Serious Sinkies Asked to Lower Expectation for New Job

[Pinkieslut]

With tech, more firms realise they can operate with fewer employees
Hidayah Iskandar
May 08, 2020
Sales manager Annie Muliani, 43, got retrenched after Singapore moved to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) Orange on Feb 7.

Her company told the mother of four she had to go because of the drop in business from the Covid-19 situation.

Ms Annie, who had worked in the lifestyle sector, has been looking for a stable job, but many companies are not replying to her applications.

Manpower industry players said not only are organisations not hiring, they realise they can operate with fewer workers.

And this trend will likely continue as many work from home, making it harder for job seekers like Ms Annie to get hired.

So far, preliminary figures show there have been 3,000 retrenchments in the first quarter of 2020, and the situation is expected to worsen with between 150,000 and 200,000 retrenchments this year, said Maybank Kim Eng economists.

And as more companies turn to technology to save their businesses, they are finding having to rely less and less on people.

Recruitment and human resources agency BGC Group operations director Wong Chin Lam told The New Paper: "This pandemic has made many companies realise that many things can be done digitally."

For example, insurance, food and beverage, delivery, transport and call centres are some of the industries doing more with robotic automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

Mr Lam said AI has been used to replace customer service call centres. And as companies develop business continuity plans that centre around working from home, some operations can be completely automated.

Virtual telco Circles.Life head of people and culture Alex Nicolaus said tech could include self-ordering kiosks seen at fast-food restaurants.

He said: "One of the biggest takeaways from the whole experience is that the circuit breaker measures have reinvented the way people work and allow many companies to innovate and rethink their business contingency plans."

On Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing had said some companies need to rethink their business model for longer-term sustainability.

ManpowerGroup Singapore country manager Linda Teo said: "Companies are experiencing a drastic drop in business demand and hence require fewer people now."

FLEXIBLE
BGC Group client relationship director Victor Lai said to remain competitive, job seekers need to be flexible to explore beyond existing industries and possess unique skills.

He said BGC Group has seen several candidates with engineering or computer science backgrounds enter the financial services.

The job market has made job seekers, like Ms Annie, anxious.

She said: "If I have no income, how am I going to feed my kids and pay the bills? My husband also received a pay cut as his business had to close during the circuit breaker period."

Ms Annie added that she was worried about her eldest daughter's job prospects as she had just graduated from a polytechnic.

Fresh graduates must be more realistic when applying for jobs, said Mr Lai.

He said given the gloomy climate, the 50,000 local fresh graduates in this year's workforce should revise their starting salary expectations from $3,500 a month to a more realistic $2,800.

 

[Leongsam]

This is what happens when there is an overreaction to a virus that is no worse than the flu.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

This is what happens when there is an overreaction to a virus that is no worse than the flu.

Those that advocated for the lock down with their BS save lives n all that crap now reap wat they sow. I forsee this job losses stuff going on for some time and this over reaction to the virus has given the leg up to the machines taking over.

 

[birdie69]

With tech, more firms realise they can operate with fewer employees
Hidayah Iskandar
May 08, 2020
Sales manager Annie Muliani, 43, got retrenched after Singapore moved to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) Orange on Feb 7.

Her company told the mother of four she had to go because of the drop in business from the Covid-19 situation.

Ms Annie, who had worked in the lifestyle sector, has been looking for a stable job, but many companies are not replying to her applications.

Manpower industry players said not only are organisations not hiring, they realise they can operate with fewer workers.

And this trend will likely continue as many work from home, making it harder for job seekers like Ms Annie to get hired.

So far, preliminary figures show there have been 3,000 retrenchments in the first quarter of 2020, and the situation is expected to worsen with between 150,000 and 200,000 retrenchments this year, said Maybank Kim Eng economists.

And as more companies turn to technology to save their businesses, they are finding having to rely less and less on people.

Recruitment and human resources agency BGC Group operations director Wong Chin Lam told The New Paper: "This pandemic has made many companies realise that many things can be done digitally."

For example, insurance, food and beverage, delivery, transport and call centres are some of the industries doing more with robotic automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

Mr Lam said AI has been used to replace customer service call centres. And as companies develop business continuity plans that centre around working from home, some operations can be completely automated.

Virtual telco Circles.Life head of people and culture Alex Nicolaus said tech could include self-ordering kiosks seen at fast-food restaurants.

He said: "One of the biggest takeaways from the whole experience is that the circuit breaker measures have reinvented the way people work and allow many companies to innovate and rethink their business contingency plans."

On Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing had said some companies need to rethink their business model for longer-term sustainability.

ManpowerGroup Singapore country manager Linda Teo said: "Companies are experiencing a drastic drop in business demand and hence require fewer people now."

FLEXIBLE
BGC Group client relationship director Victor Lai said to remain competitive, job seekers need to be flexible to explore beyond existing industries and possess unique skills.

He said BGC Group has seen several candidates with engineering or computer science backgrounds enter the financial services.

The job market has made job seekers, like Ms Annie, anxious.

She said: "If I have no income, how am I going to feed my kids and pay the bills? My husband also received a pay cut as his business had to close during the circuit breaker period."

Ms Annie added that she was worried about her eldest daughter's job prospects as she had just graduated from a polytechnic.

Fresh graduates must be more realistic when applying for jobs, said Mr Lai.

He said given the gloomy climate, the 50,000 local fresh graduates in this year's workforce should revise their starting salary expectations from $3,500 a month to a more realistic $2,800.

Can the selling price of HDB flat to be more realistic too, to be reduced by at least 30%?

 

[A Singaporean]

Yes Sinkies have to lower expectations ie no more jobs for you, because we are bringing in more foreigners.

 

[CPTMiller]

Jobs available.

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN my uncle saw many sgunited jobs ads all rooking for low salary serf disguising as traineeship programme KNN

 

[birdie69]

With tech, more firms realise they can operate with fewer employees
Hidayah Iskandar
May 08, 2020
Sales manager Annie Muliani, 43, got retrenched after Singapore moved to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) Orange on Feb 7.

Her company told the mother of four she had to go because of the drop in business from the Covid-19 situation.

Ms Annie, who had worked in the lifestyle sector, has been looking for a stable job, but many companies are not replying to her applications.

Manpower industry players said not only are organisations not hiring, they realise they can operate with fewer workers.

And this trend will likely continue as many work from home, making it harder for job seekers like Ms Annie to get hired.

So far, preliminary figures show there have been 3,000 retrenchments in the first quarter of 2020, and the situation is expected to worsen with between 150,000 and 200,000 retrenchments this year, said Maybank Kim Eng economists.

And as more companies turn to technology to save their businesses, they are finding having to rely less and less on people.

Recruitment and human resources agency BGC Group operations director Wong Chin Lam told The New Paper: "This pandemic has made many companies realise that many things can be done digitally."

For example, insurance, food and beverage, delivery, transport and call centres are some of the industries doing more with robotic automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

Mr Lam said AI has been used to replace customer service call centres. And as companies develop business continuity plans that centre around working from home, some operations can be completely automated.

Virtual telco Circles.Life head of people and culture Alex Nicolaus said tech could include self-ordering kiosks seen at fast-food restaurants.

He said: "One of the biggest takeaways from the whole experience is that the circuit breaker measures have reinvented the way people work and allow many companies to innovate and rethink their business contingency plans."

On Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing had said some companies need to rethink their business model for longer-term sustainability.

ManpowerGroup Singapore country manager Linda Teo said: "Companies are experiencing a drastic drop in business demand and hence require fewer people now."

FLEXIBLE
BGC Group client relationship director Victor Lai said to remain competitive, job seekers need to be flexible to explore beyond existing industries and possess unique skills.

He said BGC Group has seen several candidates with engineering or computer science backgrounds enter the financial services.

The job market has made job seekers, like Ms Annie, anxious.

She said: "If I have no income, how am I going to feed my kids and pay the bills? My husband also received a pay cut as his business had to close during the circuit breaker period."

Ms Annie added that she was worried about her eldest daughter's job prospects as she had just graduated from a polytechnic.

Fresh graduates must be more realistic when applying for jobs, said Mr Lai.

He said given the gloomy climate, the 50,000 local fresh graduates in this year's workforce should revise their starting salary expectations from $3,500 a month to a more realistic $2,800.

Can HDB reduce the flat selling price by 20% as well? The income drops so the affordability also decline.

 

[a_korusawa]

Can HDB reduce the flat selling price by 20% as well? The income drops so the affordability also decline.

our HDP, public housing prices are not pegged at ppls affordability but rather commercial values at its peak!
worse, gahmen continues to wayang by applying this as laundry system for themselves i.e. pouring subsidaries this & that to make it looks discounted.
in fact, there were never any subsidiary or offers - just playing with figures!

worse, HDB is built with material (sand, concrete, steels) that were order/invoiced 30 to 50 years ago!

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Ms Annie added that she was worried about her eldest daughter's job prospects as she had just graduated from a polytechnic.

Fresh graduates must be more realistic when applying for jobs, said Mr Lai.

He said given the gloomy climate, the 50,000 local fresh graduates in this year's workforce should revise their starting salary expectations from $3,500 a month to a more realistic $2,800.

Fresh poly grad can earn $2,800 meh?

 

[hbk75]

our HDP, public housing prices are not pegged at ppls affordability but rather commercial values at its peak!
worse, gahmen continues to wayang by applying this as laundry system for themselves i.e. pouring subsidaries this & that to make it looks discounted.
in fact, there were never any subsidiary or offers - just playing with figures!

worse, HDB is built with material (sand, concrete, steels) that were order/invoiced 30 to 50 years ago!

But sinkies are happily applying for 700k bto at dakota even during recession.

 

[batman1]

WHERE are the 100,000 JOBS promised by Stroke Heng ?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

WHERE are the 100,000 JOBS promised by Stroke Heng ?

Where are all the “better jobs for Singaporeans” that DPM Heng keeps talking about? - The Online Citizen
Augustine Low
by Augustine Low

Before GE2020, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat promised that the government’s focus was not just to create jobs but to create “better jobs for Singaporeans”.

He has repeated that mantra a number of times, the most recent being on Sunday when he declared that bilateral agreements that Singapore signed with other countries does not deprive Singaporeans of employment opportunities but instead “creates better jobs for Singaporeans”.

DPM Heng has never once backed up his claim with data and evidence. He has also not explained what he means by better jobs. Higher paying jobs? Recession-proof jobs? Retrenchment-proof jobs? What sectors are these jobs in?

On the contrary, in recent weeks we have been learning about discriminatory hiring practices against Singaporeans, about management jobs in sectors like banking that are dominated by foreigners, about organisations like our own sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings being top heavy with foreigners.

All of which makes it crucial for DPM Heng to back up his oft-repeated claim that Singapore’s open door policy and trade pacts like CECA only serves to create “better jobs for Singaporeans.” Without presenting any data and evidence, how does he expect Singaporeans to swallow this assertion of his?

We also keep getting contradictory messages. Yesterday, President Halimah Yacob stressed that Singapore’s workforce “can compete against the best in the world” due to the country’s strong education system and training pathways.

If this is so, why are foreigners taking away so many of the plum jobs? Organisations like Temasek Holdings say it is a necessity for them to maintain an open door policy and scour the world for top talents. CEO Ho Ching even said it is “natural” for the organisation to hire from the world.

Try reconciling this with President Halimah’s statement that Singaporeans “can compete against the best in the world”. Apparently not in our own backyard! Are Singaporeans supposed to venture overseas to compete against the best in the world?

The most outlandish take on competition for jobs has to be credited to Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing, who said earlier this year in Parliament: “The real competition is Team Singapore, comprising Singaporeans, PRs and foreign workers here, competing with the rest of the world to give our fellow Singaporeans the best chance possible to win, not just in Singapore but across the entire globe.”

Imagine that! Team Singapore is not just about Singaporeans – it comprises PRs and foreign workers too!

Is somebody trying to pull wool over our eyes?

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[Scrooball (clone)]

WHERE are the 100,000 JOBS promised by Stroke Heng ?

All filled up by Grab and Prudential. What else u want? 3 square meals at air-conditioned foodcourt?

 

[JohnTan]

This is what happens when there is an overreaction to a virus that is no worse than the flu.

My F&B catering business is hiring more serfs during this period. We're expanding thanks to the huge demand in catering for the qurantined serfs. I need more chefs who can cook keling cuisine and drivers who can deliver food.

 

[Loofydralb]

But these shameless ministers then pay themselves even more with new pay hikes.

 

[ckmpd]

But these shameless ministers then pay themselves even more with new pay hikes.

More Health Care Assistant jobs, more Private Hire Vehicle drivers and more food delivery jobs. These jobs dont provide good and healthy nurturing for Singapore children. The effects of this pap mistake will be felt in 25yrs time

 

[Hypocrite-The]

More than 50,000 ‘new and upgraded’ jobs to be created over next 10 years amid sustainable development push: Grace Fu
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The Singapore skyline as seen from the Marina Barrage Green Roof. (File photo: Corey Sta Maria)
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) expects to create 4,000 “new and upgraded jobs” in the next year and 55,000 over the next ten years as Singapore pursues sustainable development, said its minister Grace Fu on Thursday (Aug 27).

In an addendum to President Halimah Yacob's presidential address, Ms Fu noted that sustainability must be at the heart of Singapore's "plans, policies and processes".

"Since independence, Singapore has pursued economic growth in tandem with social inclusion and environmental protection. This is the foundation for the green and liveable city that we enjoy today,” said Ms Fu.

“However, we cannot take our success for granted. In a global landscape characterised by pandemics, climate change, and resource constraints, sustainability has become increasingly important.”

Sustainability is the principle that in meeting the needs of current generations, we should not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs, said the minister.

“It has always been part of Singapore’s DNA. But we will push for it to be at the heart of our plans, policies and processes."

In her address on Monday after 93 Members of Parliament (MPs) and two Non-Constituency MPs were sworn in at the opening of the 14th Parliament, Madam Halimah said that Singapore would make a "major push for sustainable growth".

READ: Singapore will push for sustainable growth, further strengthen social safety nets: President Halimah
“We will reimagine how we plan our city, redesign urban mobility and grow using less resources in a low-carbon future,” she said.

Singapore will also push for green financing and sustainable infrastructure development across the region, to ride on Asia’s growth while protecting the environment, she added.

As Singapore pursues sustainable development, a variety of jobs in the sector will be created, said Ms Fu in her addendum.

This includes skilled jobs in the high-tech agriculture and aquaculture industry, as well as the training of food hygiene officers who will serve as “food safety guardians” at food establishments, she said.

Raising environmental sanitation and waste management standards will result in "new good jobs" for Singaporeans, said the minister.

The ministry also plans to review the Environmental Control Officer scheme to broaden the work areas for such officers beyond construction sites to more premises. This will create new opportunities for individuals like operations or facilities managers, said Ms Fu.

She noted that the ministry has also helped to support those affected during the current economic downturn, giving the example of how about 1,900 staff members from the aviation and hospitality industries were hired to work as safe distancing and SG Clean ambassadors.

More staff will also be hired for "enhanced" dengue management efforts, she added.

There are also plans to develop "a pipeline of talent" to support sustainability in Singapore, said Ms Fu.

For example, MSE will offer scholarships for people who are passionate about the ministry's mission in areas such as climate adaptation and climate science.

PUSH FOR “GREEN RECOVERY”

The ministry’s name change - from the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources to the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment – likewise reflects a “renewed commitment" to sustainability, said Ms Fu.

"We will continue to work with all segments of society and the economy to realise our vision for a sustainable Singapore as we ride out COVID-19 and beyond," she said.

And as Singapore tackles the public health threats of COVID-19 and dengue, the ministry's immediate priority will be shoring up the country's environmental public health resilience.

"We will strengthen our environmental sanitation controls, upgrade public health infrastructure in hawker centres and coffee shops and rally Singaporeans to uplift and sustain cleanliness and public hygiene norms," said Ms Fu.

The pandemic has also disrupted global supply chains, showing Singapore's food security must be taken seriously, she added.

"While our food supply has remained stable, we have launched the ‘30x30 Express’ grant to support agri-food players to accelerate local food production over the next six to 24 months,” she said.

READ: 'Immediate priority' for new environment ministry is a cleaner Singapore amid COVID-19: Grace Fu
The ministry will also push for a "green recovery" from COVID-19, said Ms Fu, and support a "competitive transition" to a low-carbon and climate-resilient future.

"MSE will drive and coordinate public sector efforts to take the lead in sustainable development, and ensure that sustainability is at the heart of the MSE family of agencies’ core functions," she said.

This includes promoting “green growth”, riding on opportunities from decarbonisation and growing green industries such as carbon services and climate science, said the minister.

"We will encourage and support companies to reduce their carbon footprint and explore new private-public collaborations to make Singapore a leading example of how economic prosperity and environmental sustainability can go hand-in-hand,” she added.

At the same time, there is also a need to be mindful of the longer-term existential threats from climate change, said Ms Fu, adding that Singapore will invest heavily in research and development for climate action.

Initiatives set up to address this include the launch of a S$10 million national sea level research programme.

"Dedicated resources" are also being set aside in the Coastal and Flood Protection Fund to protect Singapore against rising sea levels, added the minister.

 

[a_korusawa]

the wayang pap gahmen is damn shameless!
to fill their quota in providing jobs to the nation, they just repackage them from jobs that once covered by johorians like beauty parlour, massage centers etc.
relabelling them as healthcare specialists, putting a cert with their stamps ....... justifyng the wayangs whilst pushing the idiots who take this bait
at the same time broadcast a flowery figures to conn the whole nation

what shameless wayang gahmen we are having these days!
thanks to the 61%, especially the brainless west coast folks who ignore TCB....
haizzzz

 

[myfoot123]

Can HDB reduce the flat selling price by 20% as well? The income drops so the affordability also decline.

PAP set price not based on ordinary citizen income, but based on PAP MINISTERS and HO CHING income AND then call the price "AFFORDABLE".