Work Bestie

askST Jobs: I keep having to pick up a colleague’s work. How should I raise it with my boss?

An employee’s role is to highlight the issue and its impact, while managing the colleague’s performance is ultimately the manager’s responsibility.

One man’s journey to medicine: He pivoted from architecture to nursing to medicine

Uzer Danial Sukari is a second year student at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Gotta grow my own way: Why some S’poreans are choosing the farm life abroad

Some Singaporeans are choosing farm life abroad for a slower, more fulfilling lifestyle.

Young & Savvy

I used AI to tailor my work wardrobe. Here’s how you can too

Shopping online was far more efficient, but the writer needed every purchase to hit the mark to save time, effort and money on returns.

‘Can make money meh?’: Meet Jonathan Goh, Singapore’s first degree holder in circus arts

Singaporean circus performer Jonathan Goh in action during Lisboa Magica in Lisbon in August 2024.

Headstart On Record Podcast

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

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

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

Headstart On Record Podcast Recap

The trouble of friend group holidays and is the US still the best investment destination?

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.

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

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

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