Posts Tagged ‘workplace’
HR changes in the past decade (HR Online)
Jan 4, 2010 HR changes in the past decade Benefits, revised notions of work are among the concepts that have evolved quietly REVISIONS to the notion of work and the evolution of benefits are two workplace concepts that have quietly [...]
Why you should embrace that contract (Today)
Why you should embrace that contract 05:55 AM Dec 19, 2009 by Richard Hartung voices@mediacorp.com.sg For many workers the data may be unnerving. Instead of an increase in permanent employment, what's actually rising is contract [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My ST Forum Online Letter: Let’s strive for a kinder and softer society (19 Nov)
ST Forum Home > ST Forum > Online Story Nov 19, 2009 Let's strive for a kinder and softer society I APPLAUD the initiative by the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) last weekend to push for a kinder society. I hope each of [...]
Working less now to work longer later (Sunday Times 15 Nov)
Shefali Rekhi Working five days a week and retiring in your 60s is the norm in many societies. But leading researchers of life expectancy at the Ageing Research Centre of the University of Southern Denmark are calling for a change. A study [...]
100 Skills You Should Learn (for free) While You’re Unemployed (Amber Johnson)
100 Skills You Should Learn (for Free) While You’re UnemployedBeing unemployed is depressing, frustrating and incredibly worrisome. But in addition to sending out resumes, there are some other practical ways you can spend your time. From learning [...]
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 [...]
Recessions may be good for your health (China Daily 29 Sep)
NEW YORK - Economic downturns may not be good for your bottom line but they might be a boon to your health, according to a study on health trends during the 20 years around the Great Depression. Researchers from the University of Michigan found [...]
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 [...]
