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‘Job hugging’ up as resignation rates in S’pore at record lows, average job tenure rises to 8 years

The term "job hugging" has taken on new-found popularity in 2025, as a buzzword coined by consulting firms and adopted by social media users to explain their current career anxieties.
The term "job hugging" has taken on new-found popularity in 2025, as a buzzword coined by consulting firms and adopted by social media users to explain their current career anxieties.

US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  two-day job fair in Texas to help fill vacancies for deportation officers and attorneys, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025.  REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  two-day job fair in Texas to help fill vacancies for deportation officers and attorneys, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025.  REUTERS/Shelby Tauber

How is your employer helping your career? An index could answer that

For both employers and employees, the changing employment and career landscape presents challenges and opportunities.
For both employers and employees, the changing employment and career landscape presents challenges and opportunities.

How HR took over the world

Various forces are behind HR’s rise. One is the growing realisation of the value of top talent.
Various forces are behind HR’s rise. One is the growing realisation of the value of top talent.

Title inflation: The job vacancy said ‘senior manager’, but the reality fell short

ST20250917_202569000144/pixgenerics/Brian Teo/Generic of office workers crossing the road at Shenton Way on Sept 17, 2025. Can be used for stories on CBD, employment, jobs, economy, recession, manpower, workers. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
ST20250917_202569000144/pixgenerics/Brian Teo/Generic of office workers crossing the road at Shenton Way on Sept 17, 2025. Can be used for stories on CBD, employment, jobs, economy, recession, manpower, workers. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

How do job seekers stand out in a sea of AI-generated resumes?

There are more applicants than ever flooding this market, with Singapore’s fresh graduates prioritising job hunt this year.
There are more applicants than ever flooding this market, with Singapore’s fresh graduates prioritising job hunt this year.

New AI agent aims to ease process of tracking employees’ work performance

Global enterprises, including those in Singapore, can tap future solutions to help HR teams focus on higher-value work.
Global enterprises, including those in Singapore, can tap future solutions to help HR teams focus on higher-value work.

HR is not for wimps

While a robot could do a lot of HR work, the writer prefers dealing with a human any day.
While a robot could do a lot of HR work, the writer prefers dealing with a human any day.

Does HR still need humans?

HR heads pioneering AI use say that as well as saving money, it is helping them improve the mix of work done by teams and the rewards for taking on more complex tasks.
HR heads pioneering AI use say that as well as saving money, it is helping them improve the mix of work done by teams and the rewards for taking on more complex tasks.

The lost art of admitting what you don’t know

Efforts are under way to teach LLMs how to say “I don’t know”, or to at least express their level of confidence for a given answer.
Efforts are under way to teach LLMs how to say “I don’t know”, or to at least express their level of confidence for a given answer.

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