Is it true that all jobs offered in Singapore are not good jobs?
Singaporeans often complain that there are no good jobs for them, even though the Govt frequently pledges to create and match Singaporeans to jobs. However, is this claim true? According to MOM’s jobs situation report released last Wednesday, out of the 117,500 openings available in end-August, 85,330 were for PMET roles. Recently, it was announced […]
Stories to encourage – How Jeju Kitchen found opportunities during the Covid-19 downturn
Finding opportunities during a crisis. Local entrepreneur Jason Goh shares his story on navigating his F&B company out of the Covid-19 slump.
Stories to encourage: A jobseeker’s experience during Covid-19
A former Duty Free Singapore (DFS) employee, Jenry Chua, speaks to us and shared her experience job searching during Covid-19. She detailed her experience of seeking help from WSG and e2i Singapore, and shared her delight in how she landed a job quickly and smoothly.
We all wish we could solve the gender pay gap
An overview. Getting rid of the gender pay gap is easier said than done. Pay allocation and promotions vary between companies. An example would be. A common practice in multinational companies is to pay all employees in the same position the same salary, regardless of their work experience. Most companies, however, do not assess pay […]
What to do if you are retrenched in a time of Covid-19
As more and more countries and companies are being impacted by Covid-19 which is proving to be a long term battle, news of retrenchment abounds. On 11 August 2020, it was announced that the Singapore economy contracted by 13.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the April to June quarter, worse than the 12.6 […]