Human resources

More Singapore firms plan to freeze or moderate wages and boost AI focus in 2027: SNEF

Rising manpower costs and continued uncertainty over business outlook are pushing companies to be more cautious.

Forum: What can HR practitioners do when management disregards their advice?

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.

Learning about your peers’ salaries can be stressful, but not knowing may cost you

A salary range gives jobseekers a better sense of whether a role is worth pursuing, and provides a reference point for pay negotiation.

Want to know if you are paid enough? Start with these salary guides

Besides the Singapore Salary Guide by The Straits Times, which draws on Ministry of Manpower data, other recruitment firms also publish benchmarking guides using their own data.

In Good Company

Jobs aren’t being lost so much as they’re changing: Top HR company CEO Prising

ManpowerGroup chairman and chief executive Jonas Prising says that as companies augment and change their value creation chain with artificial intelligence, workers will need to adapt.

Enhancing human skills versus merely cutting costs: AI is splitting the job market

Jobs where AI makes the task easier for non-experts to perform, such as medical secretaries, are seeing much slower growth.

Why do employers think it’s okay to ghost job applicants?

Businesses should avoid leaving job applicants in the dark, waiting and checking for a reply that never comes, says the writer.

Forum: Companies should explore genuine alternatives before retrenchments

Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers

US President Donald Trump persists in his efforts to discipline and fire career employees who he sees as undermining his political goals.

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