Sharon Salim

Business Correspondent

As a business correspondent with The Straits Times, Sharon helps readers navigate work and life, focusing on jobs, manpower policies, workplace culture and trends. She had a fulfilling stint at one of the world’s largest environmental non-profit organisations, World Wide Fund for Nature, before joining CNA Women and becoming part of their pioneering team, writing about issues that impact women. She then joined the public service before returning to the newsroom two years later, in 2024. 

Latest articles

Agoda layoffs: Severance deals should not deter staff from reaching authorities, says Tan See Leng

Generic pictures of the Agoda website on a mobile phone, on Sep 17, 2025.

Company directors to face heavier penalties if they fail to act in the best interest of firms

Accounting, wealth, working, work, taxes, money, investing, investment, business. PHOTO: PEXELS

Full-time in-house security officers to get annual pay rise of up to 6.9% for 3 years

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A security officer viewing CCTV cameras at Alex Residences condominium on Dec 22, 2022.
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Findings from the fourth wave of a longitudinal survey by the Union of Security Employees (USE) and the University of Social Sciences Singapore highlights the potential for transforming the jobs of security officers to lead towards better work prospects and wages. The survey was conducted from April to July 2022 comprising responses from 1,002 SOs.

Singapore employment growth more than doubles in third quarter, retrenchments stay stable

On the jobs outlook, the proportion of firms expecting to hire rose slightly to 44.1 per cent while wage growth may moderate, the Ministry of Manpower said.

The vault keeper: The man guarding tonnes of gold and silver

Second-generation insurance agents: The perks and pain of following their parents’ path

(Clockwise from top left) Ms Wivina Siah with her father; Mr Salim M Amin with his daughter and late father; Ms Chloe Ng with her parents; Ms Evelyn Quek with her parents; Mr Jeremy Chua and his father; Ms Shanelle Jiang and her mother.

Nestle’s plans to cut 16,000 jobs over next 2 years will affect global markets

FILE PHOTO: The Nestle logo is seen during the opening of the 151st Annual General Meeting of Nestle in Lausanne, Switzerland April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy//File Photo

MBS tree surgeon: He works at height, prunes 800kg bonsai

Financial and insurance sector to leverage role-specific AI tools in new programme

Generic photo of a man using the DBS ATM at Bugis Junction on Oct 2, 2025. 

Can use for stories on DBS, UOB, OCBC, finance business, bank, economy, convenience, Cash Machines (ATMs), deposit, credit , digital,

Singapore firms to keep 2026 salary growth steady despite high staff turnover: Survey

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Office workers walking at Raffles Place Park within the heart of Singapore's financial centre in the CBD area on Nov 30, 2023.
Can be used for stories on money, population, property, land, commercial, office, invest, budget, income, bank, finance, financial, CBD, URA, population, economy, and development.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)