Posts Tagged ‘loss’
Las Vegas casino looking for S’pore gambler who owes almost $800K (ST 15 Oct)
Las Vegas casino looking for S'pore gambler who owes almost $800K By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent SHE is petite, medium-built and has black hair. That much is clear about the high-stakes gambler who chalked up huge losses at Harrah's [...]
Email from a retrenched reader: felt betrayed (15 Oct)
Dear Mr Goh, Many thanks for your encouragement in your web/ blog site. My name is Nick and have been just retrenched (07 Sep 2009). Not only was it unexpected, this job was introduced and recommended to me by my very good friend whom I have [...]
25 Things I Learned About Business from “Its Always Sunny” (Focus Editors)
Fans of FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia might chuckle at the idea of gleaning serious business advice from such a silly show. Between Frank’s bluntness and Deandra’s cluelessness, the characters are hardly captains of industry. But a [...]
Time to think (Food for thought)
TIME TO THINK Author Unknown October 8, 2009 My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed [...]
21 secrets to save on holiday (Best article)
Our insider’s guide to snagging the deepest discounts on hotels, airfare, cruises and more. The travel industry continues to smart from the recession, so deals abound. You just need to know where to look. Search no further than our 21 tips to [...]
Wanted: Non-Singaporean (The Star 3 Oct)
ASIAONE / BUSINESS / NEWS / OFFICE / STORY Sat, Oct 03, 2009 The Star/Asia News Network Wanted: Non-Singaporean By Seah Cheang Nee AN ELECTRONICS firm that advertised last week for a 'preferably non-Singaporean' engineer has added fuel [...]
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, [...]
Job seekers in their 30s need reality check (Sunday Times 27 Sep)
Job seekers in their 30s need reality check Experts advise lowering pay expectations as jobless rate for those in 30-39 age group goes up By Shuli Sudderuddin When Ms Cindy Lim was retrenched from her job in logistics in April, she realised [...]
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 [...]
