Mental well-being has been a forefront concern on the nation's agenda recently, with the outbreak of the pandemic highlighting the vulnerabilities of employees as they struggle with various stressors in the workplace.
Many employees believe that more can be done by their companies to...
As Singapore's economy continues to recover, companies are adopting the Agile approach in order to transform and adapt to the unpredictable business climate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than four in five (83%) of Singapore employers agree that the pandemic has accelerated the...
Results of the Aon plc 2021 Private Market Compensation survey have found that the cost of comparable talent in Singapore is significantly lower at both the Professional individual contributor and Managerial levels. The base salary of start-ups in Singapore compared to the U.S. is, on an average, 12% lower...
Trend Micro Incorporated has released results from a study that reveals Security Operations Centres (SOC) and IT security teams are suffering from high levels of stress outside of the working day—with alert overload a prime culprit.
According to the study, which polled 2,303 IT security...
As companies move into a COVID-19 endemic world, Human Resources (HR) will play a strategic function to ensure a smooth transition of the workforce and workplaces.
For that reason, 83% of HR leaders say that they are open to embracing digitalisation of HR processes....
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group), has published key findings from an inaugural study on youth employability in Asia Pacific. The three-week online study saw close to 950 responses from young people above 15 years of age across seven countries – Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,...
The pandemic has accelerated existing trends such as in remote work, e-commerce, and automation. COVID-19 has continued to disrupt labour markets globally since 2020. The short-term consequences were sudden and often severe: millions of people were furloughed or lost jobs, and others rapidly adjusted to working from...
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,...
Xero and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the global body for professional accountants, have extended their partnership to help future-proof Singapore’s next-generation of accounting professionals.
The partnership will continue to support ACCA Singapore members and students in strengthening their digital expertise to meet accounting...
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are manpower-lean, upskilling is one of the ways to optimise productivity especially amidst the pandemic.
However, according to NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB)'s recent Employer Skills Survey 2021, when asked about their intention to send their staff for training,...
