Despite the prominence of millennials in the workforce, a recent study commissioned by Epicor and conducted by MORAR Consulting found that only 19% of distribution business leaders said recruiting millennials was a "fairly significant" or "major" focus for their organizations.
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On 21 April 2020, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce announced that it would extend the circuit breaker period until 1 Jun 2020 (inclusive), and put in place enhanced circuit breaker measures minimally for a two-week period from 21 April 2020 until 4 May 2020 (inclusive).
Facebook Singapore – in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Marketing College and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) – will launch a series of training sessions via webinars to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, pivot their business operations and upskill workers to...
On 15 April 2020, the first tranche of payouts under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) began to be disbursed to over 140,000 employers. Totalling over $7 billion, the payouts will help to cover the wages of over 1.9 million local employees in Singapore.
NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB) has announced the launch of training pathways for Self-Employed Persons (SEPs) to acquire new competencies amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Each pathway provides a specific skill track that guides SEPs to proficiency into roles such as ‘COVID-19 Citizen Defender’, Healthcare Assistant, Java Developer and Security Officer.
Amid global health concerns over the rapid development and spread of COVID-2019, companies are closing physical offices and shifting to remote work arrangements.
Working from home has its fair share of benefits and challenges.
Potentially, there is a big adjustment factor as not everyone...
Which is more stressful – work or family? Whatever one answers, it’s clear that for many in today’s world, the stress is compounded by having to balance both work commitments and family life. A recent study by tech company Kisi ranked Singapore as 32 out of 40...
As the global war for talent continues, creating and delivering a great employee experience in the workplace has become a key area of interest for business leaders globally, with eight out of 10 (79%) believing it has business impact -- yet less than a third (28%) are...
On March 2, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) launched the SBF ManpowerConnect scheme as part of the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) temporary measure to help companies in the manufacturing and services sectors better manage their manpower needs in view of the COVID-19 situation. For a period of six months,...
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has partnered with the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) on 25 February 2020 to introduce a temporary scheme to help companies in the manufacturing and services sectors better manage their manpower needs in view of the COVID-19 situation. For a period of six...
