HR & Education

Chart of the Day: Unemployment rate higher for lower-skilled workers

Lower-skilled Singaporeans are less internationally mobile and will be more affected when growth slows.

This is what drives Singaporean workers to have babies

3 in 10 said shorter 9am-5pm workdays will motivate them to procreate.

What you need to know about 800 Super's new subsidiary

Focus Learning Centre is principally engaged in providing job training and vocational rehabilitation services.

Singaporeans, most Asians confident in job-hopping

72% say they'll snag the same or better position when switching employers.

Banking sector still the hottest industry to work in

4 in 10 graduates dream of working in banking services.

Asia moves towards the third place

The office worker of 2012 is straddling two different time zones. On the one hand, 21 st century technology lets them work anywhere. On the other...

Singaporeans refuse to be friends with bosses online

2 in 3 workers exclude bosses in their virtual social circle.

Surviving cut-throat business competition

Competition is borderless and without boundaries across different businesses and segments.

7 ways to kick business failure out of the way

The truth is that you cannot train entrepreneurs. Singaporean educational and governmental institutions have tried but you cannot teach someone the...

Here's how to hunt for ethical employees

Employers in Singapore now view a candidate’s ethical behaviour as a non-negotiable when they recruit. And this desire for ethically sound candidates...

Daily briefing: SingTel fined $380,000, students’ take on PSLE

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including the first ever million dollar HDB flat.

These are the people who vow to manage Raffles Education's business risks

Raffles Education has made its own Risk Management Committee.

Here's why young Singaporeans won't freak out in retirement

Male and female workers will hit 71%, 63% IRR through savings.

Raffles Education mulls land buy for Raffles American School

The company intends to acquire the 45-acre land to construct and develop the Raffles American School in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Singapore's top financial leaders burdened with risk reduction woes

Almost 3 in 10 prioritize risk management than business growth.