Singapore to launch new work pass to attract global talent The Ministry of Manpower, together with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Communications and Information, have announced enhancements to strengthen Singapore’s position as a global hub for talent. For All EP applications, to enable companies to be more responsive to business...
Why should you care about staff engagement? Employees who are engaged are more willing to invest additional time and effort and have the initiative to contribute more to the business goals. Motivated employees have a greater level of passion, energy and excitement towards the work that they do. This additional motivation makes them higher performers...
Recruitment, retention and motivation may be one of the biggest issues facing HR companies today. HR professionals believe that retaining their best employees will be one of the biggest challenges they face in 2022, according to a poll in November 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management. Nearly 60% of respondents ranked this as...
What are Key Performance Indicators and Why are They Important? What are KPIs Having talked about talent acquisition, retention and employer branding, it is not time to begin considering Key Performance Indicators (KPI). KPI are guidelines used to understand whether or not the company is operating at optimal levels. What makes KPIs effective? What makes...
Last June, Singapore sealed its first deal to buy Covid-19 vaccines – before any of the more than 200 vaccine candidates had even started their phase three clinical trials. It decided not to wait for the trials and even paid a premium on the price, to secure some early stock of vaccines for people here...
Visitor arrivals to Singapore plummeted to 2.7 million last year, the lowest in about four decades, following unprecedented global travel restrictions and border closures amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year’s arrivals nearly all took place during the first two months of the year, and the total number is a drop of 85.7 percent from arrivals...
