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Leader of the Opposition and Worker's Party leader Pritam Singh warned that there could be 2 Singapores if social stratification continues.

"Nursing (…) is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him." Florence Nightingale, a nurse and the founder of modern nursing, encapsulates the essence of what being a nurse entails - to care, heal, and serve the sick to ensure the best possible outcome for them. With a rising ageing population, the demand for...

The Singapore government has announced that Singapore will continue to tighten its work pass criteria for foreign employees gradually and this means that we can expect further tightening measures to be introduced in 2022. We often work with companies in different sectors which rely on foreign talent in various degrees, and we take this opportunity to share our thoughts on how companies can prepare for and plan their talent strategy in the year ahead.

Jeffrey Chiam, Global Head of HR, on the banks future-oriented strategy which includes pushing out bite-sized learning content and expanding colleagues access to digital libraries for self-directed learning.

Just as we thought we’d beat Covid-19, 2021 started smelling a lot like 2020. With new restrictions on gathering sizes and the outlawing of dining out, many businesses and workers have been left floundering. The Covid-19 Recovery Grant (CRG) is a government scheme to help those who have lost income or jobs. There’s also a one-off Covid-19 Recovery Grant —...

Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 27 January 2021 – Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) is partnering JTC and e2i, electronics companies, academia, to launch a series of new initiatives to attract and retain talent, as well as make the electronics sector an attractive environment to work in. Even as many sectors scaled back in 2020, the electronics and semiconductor industry remains resilient. It continues to create good job opportunities and offer a va...

January 20, 2021 Losing your job at 60 could mean an early retirement. But not for Becky Chang. She lost no time in hunting for a new job. When her former company, a port and shipping agency operator, started trimming its workforce in recent years, the business unit manager had an inkling that she would be let go next. Soon enough, the company announced that her division was closing at the end of January 2020. Having worked more than 30 years in the shipping industry, Becky couldve called it a ...