After surviving the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and facing a global economic recession, what is the best strategy to ensure development goals are met in a country like Malaysia? The answer: nurture new technological skills in the workforce to ensure the country remains digitally...
G-P has announced the findings of its fourth annual Global Employee Survey. Exploring the overall sentiments, professional interests, and career goals of modern workers from a variety of regions across the world, the study found that while the majority of today’s workforce is happy at their current jobs–...
Media intelligence agency, Truescope Singapore (a Dataxet partner company) has released their latest whitepaper on workplace discrimination in Singapore for 2022. As part of their analysis, a total of 7,442 comments from netizens were extracted and analysed, allowing Truescope to take a deeper look into the most prevalent...
On Q Recruitment, a specialist Life Sciences recruitment agency, has released their annual Job Satisfaction & Salary Report for the Life Sciences sector in Australia with a number of interesting observations. The 2022 report has been collated with data from over 1,800 life sciences professionals. In spite of...
A study by Unispace has found that employees' new working preferences have created an immediate need for firms to re-think their real estate footprint. Today, with over 60% of employees choosing to work remotely or in a hybrid way, rather than commute to city centres five...
Singapore businesses are approaching 2023 with greater caution as manpower challenges and increased costs emerge as key areas of concern. According to the Singapore Business Federation’s latest National Business Survey (NBS) 2022/2023, almost all businesses report facing manpower issues, especially those related to manpower...
Retailers in Singapore are grappling with shortage of manpower, with 9 in 10 retail employees either 'somewhat agreeing' (48%) or 'strongly agreeing' (45%) that there is a manpower shortage. Hence, retailers need to address the concerns of the workforce, with 2 in 5 (44%) retail employees...
New research found that 91% of Singapore employers – the highest globally – struggle to keep employees engaged in their duties, with more than half saying boring and inefficient office tasks are the primary obstacle to productivity. The report by Laiye, an intelligent automation solutions provider, surveyed 1,300...
A global study by Workday has found that there is a prevalent lack of a strategic approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. For markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong, the study also revealed that there...
WorkForce Software has released the findings of its 2nd Annual Workforce Experience Gap study. Perception gaps narrowed between employers and employees when comparing the results to last year's findings, which revealed stark discrepancies between the quality of the work experience that organizations believe they are providing and what employees perceive they are...