All posts tagged "jobs"
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625HeadlinesMore than 60% of Workers in Singapore Made to Work Longer Hours than Stated in their Contracts
About 82 per cent of professionals in Singapore say they are working more hours than what is stipulated in their contracts. Nearly...
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449Cow Beh Cow Bu
Real Pay of University and Polytechnic Grads Dipped over Past 6 Years
We refer to the Ministry ofManpower’s (MOM) Yearbook of Manpowe Statistics 2014, The median gross monthly starting salary of university graduates in...
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450Headlines
Single Mom in Singapore: Help, I Can’t Find a Job and a Home
My name is Nur. I’m turning 32 this month and I’m a single mother of a 5-year-old girl. She was born out...
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497Cow Beh Cow Bu
The Biggest Office Evil We Just Can’t Shun
You might envy the serene workers at Daimler, the German automaker. On vacations, employees can set their corporate email to “holiday mode.”...
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527Letters
More Technical Degrees Rather Than Blind Paper Chase Please!
VICTOR ONG: Singaporeans are a realistic people. And while the success stories of non-graduates in the news recently were inspiring, these may...
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621Cow Beh Cow Bu
Change in Employer’s Mindset Needed, Or All this “Equal Opportunities” Talk is Hot Air
SURESH: The government and the Ministry of Education deserve praise for their ASPIRE recommendations. But without opportunities, polytechnic and ITE graduates won’t...
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476Kopi Politics
SDP: Why Singaporeans are Losing Trust in the PAP
In his 2014 National Day Rally, PM Lee Hsien Loong stressed that having relevant and deep skills rather than degrees can lead...
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5791Headlines
“Sexually Harrassed Six Time in Two Weeks, So I Resigned”
STELLA: I recently joined Ink Singapore, two weeks ago, as a TAD Controller but I have resigned. Within this role, I report...
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482Headlines
Poor Students Struck with More Debt Pursuing Better Paper Qualifications: SPP
The Singapore People’s Party is urging the Singapore government not to merely highlight the successes of some non-graduates, while overlooking the plight...
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576Headlines
Young, Jobless and at a Dead End in the Singapore Job Market
RADIAH: I’m in my mid-twenties and currently feeling down and struggling to find a job. I haven’t got a stable job for...
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619Headlines
Need Work? Try the National Job Bank
Singapore’s new job bank promises over 16-thousand jobs available only to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. It’s run by the Workforce...
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608Kopi Politics
The PAP’S Biggest Failure
In 2008, Mr Lee Kuan Yew told the media that “without [foreigners], the jobs will not be there to begin with.” Prime...
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541Singapore in Brief
President Tony Tan Promises to Strengthen Social Safety Nets
Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam has pledged to strengthen social safety nets, at the re-opening of parliament. It’s one of six...
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6081Kopi Politics
No Easing Foreign Labour: Lee Hsien Loong
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are concerned about manpower and hope that the government’s restriction on foreign workers will be relaxed, noted...
