HR & Education

Is Singapore's demographic a ticking time bomb for businesses?

This generation is living longer than ever before. In Singapore, life expectancy at birth for men is 80 and women is 85 (as of 2015). This is compared...

Prudential scraps retirement age for employees

The statutory retirement age of 62 is quite still far from Singapore's average lifespan of 83.1.

Almost half of employees in Singapore not satisfied with workload compensation

Employee engagement in Singapore continued to decline over the last three years.

NUS launches new full term scholarship for entrepreneurship

It will include up to $50,000 seed funding for graduates.

Hefty paychecks await web developers in Singapore, but where are the jobs?

The Lion City lags behind in terms of demand for developers compared to Indonesia.

NUS loses crown as Asia's best university

Singapore’s premiere university lost by just a mere 0.4 ppt to Tsinghua in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

People powered future: Why we all need to champion tomorrow's talent

Singapore is facing an inherent 30% talent shortage, particularly in the industries of Fintech, where the government set the goal of adding 1,000 jobs...

Online hiring up 3% in July

Jobs relating to cybersecurity, compliance, and analytics are in demand.

Hiring intentions remain positive across seven sectors in Q4

But a measly 16% of firms are looking to add manpower.

6500 workers hired in H1 but long term unemployment rises: MOM

The construction and manufacturing sectors contracted its employment growth.

MOM has no jurisdiction over employment agencies abroad: Zaqy Mohamad

It cannot regulate overseas agencies that charge more than the maximum agency fees.

Over 500 complaints filed for failure to issue mandatory itemised payslips

MoM has notified 1,200 employers to fix their payslip practices.

Singapore's flexible working revolution – on paper only?

It’s been almost a year since Singapore’s Ministry for Manpower launched the Tripartite Standard on Flexible Working Arrangements. Arguably enough...

Demand for data scientists in Singapore surged 17 times: LinkedIn

India continues to be a top source of these talents migrating to the city.