boost...

Singapore's 'FT' conundrum

Almost everywhere in the world FT means "Financial Times", but in Singapore these days, it means "foreign talent", currently a "sensitive" issue, to...

What’s hot in the in-house legal market today

In the legal industry here in Singapore, employers all around are feeling the effects of a talent scarcity. Whether it is junior lawyers or middle to...

3 mindsets Singaporean employers must change

According to a recent news article by Channels News Asia, employee loyalty to their company fell to a five-year low in every major region. And about...

Words to make you sound smarter

Chances are if you work with an MNC, a local public listed company, an SME or even a non-profit organisation in Singapore, you will be bombarded with...

Whopping 200% wage hike to shock hotel workers

Some 3000 employees may have 30%-200% salary increase with the new wage model.