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Fresh Graduate Jobs in Singapore: How to Write Your Resume & Other Tips
Nobody teaches you how to “adult”, least of all your teachers at school. Whether you scored As or Ds, you’ll ...
28 June 2024
New Flexible Work Arrangements Guidelines Coming in Dec 2024—What Does it Mean for Us?
New Flexible Work Arrangements Guidelines Coming in Dec 2024—What Does it Mean for Us?
Singaporeans are placing higher values on fulfilling both their professional and personal responsibilities. ...
31 May 2024
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“If You Can Get Pregnant, We Can’t Hire You”: A True Story About Hiring Discrimination
Should women have opportunities to work? That seems like an unnecessary question. It’s 2024, for Pete’s ...
31 May 2024
Is Singapore Too Expensive to Live In?—Singapore’s Cost of Living 2024
Is Singapore Too Expensive to Live In?—Singapore’s Cost of Living 2024
Welcome to the most expensive city in the world. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living survey by the ...
3 May 2024
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How Do I Negotiate My Salary When Switching Careers?
Once upon a time, making a career switch was seen as something scary, uncommon, and worrying. It was something ...
13 September 2023
Highest-Paying Jobs in Singapore 2023—Which Industries Pay Six-Figure Salaries?
Highest-Paying Jobs in Singapore 2023—Which Industries Pay Six-Figure Salaries?
I firmly believe that comparing ourselves to others is a pointless endeavour. Only tiger parents engage ...
22 May 2023
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5 Industries That Have Been Opening Up To Women In Singapore
US$20 billion—that’s how much GDP McKinsey & Company estimated Singapore could gain each year if we advanced ...
8 March 2023
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5 Ways Singaporeans Can Protect Themselves From Potential Retrenchment
If you’ve been freaking out about retrenchment thanks to the impending recession, well, things aren’t going ...
17 June 2022
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9 New Year’s Resolutions For Better Finances This 2023 And How To Achieve Them
We won’t sugarcoat it. It’s pretty darn scary heading into a year of an oncoming GST hike, a looming recession, ...
6 January 2022
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Civil Service Singapore: Pros and Cons Of Working For Singapore
These days, the corporate sector is a dangerous place to be. With waves and waves of retrenchment in the ...
30 December 2021
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5 Popular New Year Resolutions Singaporeans Always Make & How You Can Achieve Them In 2022
Life passes us too fast. We go on a few short holidays here and there and what do you know, another year ...
29 December 2021
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Should You Quit Your Job Without Another Job? Here Are 4 Things To Note
It’s officially resignation season. Once upon a time, quitting without a new job used to sound totally ...
17 December 2021
Just Resigned, Now What? Here’s A Guide To Get You To Your Last Day Of Work
Just Resigned, Now What? Here’s A Guide To Get You To Your Last Day Of Work
Remember your last day of school before graduation, or the day you ORD-ed? Chances are, you were exhilarated. ...
17 December 2021
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This FREE App Guides Retrenched Workers to Find Support, New Jobs & Even Upskilling Opportunities — Here’s How
This post was written in collaboration with Workforce Singapore (WSG). While we are financially compensated ...
26 August 2021
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How Sleep Impacts Your Career & How to Get Better Quality Zzzs Every Night
This post was written in collaboration with Emma Sleep. While we are financially compensated by them, we ...
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8 Interesting Jobs You Probably Never Knew Existed & How to Find Them
This post was written in collaboration with Workforce Singapore (WSG). While we are financially compensated ...
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Can A Fresh Grad Earn $5,000/month? Some Jobs That Offer A High Starting Pay & Other Considerations
Really??? At a time like this? I know we might sound crazy, given that Singapore’s overall unemployment ...
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These 5 Features in the LifeSG App Can Help Jobseekers, Especially Singaporeans Who Got Retrenched
Errands, even if done digitally from the comfort of your bed or sofa, can still be a hassle. Picture this: ...
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How to Choose a #WFH Chair without Breaking the Bank?
This post was written in collaboration with ErgoTune. While we are financially compensated by them, we ...
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No Singapore Civil Servant Year-End Bonus in 2020 — What Does It Mean for Us?
Though you wouldn’t know it from the Black Friday crowds at Orchard and the appetite for $1K flights to ...
29 November 2020
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Covid-19 Crisis: Retrenchment, $10k Hospital Bills & the Passing of A Loved One — Here’s How This Jobseeker Pulled Through
While our shopping malls, eateries, public transport and places of interest are now back to being crowded, ...
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3 Popular Tech Skills Singaporeans Took Up During Circuit Breaker That Are Still In Demand Now
This post was written in collaboration with Smartcademy. While we are financially compensated by them, ...
WSG - Unemployed or Retrenched? Here’s Some Help on Managing Finances & Restarting Your Career
Unemployed or Retrenched? Here’s Some Help on Managing Finances & Restarting Your Career
Recently, I just got news from an ex-colleague that half of her department was retrenched due to Covid-19’s ...
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Courses in Singapore that pay you to learn — 4 Programmes with Training Allowance
Do you dread reading the news every day for fear of reading yet more about the economic recession that ...
26 June 2020
Data analytics, digital marketing and interpersonal skills are the top skills employers are looking for
Data analytics, digital marketing and interpersonal skills — Top skills Singapore employers look for in 2020
Many industries have been affected by COVID-19 including tourism, F&B and retail. If yours has been hit, ...
25 June 2020