Workforce Singapore

Companies, take note. Your top performer may be the wrong choice for manager

Managers are central to employee engagement, yet organisations continue to promote high-performing individual contributors into management without adequately preparing them to manage people, the Singapore Workplace Report 2026 shows.

Firms can’t find the skills they need. Are they looking in the right place?

Government support and training providers may help but workforce transformation ultimately takes place withing businesses, says the writer.

South West District residents get help to use AI in daily tasks and at work

An IMDA representative with residents at SkillsFuture Festival @ South West on Oct 16.

We have the world’s best students. Why not the world’s best workers?

Singapore needs to be able to assess and recognise skills acquired on the job, says the writer.

The hardest career conversation is sometimes the one with yourself

A new study found that only 14 per cent of Singapore employees felt engaged in 2025.

New statutory board to be set up on July 1, merging SkillsFuture Singapore and Workforce Singapore

The inaugural Board for the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) will sit for a two-year term until June 30, 2028,

Lazada joins growing list of firms cutting jobs in Singapore. Here are the others

Lazada has become the latest company in Singapore to cut jobs amid ongoing restructuring in various sectors.

Course enrolments soar as AI fever grips Singapore

Training providers like Heicoders Academy told The Straits Times that growing interest in AI has translated into larger class sizes, higher revenue and increasing demand from both individual learners and corporate clients.

Forum: Singaporeans supported in return to work, at every stage of their careers

New skills and workforce agency a ‘two-horse chariot’, not ‘two-headed monster’: Minister

The new Skills and Workforce Development Agency will bring together career guidance, skills training and job matching.

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