Amid the COVID-19 downturn, employees’ adaptive skills top the list of workforce competencies that employers in Singapore consider critical to surviving the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. This is one of the key findings in the recent NTUC LearningHub's Employer Skills Survey report. The survey, which was conducted during the...
Workers in Asia Pacific are facing increased burnout due to lack of separation between work and personal life as well as worry of contracting COVID-19, according to Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index report, focussing on employee wellbeing. On average, close to one third of workers in Asia Pacific cited increased rates of...
Aon plc, in partnership with IPSOS, has released a survey that confirms the link between employee wellbeing and company performance. Aon's 2021 Global Wellbeing Survey found that improvements to employee wellbeing within a company directly impact customer satisfaction and retention. While wellbeing performance overall has a direct connection to a strong and...
As businesses continue to adapt to COVID-19 measures with dynamic work from home arrangements, company leaders have turned to virtual means of catering to their employees’ tastes and needs. Tapping into its data, Deliveroo for Work (DfW), the corporate arm of Deliveroo, reveals increased usage for their offerings tailored towards...
The Singapore economy has entered a new phase of growth. Despite ongoing COVID-19 limitations and supply chain disruptions, Singapore's GDP expanded by 7.6 per cent in 2021, a strong rebound from the 4.1 percent contraction in 2020.  A similar trend of growth and recovery is seen with local SMEs with...
Ivanti has announced the results of its State of the Digital Employee Experience (DEX) study where it worked with global digital transformation experts and surveyed 10,000 office workers, IT professionals and the C-Suite to evaluate the level of prioritisation and adoption of DEX in organisations and how it shapes...
With an increasingly competitive talent marketplace, new approaches toward management styles are necessary for organisations to cope with changes in the workplace. One of the approaches is coaching, a skill every business leader should have, according to almost all survey respondents (54% of respondents strongly agree and 44% of them...
Aon plc has published its 2022-2023 Global Wellbeing Survey, which – among other key findings – shows that improving employee wellbeing factors can enhance company performance by at least 11 percent and up to 55 percent. There is a relationship between wellbeing and a sustainable working life, which can impact company performance....
IR has revealed research that shows that more than 25% of IT professionals waste more than one full work day per week managing needless tasks. This time crunch effectively means IT teams end up as the 'fire-department' of an organization, reactively dealing with disgruntled end users and wasting time fixing...
Aon plc has released the global and regional findings from its 2023 Salary Increase and Turnover Study. The survey revealed that salaries in Malaysia are expected to remain flat in 2024.While salaries in Malaysia and Singapore are expected to stay flat at 5.0 percent and 4.0 percent respectively, the survey found...