HR & Education

Chart of the Day: Online IT and BPO hiring surges 40% in March

The hiring spree came amidst news of a 5G rollout by 2020.

A choicer way to work and live

The way people want to work is constantly evolving. Driven by needs that are sometimes not provided by a permanent placement, for example, flexible...

Chart of the Day: Online finance hiring up 28% in March

It rose sharply from 12% in the previous month.

Three in five C-suite executives feel they lack expertise: poll

Years of experience spell little difference between the confidence levels of senior execs and newcomers.

Only 17% of employees satisfied with learning opportunities from company: survey

Two in five employees have resigned from a company that didn't deliver L&D opportunities they expected.

Over a third of employees intend to resign: survey

Four in ten cited limited career path as the top reason for leaving.

Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy transferred from SAL to SMU

It has been restructured as a research centre under the university.

1 in 3 bosses demoted an employee

Failure in a new role accounts for 46% of demotions.

Chart of the Day: Employees on short work-week more than doubled to 900 in Q1

Four in five were from the manufacturing sector. This chart from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) shows that employees on short work-week more than...

Retrenchments grew to 3,230 in Q1 over manufacturing cutbacks

High costs and industry downturn prompted more retrenchments.

Civil servants to receive 0.45 month mid-year bonus in July

Around 1,400 civil servants will also benefit from a higher one-off lump sum payment.

Sembcorp's waste management arm partners with construction union to train workers

Some 700 SembWaste employees will undergo training programmes to keep up with industry transformation.

Daily Briefing: Government cuts private housing stock amidst oversupply; HSBC pumps up Singapore SME banking team

And SP Group and Gardens by the Bay unveiled a project to convert waste to by-products.

From pen to mobile devices: will there ever be a paperless school?

Disruptive and emerging technologies are changing the way we work and live today. This new wave of technologies is undoubtedly infiltrating the...

Online hiring for telecom and BPO roles up 39% in April

However, Singapore was outpaced by Malaysia with a 43% growth in online recruitment.