Aon plc has released the results of a new global pulse survey focused on how companies are rethinking their human capital strategies in response to the humanitarian and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has forced companies to evaluate employees...
In September 2020, the SBF-Experian SME Index for 4Q20 – 1Q21F registered an overall reading of 46.3, based on data collected between July and August 2020, the lowest reading since the inception of the SME Index (“the Index”) in 2009. This index, a joint...
The CFA Institute has released results from a survey conducted on the career outlook of more than 15,000 current university students and recent graduates aged 18 – 25 years old from 15 markets, including Australia, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan, and Singapore in the Asia Pacific region.
Rapid developments in the semiconductor industry have their downside: well-working equipment ends up in landfills prematurely due to technology obsolescence. This, according to Roger Poh, Director, J316, is the gap his homegrown company addresses, finding ‘new homes’ for these equipment through their extensive network of customers.
Deloitte China CFO Program conducted the second issue of 2022 China CFO Survey in September with the theme "CFO leadership in the age of digital intelligence". The respondents are CFOs from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR.Economic statistics to date show that China's economy is...
Singapore businesses expect weakened economic conditions in the next 12 months as increased business costs emerge as top concern. However, employment outlook remains positive, with a significant majority of Singapore businesses expecting no change or an increase in the manpower in the next 12...
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, companies are decidedly more pessimistic about the global economy than their own prospects, according to a new study released by the Economist Intelligence Unit on 24 April 2020. This study, the Global Business Barometer (GBB), supported by...
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many tuition and coaching centers were forced to shut down or switch to online avenues overnight. Many tuition centers started online classes using video telephony and online chat services and managed to survive somehow. However, in the long run, without...
EngageRocket, has announced The State of Employee Experience 2021 report in collaboration with the Institute for HR Professionals (IHRP) and the Singapore HR Institute (SHRI). This follows from their inaugural report last year. By leveraging aggregated and anonymised data from thousands of employees’ survey...
Digital adoption alone is no longer enough to meet business objectives and drive profits, according to new research from Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), the thought leadership and research arm of Infosys. The study reveals that companies must now use digital to differentiate beyond traditional IT...