According to a DBS poll, manpower issues continue to challenge Singaporean SMEs. In such a lean environment, the additional consideration of employees’ National Service (NS) commitments may seem like an additional burden. However, Zingrill Pte. Ltd., commonly known as Seoul Garden Group Pte Ltd,...
Ask any human resources guru and they are likely to say unequivocally that employee engagement, or the degree to which workers immerse themselves in performing their jobs, is key to organisational success. Employees who are high in job engagement are described as being "fully...
Wendong Li, Associate Professor at the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School teamed up with seven other academics to examine whether taking on a leadership role -- along with the added job responsibilities -- can actually change people's personality traits. 
In May 2021, JobKred, a Singapore-based AI-powered skills intelligence startup, teamed up with the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) to launch a 90-Day Training Needs Analysis (TNA) programme. This programme aims to help employers be nimble and embrace new ideas to transform their workplace,...
As upskilling tops the business agenda for companies in Singapore, seven in ten (68%) Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) employers say that they require more support in the form of training resources. One in two (50%) of SME employers cite 'the lack of budget' as the key...
According to the Monster Employment Index, a broad monthly analysis of online job posting activity conducted by Monster India, both Philippines and Malaysia are witnessing growth in e-hiring Based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large, representative...
As the global economy enters the post COVID-19 pandemic phase, companies need to adopt new business strategies and prioritise employee upskilling and reskilling to stay competitive in the new environment. However, employee sentiment towards the importance of learning and development (L&D) has dipped from...
Wagestream, as part of its Financial Inclusion Action Plan, has launched the inaugural Australian State of Employee Financial Wellbeing Report in a bid to identify how Aussie workers' skyrocketing cost of living pressures can be eased. The report is one of the largest pieces of research...
IR has revealed research that shows  the enormous time wasted by IT professionals managing multiple tools in a UC&C environment. The IT Time Crunch research indicates that when multiple monitoring and troubleshooting tools are in the UC&C mix, IT practitioners spend the most time troubleshooting issues...
A majority of business leaders (81%) find it difficult to fill job roles due to talent shortage with relevant skills, in contrast to 78% in 2021 and 72% in 2020. To address this talent crunch, over three in four business leaders (20% very likely, 58% somewhat likely)...