Archive for June, 2009
Email From a Reader Seeking Support
Hi Gilbert. Thanks for all the work for the job seekers, it's really helpful of you. I lost my job in July last year and have been searching for one since April 08 (when company announced closing the Sing office) but to no avail. It’s [...]
Top 7 Keys To Avoid Inaction After Losing Your Job (Top7business)
Top 7 Keys to Avoid Inaction After Losing Your Job By Dr. Sander Marcus Losing one's job is often one of the most traumatic events in any person's life, and can have an immediate and devastating impact on one's social, emotional, [...]
Recognise your negative thinking pattern (MSN)
By Izzie Knolles Recognise your negative thinking patterns Do you automatically think "I'm useless” if you do something wrong, or assume that if your neighbour ignores you, she must hate you? These [...]
Impact of recession: Marital Woes up (My Paper 30 June)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 my paper Impact of recession: Marital woes up by Chreyl Lim THE recession is taking its toll on marriages as worries about finances and job security spiral into disagreements and fights. Counsellors my paper spoke to [...]
Breaking News: Fans commit suicide after MJ’s death (news.com.au)
MICHAEL Jackson's death has reportedly led at least a dozen people to kill themselves worldwide while Australians seek help from a suicide prevention hotline. Some callers to Lifeline Australia, which speaks to about 50 suicidal people each day, [...]
Employers morely likely to interview those with Anglo-Saxon names (The Australian)
EMPLOYERS are far less likely to interview a person with a Chinese, Middle Eastern or Aboriginal name for a job even if their CV is identical to someone with an Anglo-Saxon name. And Sydney bosses discriminate more than those in Melbourne or [...]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea may be signs of heart attack (Today 30 June)
Health News Obstructive Sleep Apnea may be signs of heart attack By Alicia Wong, TODAY | Posted: 30 June 2009 0855 hrs Excessive daytime sleepiness, morning headaches and an inability to concentrate - these may not seem like early warning [...]
Are leaders born or made? (ST 30 June)
June 30, 2009 NATURE VS NURTURE Are leaders born or made? By Richard Arvey, For The Straits Times LOOKING at leaders of the past few decades, we notice that many are undeniably charismatic and have a strong sense of identity and [...]
My ST Online Story – Help Singaporeans stay home by helping the over-40s (ST 30 June)
Online Story Help Singaporeans stay home by helping the over-40s I REFER to last Saturday's report, 'Migrating Singaporeans'. I live in Sydney and feel that Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's speech needed a response from those who live [...]
Number of PMET job seekers rises 123% in South West CDC District (CNA 29 June)
Number of PMET job seekers rises 123% in South West District By Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 June 2009 1649 hrs SINGAPORE: The number of Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) seeking jobs has gone up by 123 [...]
Two more swine flu deaths in Victoria (AAP 29 June)
Two more swine flu deaths in Victoria AAP June 29, 2009 02:50pm TWO Victorian men with underlying medical conditions have died after also contracting swine flu. The deaths of the men, aged 50 and 85, bring Australia's tally of swine [...]
Online Story: Singaporeans too fussy, so ease up on hiring quota (ST 29 June)
Online Story Singaporeans too fussy, so ease up on hiring quota THE new Ministry of Manpower (MOM) guidelines on work permit quota entitlements introduced on June 1 are causing distress and confusion among many employers like me. Under [...]
Migration: Strong winds, deep roots (ST 28 June)
SM Goh urges schools to help students retain their emotional bonds to Singapore SINGAPORE, 28 June 2009 - MORE than one in five of the top students from the 1996-1999 A level graduating cohorts are not working in Singapore today. And of those [...]
Bullying bosses return as downturn bites (The Sunday Telegraph 28 June)
Bullying bosses return as downturn bites By Miawling lam and Carly Hennessy The Sunday Telegraph June 28, 2009 12:01am THE domineering bosses of the 1950s have reappeared in Australian workplaces because of recession [...]
IRs snap up casino-course students (Sunday Times 28 June)
IRs snap up casino-course students Some private schools offering such courses say most students have landed IR jobs By Mavis Toh Sceptical eyebrows were raised when private schools rolled out casino-related courses in the lead-up to the [...]
