Daily Briefing: Choosing between HDB and bank loans; UOB launches internal digital skills training

And here are some reasons why most employees quit.

From The Motley Fool:

For new Housing and Development Board (HDB) homeowners, choosing how to finance your home can be a daunting task. Besides the multitude of bank loan packages that are available to you, you can also choose to finance your home with an HDB loan.

To save you the trouble of digging through the dirt, I have decided to summarise some of the key advantages of both these options. These will be split over two articles.

In this first article, I will look at the advantages of an HDB loan before diving into the considerations of a bank loan in the second article.

Read more here.

From MoneySmart via Yahoo! Finance:

Ever worked in a company where all your colleagues quit en masse, nobody wanting to be the last man standing and saddled with the work of his departed colleagues?

In these situations, there’s usually a common thread: the employer is left scratching his head wondering why the hell everyone walked out, eventually rationalising that the employees left due to greed or personal reasons.

Meanwhile, all the employees know very, very well why they quit. And it’s usually down to one of these four reasons.

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From Human Resources Online:

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has begun the first phase of its programme to strengthen the digital capabilities of its employees in Singapore, according to a media release. This Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) is an addition to UOB’s existing suite of technology-based training programmes.

As part of this, customer-facing employees will undergo the training programme to deepen their digital skills in areas such as design thinking, customer journey design, channel management, and scenario analysis and planning.

Read more here.