Category Archives: Singapore News

Singapore Airlines, Barclays, JP Morgan, ExxonMobil, Shell, Google most attractive employers

Swedish firm Universum conducts a survey amongst students in Singapore, in order to reveal their views of the best employers in Singapore. Rankings for 2010 – Best Employers are Singapore Airlines, Barclays, JP Morgan, ExxonMobil, Shell, Google… Continue Reading

Standard Chartered Singapore plans for big increase in hiring/jobs

Having announced its plans to hire 2,000 more staff in Singapore by 2012 to meet business requirements last week, HR for Standard Chartered Singapore lays out a well-thought plan to support its line managers. Large-scale hiring expansion planned at Standard Chartered Singapore The large-scale hiring spree means Standard Chartered (Stanchart) will increase its staff strength… Continue Reading

More expatriates given local salaries in Singapore

More companies are using salaries of the host country to benchmark the compensation packages of their expatriates assigned to Singapore. Twenty-one percent of companies based their expatriates’ salaries on the average local salaries when they are sent to Singapore in 2009, a 6% increase from 2008. Expatriate pay and salaries survey by ECA International In… Continue Reading

Networking is the most successful job search method in Asia

Networking has become the most successful job search technique in 2009 in the Asia-Pacific region, says a survey. Right Management survey confirms networking as a powerful job search method in Asia According to a study of 2,900 successful job seekers by consultancy firm Right Management, 30% of them acknowledged that networking brought success to them… Continue Reading

Some good news for IT professionals in Singapore

Salary increments for IT jobs in Singapore will see a steady increase from 5% to 12% as employers compete to retain and motivate existing IT talent in the recovering economy. With more companies from US and Europe setting up offices in Singapore, companies here are currently facing two key challenges when it comes to retaining… Continue Reading

High employment rates for university (NUS, SMU, NTU) graduates in Singapore

Students from Singapore Management University (SMU) are the most employable among the three local university graduates in Singapore. According to figures provided by the Education Ministry, 92.2% of graduates in Singapore from the three local universities last year found employment within six months of graduation. Students from SMU had the highest employment rate, with 96.8%… Continue Reading