Posts Tagged ‘colleague’
The meaning of life after retirement (Today 10 Oct)
The meaning of life after retirement 05:55 AM Oct 10, 2009 by Eveline Gan WORN out by his former stressful and hectic work life in the stockbroking industry, Mr See Chak Wah had initially looked forward to his retirement. But the novelty of [...]
Reflection of a typical Singaporean (The Have Nots)
(As this is written in Singlish, some of our foreign readers may not be able to understand it fully) REFLECTION OF A TYPICAL SINGAPOREAN (THE HAVE NOTS) I am Ong Ah Tee living in Kampong Chai Chee Life used to be simple and HAPPY I worked [...]
Lost your job? Here’s what to do (Readers Digest Oct 09)
(Our website www.transitioning.org was featured in this article below) Lost Your Job? Here's what to do by Chloë Bryan-Brown October 2009 Former hotel manager Simon Laurie joined a hotel and catering multinational when he was 25. “I [...]
Older Workers: Use Your Age to Your Advantage (Joe Turner)
Older Workers/Job-Seekers: Use Your Age to Your Advantage by Joe Turner While it's true that not all employers will be gung-ho about hiring, or even retaining, older workers in the coming years, the overall statistics might well be on your [...]
Living abroad isn’t always a bed of roses for families (Today 12 Oct)
Want a day in my expat life? Living abroad isn't always a bed of roses for families 05:55 AM Oct 12, 2009 by Celina Casillas Probyn I OFTEN read Tabitha Wang's articles and really enjoy them. Sometimes I relate easily, sometimes not so [...]
Dell closing US plant, cutting 900 jobs (CNA 8 Oct)
Dell closing US plant, cutting 900 jobs Posted: 08 October 2009 0617 hrs NEW YORK - US computer giant Dell announced on Wednesday that it was closing a desktop computer manufacturing plant in the United States next year and laying off some 900 [...]
Jobs credit scheme (ST 3 Oct)
Oct 3, 2009 JOBS CREDIT SCHEME Extend and sharpen this precision weapon By Tan Khee Giap, For The Straits Times THE Jobs Credit scheme (JCS), introduced in the Budget this year to encourage companies to retain headcount during the recession, [...]
Why China women choose to stay out of wedlock (China daily 18 Sep)
Why women choose to stay out of wedlock By Xu Xiaomin (China Daily) Updated: 2009-09-18 08:38 I am a shengnu, which literally means "left-over woman". It used to be a derogatory term, popular only in Shanghai, for unmarried women [...]
More than 100,000 employers to receive $890 million (Asiaone 22 Sep)
More than 100,000 employers to receive $890 million Tue, Sep 22, 2009 AsiaOne More than 100,000 employers, with whom about 1.4 million local workers are employed, will receive $890 million from the third payment of Jobs Credit on September [...]
She quit job as secretary to be a cabby (Asiaone 18 Sep)
She quit job as secretary to be a cabby For the sake of her three children, she switched jobs from being a secretary to a taxi driver. Her husband complimented her career move by becoming a taxi driver himself and they even became partners at [...]
Job interview cues that say “hire me” (New York Times 21 Sep)
Sep 21, 2009 WORKING LIFE Job interview cues that say 'hire me' No set rules but courtesy and common sense give applicants the edge NEW YORK: It is always fun to hear hiring managers recall the most boneheaded mistakes they have seen job [...]
How working parents can find jobs in a Recession (Business Week 16 Sep)
How Working Parents Can Find Jobs In a Recession Posted by: Lauren Young on September 16 Even if the recession is over, the outlook for job seekers remains bleak. I asked Tory Johnson (pictured here), who is chief executive officer of Women [...]
What it takes for foreigners to integrate in Singapore (Sunday Times 20 Sep)
What it takes for foreigners to integrate in S'pore By Radha Basu, Senior Correspondent At an in-house course a couple of months ago, a colleague voiced her deep apprehension about being crowded out of her 'own backyard'. At MRT stations and [...]
Email from a Singaporean PR (15 Sep)
I want to discuss the matter relating to foreign professional in Singapore. It seemed that local university students tend to face tougher competition once they graduate especially during this present recession. Some of the foreign [...]
The jobs that ate a family (The Daily Telegraph 19 Sep)
Gradma Di, left, daughter India, 11, mum Melissa Blackley, daughter Holly, 8, and dad John Anderson at home / John Fotiadis SYDNEY mother-of-two Melissa Blackley is so obsessed with work that she doesn't know what her children eat for lunch and [...]
