Posts Tagged ‘experience’
Expats like life here; mixing with locals, less so (Today 15 Dec)
Expats like life here; mixing with locals, less so 05:55 AM Dec 15, 2009 SINGAPORE - When it comes to giving expatriates a feel-good experience, Singapore has all the crisp processes and hardware - from the ease of setting up a utilities [...]
Email From A Helpful Reader
Hi Gilbert I've often come across your letters to the forum, and recently stumbled upon Transitioning.Org. I hope things are fine with you. I work as a professional headhunter, and while I may not have experienced unemployment or [...]
How to Thrive (or survive) After the First Year of Marriage Letter (Marriage Builders)
How to Thrive (or Survive) After the First Year of MarriageLetter #1Introduction: The first year of marriage can be so painful that divorce seems like the only escape. That's why more people divorce in the first year of marriage than any [...]
Playing the China card (Sunday Times 6 Dec)
Invest Home > Invest > Story Dec 6, 2009 small change Playing the China card Spooked by S-chips? There are other ways to gain exposure to the fast-growing mainland market By Goh Eng Yeow Spotting a promising firm and [...]
Canada, Australia ranked best places for expats (Reuter 26 Nov)
Canada, Australia ranked best places for expats Reuters - Thursday, November 26 Send IM Story Print CANBERRA - Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found [...]
How to spot a fake certificate (The New Paper)
How to spot a fake certificateJust comparing copies to so-called originals is probably not enough. -TNP Sat, Nov 28, 2009 The New Paper By Larry Haverkamp HOW does one check up on a person's academic credentials? In Asia, the most common [...]
The latest entrepreneurial fantasy is selling cupcakes (New York Times 25 Nov)
Lovely Confections Bakery in Denver has to sell 2,800 cupcakes a month to cover expenses. Move over restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts. A new fantasy seems to have taken hold for people who long to own their own business: the cupcakery. Skip [...]
Financial help for debt (Jason Holmes)
Title : Financial help for debt Debt consolidation is a debt relief option that has helped many debtors to get out of debt and enjoy a debt free life. You can derive benefits from debt consolidation too provided you are serious about [...]
Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? (ST 27 Nov)
Nov 27, 2009 Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? A fresh controversy over second language policy has erupted with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks that the Government had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years. Did it [...]
Savouring the taste of success (ST 26 Nov)
A CLOSE bond formed by a group of students while studying overseas has blossomed into one of the most successful restaurant chains in Singapore. Mr Andrew Chan, 35, Ms Anna Lim, 34, and Mr Benedict Leow, 36, met while studying in Perth at [...]
Chefs get poached (Sunday Times 22 Nov)
The chance to work in various F&B disciplines and 'orchestrate a group of chefs' was what made Mr John Sloane (foreground) leave his post as executive chef at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services Catering to be the vice-president of F&B [...]
Older workers are like fine wine (My Paper 20 Nov)
Business @ AsiaOne Older workers are like fine wine Older workers' experience could never be replaced by cheaper, younger graduate hires. -myp Fri, Nov 20, 2009 my paper I APPLAUD the proposal by the Government to give a [...]
Dad, son fell to death (ST 18 Nov)
Nov 18, 2009 Dad, son fell to death By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent A 36-YEAR-OLD senior database administrator who fell to his death with his seven-year-old son left various suicide notes to family members and close friends. A [...]
Introduction To My New Blog Steadymarriages.com
I started this blogsite with the intention to provide a platform for people in difficult marriages to network and hopefully find rpossible esources to iron out their differences with their spouses. One in three marriages in Singapore will [...]
62 and not re-hired: One-off payment proposed (ST 17 Nov)
62 and not re-hired: One-off payment proposed Draft guidelines give companies flexibility to offer re-employment By Kor Kian Beng ON TURNING 62, a Singapore worker can expect his company to offer him continued employment under a [...]
