Employers

What employers see in returning to the office that employees don’t

Flexible work arrangements suited many, enabling what some saw as a better work-life balance.

From cross-training to digitalising, SMEs share their game plan ahead of expanded childcare leave

Founder of The Pinnacle Creative Kelvin Lee with his daughter. He said his small marketing and advertising agency has built a culture where people “don’t keep score”.

AI can fix productivity. But there’s a cost

Britain’s policymakers need to think harder about how to get young people and those in AI-exposed professions in on those productivity gains.

Ask what AI can do for you, not what it will do to you: DBS HR chief

DBS Head of Group Human Resources Lee Yan Hong (right) says AI is less a crisis, and more a leadership opportunity.

Branded Content

Beyond qualifications and experience: What employers really want from jobseekers

Accept your fate. Don’t wear shorts to the office

Government officials in casual dress code, including shorts, tee shirts and sneakers, as part of Tokyo’s ‘Cool Biz’ initiative.

‘Why me?’: Retrenchment handbook addresses tough layoff conversations and other HR issues

The second edition of Responsible Retrenchment – The Exit Management Handbook was launched on July 30.

The Usual Place Podcast

Watch: Is a contract job the starting point for new graduates in Singapore?

Job hunters are using AI to cheat in interviews, and failing at the office

Almost half of applicants say they are using AI for help at some point in the job search process, according to Gartner data from the end of 2025, up from about 40 per cent in 2024.

AI and the new Mechanical Turk

The era of humans pretending to be machines is over. The era of machines pretending to be humans has begun.

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