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S'pore adds record number of jobs in 2007
A third of jobs created went to foreigners because there were just not enough locals to fill them.
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10-year plan to give workers high-quality training
Courses will cater to rank and file as well as executives; up to 80,000 places a year will be available. |
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Kelantan Chinese leaving in droves for other states
Some 2,000 to 3,000 Chinese youths leave Kelantan each year for better job prospects elsewhere.
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Jobs grow, but will productivity suffer?
Unemployment rate falls to 1.6%, a decade-low. |
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Earnings gap here 'higher than in OECD states'
Wage inequality in S'pore is the highest compared with all OECD countries. The report showed that the top 10 per cent in S'pore earned 10.2 times as much as the bottom 10 per cent in 2005.
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One-stop centre for securing better jobs
Called e2i, it aims to train over 10,000 people and gain 2,000 job placements this year. |
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Post-grad course aims to produce top finance execs
It is the first time the 11-year-old MSc programme is offered outside the US by the University of Chicago.
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Be a Jedi Master, learn to draw under the experts
Lucasfilm Animation sets up training programme here for local artistic talent. |
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Training experts to deal with people, machines
Two chip giants to set up teaching programmes here for about 1,000 engineers and managers.
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Firms turn to short-term overseas assignments to save costs
KPMG survey show nearly half of respondents say overseas assignments 'take too much time and effort to administer'. |
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Expats coming to S'pore work on shorter stints
HR executives feel that foreign assignments take too much time and effort to administer.
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Shorter overseas stints for expats as firms try to save money, time: KPMG
Survey shows 80% prefer sending staff on short-term trips. |
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Older workers: Bonus to sign up for CPF Life, Medisave top-ups
For a 50-year-old, the bonus will be between $2,200 to $4,000 depending on the size of his flat.
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Global games giant sets up shop
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest games companies, will set up a studio at Fusionopolis and hire 300 game developers. |
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