Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, learners are moving away from job-specific knowledge to soft skills – specifically leadership and career enablement. According to Tigerhall’s analysis of data behind the consumption habits of its users, Content consumption on categories such as sales and marketing dropped in H1 2020 by 36.7% and 20.15% as compared to H2 2019. Given […]
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China’s job market improves in June as economy recovers
China’s surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 5.7 percent in June, 0.2 percentage points lower than that of May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday. Liu Aihua, a spokesperson for the NBS, noted that positive changes have taken place in the job market in the first half of the […]
Strong recovery signs in China’s passenger vehicle market
Retail sales of passenger vehicles in China hit 1.65 million units in June, up 2.9 percent from May and recorded four months of consecutive growth, according to an analysis by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released Wednesday. Although sales of passenger vehicles still dropped 6.2 percent from the previous year. Month-on-month posted a strong […]
Job openings for senior HR roles getting back on track in June with 30% rise
Hong Kong’s job market recovery continued its momentum with a 16% jump in June, driven largely by increased optimistic business sentiment and easing of social distancing measures. The strong rebound had brought the number of available jobs to similar levels seen at the start of the year. In particular, senior HR roles recovered by 30% […]
Could the traditional ROI give way to Return on Individuals?
We’ve all been part of the era where employers would often simply lay off workers with outdated skills or redundant roles, They go out and hire new workers to fill new needs. This is no longer an option, given the intense inability to find the people with the right the skills to help companies compete and grow. In a […]
A soul-searching exercise for employers to get a headstart in the new paradigm of work
Moving forward, organizations will need to do a ‘soul-searching’ exercise and to prepare for a new paradigm in workplace arrangements. Here is the list of key aspects that will likely see a sea change in the months to come below #1: Managing the workforce Work from home has become a norm while working at the […]
E-Health Platform Serves 18m Patients
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis has been an acceleration toward the digitalisation of doctor’s meetings. In China, Tencent announced last March that the crisis has enabled them to multiply the number of registered patients by 1.6, with a total of 18 million customers in June. At first sight, it looks like a […]
55% of employees working from home in Singapore are putting in longer hours
During the Circuit Breaker, telecommuting was the norm for employees across most sectors. Even now that Singapore has entered Phase Two of recovery, work-from-home arrangements remain the norm for many employees. According to JobStreet’s new survey, 59% of the 5,285 respondents based in Singapore who are employed said that they are required to WFH. Of this group of […]
5 Steps for Building Trust in the Workplace
Trust is the foundation for building strong teams, creating a positive work culture, and producing results. The cost of not having trust in the workplace is also greater than you may be aware of. Fast Company shared a story about a Fortune 500 company that realized it took an average of 89 weeks to execute change […]