In 2019, a study by tech company Kisi showed that Singapore came in 32nd among 40 cities on the list for work-life balance. Singapore was also the second most overworked city out of the 40 in the list. Another study showed that nearly 92 per cent of the 502 respondents …
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Entertainment venues have been pivoting quickly and furiously due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the governmental task force tackling Covid-19, recently announced that the government may be releasing plans to take Singapore through Phase 3 of reopening the economy. While cinemas will see an increase in capacity, it …
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stockfour / Shutterstock.com While countless workers dream of retirement, millions more have decided to work full time or part time after age 65: Working longer might be your best option. Here are several reasons why. 1. Increase financial security If you’re worried about outliving your savings, working longer is the …
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Last week, Shopee’s parent company, Sea Limited announced that it will be hiring 500 Singaporeans in a partnership with IMDA. In the same week, sources revealed that Amazon might be taking over a portion of Citigroup’s office space here as the latter looks to cut back on its office space …
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COVID-19 has badly affected shopping mall Mustafa Centre. In April, the mall was identified as a COVID-19 cluster and was forced to shut down. Its supermarket section reopened a month later in May, but it has yet to resume its regular 24-hour operating hours due to high operational costs and …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has badly impacted Singapore’s labour market, causing pay cuts, hiring freezes and retrenchments. While some industries are badly affected, tech giants like Google, TikTok and Tesla are actively hiring in Singapore. Beyond full-time positions, Google is also offering internship positions. Its next internship application round for its May …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Even if you occasionally worked from home before the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a good chance you weren’t prepared for the challenges of doing so five days a week — especially if your partner and/or children share your newly combined living …
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In the United States, you need a good credit score to buy a home, get a credit card, qualify for good insurance, and in some cases, to get a job or rent an apartment. However, since credit scores were first introduced in 1989, many studies have argued they’ve widened the …
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Hi, everyone, Lindsay here. As a parent of school-aged kids, the upcoming school year is front and center in my mind. Like you, I’m trying to figure out how to make distance learning work for my family. Before starting today’s post, I want to acknowledge that everyone’s situation is different. …
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