HR & Education

Game on: How Singapore can score in global sports events management

In the past decade, Singapore has played host to many high-profile events such as the annual Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, the...

Singapore unemployment climbs 2.1% in June

While 5,500 workers were made redundant in Q2.

Sales and Marketing get it, so why not HR?

Conventional sales wisdom is no longer contemporary; it's been around for a decade or two (depending on who you are). A while ago there was an...

National Library Board: Building social capital

The National Library Board (NLB) was formed in 1995 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Information and the Arts to oversee matters related to...

Strategic planning, career growth, and the Singapore PME

Recently, I read with interest an article published by SBR on 15 July that strategic thinking ranks as the highest skill a CFO needs to acquire. This...

Strategic thinking tops ranking of urgently needed skills for CFOs

As financial steward tasks occupy CFOs’ time less.

Current Singaporean workers expect to save longer for retirement, says survey

Citizens are insufficiently informed about retirement, the survey added.

Where are the hot jobs in audit, risk, and compliance in Singapore?

Professionals involved in the first, second, and third lines of defence have been in great demand, particularly within banking and financial...

Layoffs to ramp up in H2 amid market’s cautious business outlook

Retail, manufacturing sectors are paticularly vulnerable.

Cybersecurity experts enjoy 15% salary bump as demand soars

Some professionals can earn up to $200,000 per month.

Why background screening is the last thing you should worry about

Picture this: you finally land an interview with the company of your dreams, making it seem like all the time and effort taken to put together your...