101.Careers Launches CAI – The First Career Prediction Bot in the World
Singapore, 30 Oct 2018 – Can AI predict what your career should be? 101.Careers, the first globally oriented career exploration platform for students from age 13 and up, have done precisely that in partnership with SoMin.ai Utilizing publicly available data from…
Why You Should Visit People Matters’ TechHR 2019 Singapore
30+ HR Tech vendors, 50+ HR Tech startups from the region, 20+ investors, angels and VCs, 30+ world-class speakers, facilitators and session leaders, and 1,000+ delegates from the HR and technology domains. All in a single event in the form…
Giving feedback, the trickiest task that pains every manager
It was just after 4pm when one of my managers and I kicked off our weekly catch up. We went through the usual numbers, and after going through a few other items, eventually arrived at the finale – me letting…
5 HR Techs You Didn’t Know That Are Awesome For Hotels
Sawasdee Krab! That’s hello (for man) in Thai. For ladies, you are supposed to replace Krab with Kup. Something that I was reminded of over my recent visit to the city of the land of smiles. It had been more…
Starting a HR Tech in Singapore?
Updated on 8th of Oct 2018 I was having a coffee with a founder of a HR Tech recently. He was in Singapore to sniff out the market as he has plans to open an office here, after Finland and…
China HR Tech Market Map 2018
China is the world’s largest country by population standing at 1.3 billion as of 1st of June 2018. From 1979 until 2010, China’s average annual GDP growth was 9.91%, reaching a historical high of 15.2% in 1984. The growth has…
EngageRocket Funding Marks Expansion of People Analytics in Asia Pacific
Investment round led by SeedPlus to link the employee experience with performance and productivity makes EngageRocket the first such venture-funded startup in Southeast Asia. 27,000+ users across 13 countries in Asia Pacific, and more than half a million responses analysed…
How AI is rebranding HR & Recruitment
Job interviews. We’ve all had our fair share of them. Here’s how a typical conversation with a recruiter goes: Interviewer: Hello! I’m Jen. I’ll be assessing you for the Analyst role at AAC Corp. I’d like to ask a few…
CEO Interview with Shankar Krishnamoorthy
Do you know how much it costs to replace a headcount? It isn’t just the salary alone. You have to account for the non-wage costs such as the costs of on-boarding, recruiting (headhunting fees), honeymoon period, acclimatisation (for both parties),…
Rockstar internships are for rockstar interns
A reader’s comment on my commentary on lousy internships caught my eye. She mentioned she had to handhold interns to run data, do up the analysis, and prepare a presentation – and in the end, the work they submitted was unchecked, sloppy and…