Monthly Archives: February 2018

Are You Ready For Them?

A recent article from the World Economic Forum (the Davos folks) examined an OECD study of how well countries are preparing students for the workforce. An interesting result is that Singapore tops the list when it comes to collaborative problem solving skills among 15-year olds, a key metric in the study. What does this mean? […]

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Retention Starts With Recruiting

Employees in class

When we are losing talented employees with valuable corporate knowledge and experience, it’s common to take a look at our retention strategy (assuming we have one) to figure out what’s wrong. Have we identified the right critical positions and individuals to know where we should focus our attention? Are we paying enough? Are we offering […]

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The Gig Economy Grows

Retaining employees

An article this week in Human Resources Online shares some data showing that a growing number of professionals in Singapore are open to contract work. The headline might give the impression that more Singaporeans are looking for contract work as opposed to full-time. Reading the article, though, it is more the case that people who […]

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