2015 is about to come to an end and what a great year it was. I like to thank all of you for your continued support of my blog over the past 1 year of its existence. Although I started…
A survey of 1,500 employees in Singapore by Kelly Services found that Singapore has the lowest employee engagement levels in the region, at around 20%. Astonishingly we are behind China (27%), Malaysia (28%) and Indonesia (41%). The local figures are also…
How many recruiters do you think are currently using LinkedIn for recruitment? I just did a search for recruiters on LinkedIn and a filter to the ones that are based in Singapore reveals 7,636 results. I’m pretty sure there are way…
If you wish to find out more about Breadtalk as a jobseeker, naturally you would head over to Breadtalk career page to learn more. And this is what you will learn: We offer opportunities for career advancement along with an…
Enterprise SaaS has been a buzzword for some time now with 2 key categories of players: legacy on-premise systems redirecting resources to get on the cloud or startups disrupting the space with focused and simplified apps. Focused means delivering a…
“I love to read recruiting manuals, watching hours long training videos and attending full-day recruiting training”, says no recruiters ever. The pace of work is getting so fast that we barely have time to take a pee break. But we…
When was the last time job portals worked for you? Or allow me to rephrase my question – when was the last time job portals actually gave you a candidate that you could consider for your role and, at the…
It sounds like a lucrative job. After all Mila Kunis played an Executive Recruiter who snagged Justine Timberlake as a candidate for an Arts Director job with GQ magazine (and more) in the 2011 RomCom ‘Friends with Benefits’. In Singapore,…
A $100,000 fine and five years in jail. That’s the maximum penalty five former ST Marine executives are looking at if they are found guilty. In case you didn’t know, a couple of them are facing charges of falsifying entries…
Running a business can get overwhelming No matter which direction it takes, either way you need to work on it. And you probably need people to help you run it too. Managing people is important but it shouldn’t become your…