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askST Jobs: My CPF contributions are missing or late. What should I do?

Employees can report unpaid contributions to the CPF Board if attempts to resolve the issue with their employer fail.

Employees should first verify whether their CPF contributions have been credited by checking their CPF statements through CPF online services.

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They decide your pay, promotion and performance: should your boss be on your socials?

Me & My Money

Her education business started from a 4-room HDB flat at age 24

Ghosted? How to get over the silence

Ignoring the noise: What it’s like competing at the ‘vocational skills Olympics’ in Shanghai

For aircraft maintenance competitor Aidan Wong, 21, there is no time during the contest for toilet or water breaks.

Low on code, high on miles: S’porean uses AI to create tool to maximise credit card rewards

Hosan Swee, creator of KiasuMiles, on July 10. He taught himself to code using artificial intelligence and built the website, which recommends the best credit cards to use at different merchants to maximise airline miles.

CEO Insights

Forget one major – graduates may need 10 minors in the AI age: Piyush Gupta

Universities must shift from teaching information to training students in critical thinking and cross-disciplinary skills as AI handles routine tasks, SMU chairman Piyush Gupta says.

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Money Mentor

Me & My Money

She built wealth through property, then chose to fund a social enterprise

Eileen Yap redirected her savings towards a social enterprise for youths with special needs.

Singapore Fashion Runway CEO Eileen Yap considers the social enterprise, which she founded in 2015, her most valuable asset today.

OCBC’s blue-chip plan gains traction with young investors, with 1 in 4 customers now under 35

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He turned a home-based baking business into a thriving enterprise

Video: Which 3 types of insurance should Gen Zs prioritise?

Work Bestie

askST Jobs: How to tell if you’re being micromanaged or closely supervised. What’s the difference?

Micromanagement can limit autonomy, but employees may be able to regain it by building trust.

There is a difference between a boss who checks in on employees and one who constantly hovers like a “helicopter parent” over them.

Unpopular advice for fresh grads rejected for jobs: What if it’s not them, but you?

askST Jobs: Should I turn down a promotion to protect my work-life balance?

‘I was really lost’: Beauty course helped N-level student find her calling on the world stage

Life Guide

28 trains and 14 countries: Singaporean makes 21,445km journey home from Scotland by rail

The Singaporean student spent $6,000 on his 46-day journey, most of it going to food and accommodation.

Nicholas Chua made the journey home from Scotland over a 46-day rail journey from May to July, crossing destinations like Mongolia and Russia.

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High anxiety, spiking cortisol: it’s tough making friends as an adult, is it worth the trouble?

More young Singaporeans seeking recovery treatment at longevity-related wellness centres and clinics

Will cutting down on drinking make me uncool?

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