Posts Tagged ‘salary’
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 [...]
All I Want For Christmas: A Job (CNN Money 11 Oct)
All I want for Christmas: A job This holiday season, there will be more workers competing for fewer jobs. 'It'll be a sad Christmas for my kids,' said one job seeker. By Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.com staff writer Last Updated: October 11, [...]
You can run, but you can’t hide (Sunday Times 11 Oct)
You can run, but you can't hide Bad credit history will catch up with you, making it difficult to get mortgages or loans By Lorna Tan, Senior Correspondent Many people do not understand the importance of maintaining a good credit history. [...]
Career woman to pay maintenance to ex-hubby (Asiaone 8 Oct)
Thu, Oct 08, 2009 Diva Career woman to pay maintenance to ex-hubby In a case that saw the roles of husband and wife being reversed, a man has sought a monthly alimony of $3,000 from his former wife, a 45-year-old IT manager. According to [...]
Email from a jobless reader: philosophical dilemma (9 Oct)
Hi Mr Goh Was wondering if you could spare me a few moments of your time to help me with this philosophical phase of my dilemma:- Having gone through two "dry periods" in which I have been unable to find a job (10 months and now the ongoing [...]
Expat life is hardly a hardship (Today 9 Oct)
Expat life is hardly a hardship 05:55 AM Oct 09, 2009 by Tabitha Wang voices@mediacorp.com.sg LATELY, there have been rumbles about how Singaporeans feel like second-class citizens next to the nearly 1 million foreigners in the [...]
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 [...]
Costs worry bosses; workers happy (ST 26 Sep)
Costs worry bosses; workers happy By Nicholas Yong FORMER construction worker Wang Xiao Yong, 30, is pleased about new rules requiring employers to take out higher medical insurance coverage for their workers. 'Increased medical coverage [...]
How much is a burger worth? (ST 26 Sep)
How much is a burger worth? According to a recent UBS survey, Singaporeans can afford to buy less than what people in many other cities can because prices here have risen more than wages. Sue-Ann Chia and Alvin Foo examine the data and explain [...]
7 steps to finding a job online (CNN Money 17 Sep)
7 steps to finding a job online By Anne Fisher, contributor Last Updated: September 17, 2009: 12:16 PM ET NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Dear Annie: I have two questions for you. First, I graduated from a top engineering college in June and have been [...]
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 [...]
Turning the tide for job seekers (Today 23 Sep)
Turning the tide for job seekers North West CDC's PMET Club the latest initiative to boost morale, employment 05:55 AM Sep 23, 2009 by Lin Yan Qin BY the time they go to their Community Development Council (CDC) for help, they are usually [...]
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 [...]
