Deskera, Asia's cloud-based platform, is collaborating with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to develop future-ready manpower to help SMEs rise to the digitalisation challenge and raise productivity. As part of this co-operation, ITE students and staff will be trained to acquire digitalisation skills using Deskera's cloud-based Integrated Business...
According to HR consulting firm Mercer’s 2019 Global Talent Trendsstudy, nearly all (94%) of executives in Singapore predict significant disruption in the next three years, compared to 25% in 2018. As executives focus on making their organizations “future-fit”, significant human capital risks – including the ability to close the skills...
The National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) has launched a closed portal for heads of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with modules specifically tailored for business owners and directors.
The portal is part of the existing platform U Leap, or Learning Enabled through Active Participation.
Since its...
A survey by recruitment firm CareerBuilder Singapore titled The Employer of Choice Survey 2018 has revealed that an increasing number of Singapore jobseekers are expressing interest in working for a startup. About 69 per cent of respondents are keen to do so - up from 59 per cent in...
In a first-of-its kind partnership, Southeast Asian eCommerce company Lazada Group is
partnering with higher education institutes and data analytics experts to jointly develop online
and offline training courses for entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to
become more efficient and cash in on the ecommerce boom.
Launched in 2012, Lazada is...
The last couple of years has seen increased focus among government & policymakers to ramp up Singapore's indigenous productive capabilities, especially those of its small and
medium businesses (SMEs).
In a report released in 2010, the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) - a government
committee set up to provide strategic direction for the...
In a first for Singapore, a shared small batch food manufacturing facility being set up by
Enterprise Singapore, JTC and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) aims to fill a gap in
the market for small batch production.
Small and medium food manufacturers often face hurdles such as a lack of facilities, costly
equipment,...
Small and medium enterprises are often daunted by the costs of developing workplace
learning capabilities. A new centre is aiming to build best practices in workplace learning
amongst SMEs in Singapore by bridging the gap between jobs and skills. Over 1,000
companies, particularly smaller enterprises, will be benefited by the centre. Grants...
