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Singaporean Couple Prefers To Adopt A Kid To Tackle Low Birth Rate
Hi John, Thanks for participating in this online interview about the low birth rate here:- You have told me that both you and your wife have decided not to have any kids, why is this so? There are a few reasons why we choose not to have any [...]
7 Reasons Why We Must Implement Minimum Wage
As employers continued to cope with the recent unexpected 5% drop in their foreigner dependency ratio causing all kinds of manpower mayhew, there is also alot of online chatter about implementing minimum wages to resolve the pertinent manpower [...]
Childcare Centre Employer Looking For Local Teaching Staff In Beijing
Hi Gilbert, i came across your website today and find it very interesting and motivating for Singaporeans. I am a Singaporean living in Beijing and is in the process of setting up my own Pre-school and i would like to help [...]
Rosanna Chen: “Gen Y is like strawberry cake – appreciate life!”
Hi Rosanna, Thanks for taking part in another of our GEN Y online interview series. I knew that you have just recently completed an interview last month on "26-year-old lady PMET prefers to be single now". Being someone from the Gen Y [...]
How Filipino talents have taken us for a ride in Singapore!
Editor’s Note: This article has been editted slightly before posting. Note that the social media link below is a portal meant for Filipinos working in Singapore. As Singapore continues its relentless push for more foreign talents coming in to [...]
Estranged woman finding it tough to move on after divorce
Hi Gilbert, Thanks so much for your prompt reply. I’m not even sure where to begin so excuse me for the long story. I was married sometime in 1990s and during my confinement month, found some inappropriate smses in my husband’s hp. When I [...]
Female jobless PMET wants a career change to the social work sector
Hi Gilbert, Chanced upon your website recently. It definitely has been very insightful. I am currently unemployed because I quit my last job. I have been a pharmaceutical sales rep since I graduated. I graduated with Arts degree majoring [...]
Reader shared his pro-foreigner interview experiences
Dear Gilbert,It has really been an eye opener after surfing your website and reading the many 'sad' stories about how many PMET's have been left 'out in the cold' with the influx of foreign talent.Allow me to share my story which I hope you will [...]
Will jobless ex senior civil servant who earned $10,000/month before goes to jail for maintenance arrears tomorrow?
Editor's Note: I am glad to report that Shanmuga was able to raise $400 to pay off his maintenance arrears today when I visted him at the family court. He will need to pay off another $1100 in maintenance arrears on 29 March failing which he will [...]
Singaporean PMET: “Why I chose to live and work in the UK.”
Describe a bit about yourself e.g. personal particulars, educational qualification, work experience. I hold a Masters Degree from the UK along with a B.A. (Hons) degree from NUS. I work freelance as a sub-consultant and researcher for [...]
15 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get That Job
jjsays: March 11, 2012 at 2:11 am When one finds it hard to get a job or a satisfied job, it could be due to many reasons: 1) You might have enough experience and knowledge but some employers prefer to hire those fresh [...]
7 Manpower Issues I Wished Minister Of State Tan Chuan Jin Have Tackled
As I pondered through the several initiatives that the Ministry of Manpower has forwarded to Parliament few days ago, I was left wondering why the manpower Minister of State Mr Tan Chuan Jin never addresses the more pertinent ones that affect the [...]
Are we seeing more joblessness among the Generation Y group?
I have been receiving quite alot of mails lately from the jobless community but a few glaring things stood out during this period - they are all mostly men, in their 30s and also well educated. We have all along received daily mails [...]
Why Isn’t The Damaging Employment Pass Given A Quota Like The S-Pass?
Its still a mystery to me why our government has decided to all along restrict the influx of foreign workers by focusing on the semi-skilled S-Pass work permit system when the EP work permit category is more damaging to the employment [...]
Support group series on “Moving on after your divorce”
Dear Friends, I am the organiser of the support site for the divorced www.steadymarriages.com and thank you very much for writing in seeking support for your divorce matters. We are a small non profit team of volunteers who just want to [...]
