Posts Tagged ‘senior’
Crossing 50: Worries of a Working Heartlander (ST Forum 21 Oct)
Crossing 50: Worries of a working heartlander I REACHED 50 years of age recently. Crossing the half-century hurdle creates fresh hurdles. At this age, heartlanders like me are neither in the younger worker age group nor in the senior worker [...]
Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners To Turn To Shelters (New York Times 18 Oct)
Sheri West operated a shelter for homeless people, but last year she lost her home in Cleveland and had to sleep in her car. By PETER S. GOODMAN Published: October 18, 2009 CLEVELAND — The first night after she surrendered her house to [...]
Hope for all, regardless of faith (Sunday Times 18 oct)
SM Goh speaking to some of the booth operators at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church job fair yesterday. About 1,500 jobs were on offer from 20 employers from sectors such as health care, security and property. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM Former car [...]
Job seekers prefer newspaper ads (ST 12 Oct)
Oct 12, 2009 WORKING LIFE Job seekers prefer newspaper ads They find newspapers have more job ads, are up to date and are easier to search By Jessica Cheam A RECENT survey of Singapore's workforce has found that the newspaper medium is [...]
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. [...]
S’pore investors more risk averse (ST 10 Oct)
S'pore investors more risk-averse They also trust financial institutions less: Survey By Gabriel Chen The financial crisis has not shaken the confidence of Singaporeans in the Government and media, according to the Aviva survey. It also [...]
Eight elite Aussie unis in Top 100 (The Australian 8 Oct)
University Of Western Australia photo Eight elite Aussie unis in top 100 Luke Slattery | October 08, 2009 Article from: The Australian DESPITE a hammering in the Asian media over student safety, and fears for the higher education [...]
Lessons from get-rich courses (Sunday Times 4 Oct)
Oct 4, 2009 small change Lessons from get-rich courses Moneymaking classes can impart strategies but can't buy you time or teach self-discipline By Lorna Tan, Senior Correspondent It is difficult to ignore the many advertisements in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Equal job opportunities a myth? (My paper 24 Sep)
I HAVE been looking for jobs both in the private and government sector since I was retrenched at the start of the financial crisis. I sought help from my Member of Parliament, who advised me to lower my expectations and contact community [...]
Lest we become strangers in our own land (ST 24 Sep)
Lest we become strangers in our own land By Ngiam Tong Dow, For The Straits Times A CASE could be made that Singapore's transition from a British colony to an independent state was shaped by the Cold War. After all, Singapore achieved [...]
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 [...]
