Archive for March, 2009
Survivor Series No 12: How To Stay Lean In This Down Time
How to stay lean in this down time This statement is, I am afraid, easier say than done. The basic necessities such as groceries, bills, food stuff still need to be paid and these items are must-have expenditure. You can’t delay too long on [...]
Redundancy For The Men: Losing Traditional Values (Times Online)
With more men losing their jobs, men now face massive pressures both at home and the work place. Click here to read full article
Email From A Retrenched PMET
Hi Gilbert I really appreciate and thank you for your Portal which gives some meaning and motivation to us. I really respect & appreciate your doind it. Just to share my situation. At present, I am working as a part-time in this organiztion. I [...]
How To Find Personal Success Everyday (Beliefnet)
How to find personal success everyday: - Click here to read the full article
Creating A Resume That Will Grab Recruiters (Los Angeles Times)
Creating a resume that will grab recruiters: Click here to read full article
Support Group Meeting on 27 Mar 09
The support group session took off on 27 Mar (Fri) with 8 participants with equal representation by both gender. Most of us are in our early 40s to late 50s. We generally had a good time of sharing and strengthening with one another. Most [...]
Creating Jobs (Tan Kin Lian Blog)
Creating jobs We are now in an economic recession. More workers will be retrenched. There will be a bigger pool or unemployed people and first time job seekers competing for a diminishing number of new jobs. We need an innovative way to [...]
Undergrads willing to work for free (Singapore Retrenchment Blog)
FACED with an increasingly tight job market, undergraduates here are lowering their expectations and saying ‘yes’ to unpaid internships in a bid to land a good job. Usually they are paid a stipend or allowance when they intern. Graduates [...]
16 Ways To Make the Best Of Your Laid Off Situation (HR World)
Read the 16 ways to make the best of your laid off situation: Click here to read full article
Announcement: Support Group and Networking Activities
Our support group and networking activities will be carried out on this week. The support group will be held on 27 Mar (Fri) at 3pm. Participants should have receive the invitation already via email. Registration is closed for this session. Do [...]
Survivor Series No 11 – Create A Timetable During Unemployment
Create A Timetable – You Have Too Much Time To Spend During Unemployment Written by : Gilbert Goh After idling around for six months and feeling really depressed with all the free time available, I decided to create a time table to fill up [...]
Shunning Service jobs reveal a spoilt mindset (ST forum 24 Mar)
I READ with deep concern last Tuesday's article, 'Singaporeans shun jobs in service sector'. Relatively low pay is just one small factor that keeps many Singaporeans, younger ones especially, away from such jobs. The real underlying reason is [...]
Tutoring, temp work can pay off (ABC News, 17 Mar)
Tutoring, temp work can pay off (ABC News): Click here to read the full article
Excellent Ways To Handle Stress In Your Life (Self Help Zone)
Read some excellent ways to handle stress in your life (self help zone): Click here for the full article
Straits Times Article On Our Services (Asia One 21 Mar)
Straits Times has featured an article on us and appeared in Asia One dated 21 Mar: Click here for the full article
