HR & Education

Warning: There will be job cuts

Warning: There will be job cuts

So which sectors expect to fire people in the next three months?

Informatics Education’s COO resigns

Ortega Valentine Philip steps down.

Raffles Education’s profit jumps 13% to S$16.9m in 1Q12

The group recorded a net gain of S$15.9m from the 50% sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Value Vantage.

Workaholic Singaporeans: 31% of employees stay late at work

The other 69 % are clock watchers who meticulously drop their work and rush out the door on time.

37 worksites slapped with stop work orders

Imagine the almost 2,000 violations discovered by the Ministry of Manpower in the first nine months of 2011.

Seizing opportunities for South East Asia's oil and gas industry

Since 2010, South-East Asia has consolidated its position as an important contributor to the global downstream market with Petronas’ recent...

Sectors with buoyant recruitment activity revealed

Despite global uncertainty our latest Hays Quarterly Report for the October-December quarter shows there are still a number of areas actively hiring...

Asia Pac employees to get 6.3% wage hike next year

But you’ll never guess which two countries forecast the highest wage hike of 12%.

Ready for your potential salary increase in 2012?

Well you'd better be as you’re bound to get more wage hike than your Hong Kong counterparts - isn’t that great?

Perils of a Young Manager (And what you can do about it)

During one of my career counselling sessions to a group of MBA students, almost every one of them would like to become a manager straight after their...

Are your employees projecting the right brand image?

Branding is vital for the success of every business, no matter how big or small. A strong corporate image is the foundation for your company's...

Turn that weakness into a strength

According to one of the world’s leading military strategist – Karl von Clausewitz – in war, the big army will beat the small army. This is known as...

What every CEO needs to know during the first 90 days

Two out of every five new CEOs fail in the first 18 months (HBR, January 2005).

Ways to achieve incredible organizational success

The New Realities An unprecedented number of workers from four generations – Traditionalist, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers – are working...

How to manage change projects the right way

With technology continually evolving and the marketplace constantly changing, it goes without saying that improvement projects are a necessity in...

How to get the most out of an underutilised talent pool

The world is rapidly becoming a smaller place, and in line with this, workplaces should be growing increasingly more diverse. A diverse workforce...