Many recruitment companies and private organisations are benefiting from the so-called branded social recruitment strategy. No different from marketing a product or service through social media, this strategy simply refers to any effort made to create relevant noise to increase awareness of an employer brand. This strategy proves effective because a big part of everyone’s […]Continue reading

Malaysia launched a plan on Monday (Nov 15) that gives undocumented migrants stuck in the country a chance to work in certain industries, but labour rights groups said the initiative did not do enough to protect victims of human trafficking. The government said the scheme aimed to revive Malaysia’s labour-reliant industries, including the huge palm […]Continue reading

Mercer’s annual Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) for 2020 has revealed that the overall salary increase projected in 2021 for Singapore will soften only slightly to 3.5 percent compared to 3.6 percent in 2020. Many organizations in Singapore are continuing to take a cautious approach to salary increments as they navigate the impacts of COVID-19. Heading […]Continue reading

The realities of tomorrow’s workforce will require organisations to be more flexible in enabling the execution of work. Organisations are already working on their ability to build a distributed workforce, whether to tap into talent pools that live far from existing operations or to entice a population of nomadic workers who prefer to work with […]Continue reading

Among many departments in an organisation that proves to be equally important as operations and marketing is the human resource management (HRM). Human resource management is a department that makes sure the manpower of a company is well-trained and complies with the necessary work discipline and expected results of their individual work. Just like any […]Continue reading

A new study by global staffing firm Robert Half shows video calls may be wearing on workers. More than three-quarters of professionals surveyed (76%) said they participate in virtual meetings. Those respondents reported spending nearly one-third of their workday (30%) on camera with business contacts or colleagues. In addition: 38% said they’ve experienced video call […]Continue reading

Even as the pandemic roils the American economy, compensation for US chief executives has largely held up as many corporations adjust their criteria for performance pay and bonuses during the crisis. Only about one-fifth Russell 3000 index of publicly traded firms have reduced CEO pay, according to data compiled by the Conference Board with the […]Continue reading

As the technology and automation are becoming more advanced, some roles within the business environment are likely to be automated in the future, said Benjamin Wee, RPA Consultant at UiPath. While some roles are prone to automation, some others might be more resilient against automation. Mr. Wee believes that roles which require creativity, analytical skills, […]Continue reading

The talent market is tighter than ever, skill requirements are rapidly changing, and unemployment is at unprecedented lows in many parts of the world. Not surprisingly, 67 percent of organisations worldwide are having trouble filling open positions, Deloitte reported. At the same time, more and more workers are opting out of traditional employment scenarios and […]Continue reading

To better address the massive changes brought about by Covid-19, DBS today announced that it will be implementing a series of transformation initiatives to realise new ways of working in the next normal. These initiatives are a result of insights gathered from research, deep dive experiments and employee surveys conducted by a cross-functional regional Future […]Continue reading