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Singapore Airlines, Barclays, JP Morgan, ExxonMobil, Shell, Google most attractive employers
June 8, 2010 – 2:15 pm | No Comment
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 ideal employers in Singapore.
Below are the rankings for 2010:

Standard Chartered Singapore plans for big increase in hiring/jobs
June 2, 2010 – 12:06 pm | No Comment
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 lays out a well-thought plan to support its line managers.
The large-scale hiring …

Singapore companies urged to provide sustainable wage increments
May 27, 2010 – 11:32 am | No Comment
Singapore companies urged to provide sustainable wage increments

Singapore companies have been urged to give their employees sustainable wage increments.
Following the release of the wage guidelines for the fiscal year starting in July 2010 to June 2011, Singapore’s National Wages Council is aware …

More expatriates given local salaries in Singapore
May 19, 2010 – 4:51 pm | No Comment
More expatriates given local salaries in Singapore

More companies are using the salary figures 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 …

More companies in Singapore expect to meet business targets and increase hiring & salaries
May 19, 2010 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
More companies in Singapore expect to meet business targets and increase hiring & salaries

Employees in Singapore can expect a favourable base salary increase this year as three-quarters of companies polled are on track to achieve their business targets in 2010.
Results of a snap poll conducted by global management …

Singapore employers not ready to offer higher salaries yet
May 13, 2010 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
Singapore employers not ready to offer higher salaries yet

Seventy percent of Singaporean job seekers say they find salaries offered by employers to be on the low end. 
According to a job salaries survey conducted by a recruitment firm Hays, 35% of the 723 surveyed …

Hudson Report – Q2 Hiring & Employment Trends in Singapore
May 6, 2010 – 9:57 am | No Comment
Hudson Report – Q2 Hiring & Employment Trends in Singapore

More than half (54%) of employers in Singapore polled are expecting a headcount growth in the second quarter of this year, a jump from the 20% surveyed in the same period last year.
According to a …

Networking is the most successful job search method in Asia
May 3, 2010 – 3:37 pm | No Comment
Networking is the most successful job search method in Asia

Networking has become the most successful source of gaining new employment in 2009 in the Asia-Pacific region, says a survey.
According to a study of 2,900 successful job seekers by consultancy firm Right Management, 30% of …

65% of Finance And Accounting Professionals in Singapore Want A New Job
April 29, 2010 – 9:48 am | No Comment
65% of Finance And Accounting Professionals in Singapore Want A New Job

According to Robert Half’s Q1 2010 Workplace Survey, it found that 65% of Singapore finance and accounting professionals are thinking of leaving for a new job or are already on the hunt.
Out of those looking …

More choices for job seekers in Singapore
April 23, 2010 – 9:59 am | No Comment
More choices for job seekers in Singapore

Job seekers today have more choices in their jobs and candidates are starting to examine job vacancies in far more detail than they did during the financial downturn, says Chris Mead, general manager of Hays …