Data from SEEK Asia’s new report, Decoding Global Ways of Working, finds that only 7% of Asia’s workforce now want to commit to a completely on-site work arrangement. A majority of them have expressed a desire for flexibility in where their work gets done. Findings: As such, most respondents from Asia prefer a hybrid work arrangement […]
How to successfully build a hybrid workforce
The massive work-from-home experiment brought about by the Circuit Breaker and social distancing measures have forced organizations to rethink how and where work can be done. Many are planning to have a new work model that is ‘hybrid’ in the post-pandemic world. According to RGF International Recruitment, 61% of Singapore employers intend to continue flexible […]
Can You Be Too Busy?
Is your career suffering from being too busy? There is a lot to say about being busy. Some good, some bad. But the important thing is to recognize a difference between being busy and being effective. Being busy is not contributing. Sometimes too much activity results in lower performance and not accomplishing your goals. The last year […]
Transformation Calls for Resilience
You are an executive search professional. Your job is to find exceptional people who can lead an organization out of one of the most disruptive periods in recent history and into a new period of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity – and opportunity. What exactly are you looking for? Learning agility ? Innovation? Confidence? “Resilience,” says […]
The Executive Centre launches the “What Is An Office” campaign
The campaign consists of a brand video, plus 4 product videos that examines how the workforce views the role of an office and asks the central question, “What Is An Office?” The short films explore how a positive working environment and agile working practices can help business operations, shedding light on the fundamental importance of […]
China 2021 GDP to beat target on COVID bounce: Nikkei survey
China’s economy looks to expand 17.9% for the January-March quarter, a growth figure inflated by the coronavirus-related crash in the year-ago period, a survey of 32 economists by Nikkei and Nikkei Quick News finds. The economists predict 1.0% growth on a seasonally adjusted, the quarter-on-quarter basis for the first three months of 2021, as momentum […]
Dingdong Maicai raises $700m for expansion
Chinese online grocery platform Dingdong Maicai has raised $700 million in its latest round of financing from a group of investors, further raising the stakes in the country’s online grocery sector, which has seen diversified development despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by DST Global and Coatue, the new fundraising attracted over 15 investors, including Tiger […]
Four talent trends in 2021 that will help HR evolve
Covid-19 turned the world upside down last year, bringing the global economy to a grinding halt and shaking business confidence. A silver lining of the crisis is that it has streamlined HR functions and accelerated the shift towards digital. This has, in turn, led to an increased urgency to reshuffle HR priorities towards workforce transformation. […]
China once again handled a global crisis well, says IMF official
Employees work on a mask production line at a medical supplies company in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. China responded to the COVID-19 pandemic impressively, once again handling well a major crisis, said CNBC on Tuesday, citing an International Monetary Fund official. China’s aggressive stance in containing the virus enabled it to better control new cases, with […]