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askST Jobs: How to stand out in job hunt upon graduation
In this series, Manpower Correspondent Calvin Yang offers practical answers to candid questions on navigating workplace challenges and getting ahead in your career.
askST Jobs: How to stand out in job hunt upon graduation
Q: My child entered university this year. I don't wish to stress her out, but I can't help but feel kiasu as her grades are average. What else can she do to stand out in the job hunt upon graduation?
askST Jobs: I heard a retrenchment exercise is coming. What can I do?
Q: I heard a retrenchment exercise is coming. I am worried but dare not broach the topic with my boss and co-workers. Help?
askST Jobs: My boss keeps picking on me and criticising my work. What can I do?
In this series, manpower correspondent Calvin Yang offers practical answers to candid questions on navigating workplace challenges and getting ahead in your career.
Airports dangle higher pay, better terms to deal with manpower shortage
As travel resumes after the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic, airports around the world are struggling to cope with a surge in passenger volume. The manpower shortage has forced a number of major airports to review the salaries and employment terms they are offering to applicants.
Hiring Sentiments for Q3 2022 and Talent Shortage Levels Reach Record-High Levels in Singapore: Latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey
- Singapore’s Net Employment Outlook is +40%, reaching its highest recorded level since we started tracking, with a previous high of +31% in Q4 2011.
- Employers in all 11 sectors anticipate positive headcount growth in Q3, with Banking, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate employers reporting the most competitive hiring intentions.
- Singapore’s talent shortage level also reaches its highest in 16...
Civil service pay rise can have 'ripple effect' on job market, say HR experts
The Public Service Division (PSD) said that the salaries of civil servants in generic schemes will be adjusted to “keep pace with the market”.
Majority of platform workers have no immediate plans to leave their jobs: Poll
About seven in 10 platform workers here joined the gig economy during the Covid-19 pandemic, a street poll by The Sunday Times has found. But only one in four of the 78 platform workers surveyed last month - 30 full-timers and 48 part-timers - have plans to leave the job within the year.
Manpower nightmare: F&B businesses offer higher pay to no or few takers, urge MOM to relook foreign labour policy
SINGAPORE — Mr Jeremy Cheok has just two requirements for anyone willing to work in the restaurant he founded: Two hands and two legs. Age, he said, is not a factor.
More women find work opportunities amid the pandemic
SINGAPORE - The Covid-19 pandemic may have affected livelihoods in many sectors, but it also appears to have opened up work opportunities for more women.