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  1. I have heard friends around me getting pay cuts or retrenched. Anyone of you had similar experience. What if company retrench us during this period?
  2. i was jobless 3 mths back but hv since landed a new job. hv another fren tat landed 1 wk after resignation. but another been lookin for 6 mths. so hope to hear more bout the issues u hv in landing new jobs.
  3. Running my own business was a tedious affair that eventually went belly up, so was left with no choice but to return to the job market seeking employment in my mid-30s. Attended a few interviews and somehow felt the interviewers were looking down on me for having ran a company which failed. Haven't received any job offers, still on hunt for a suitable gig. I estimated that I lost around 300k purely in opportunity costs accrued from not taking up a salaried role during this entire period, which needless to say makes for sufficient dough to buy a humble HDB flat to nicely settle down already. I realised that once your resume makes mention of you having dabbled in a business venture previously or took up a self-employed vocation such as being a private hire car driver, your standing immediately takes a huge tumble in the eyes of prospective employers; you are deemed much less employable, ie expect to be basically grouped within the same category as former bankrupts and former convicts. Why do I say that? Because its true. In their narrow-minded wisdom they expect a former bankrupt to become bankrupt again, a former convict to return to a life crime, a former business owner to forever dabble in uninspiring enterprises, a private hire car driver to remain a lowly chauffeur all his life. More at Thinking of starting your own business? I failed miserably, consider yourselves warned.
  4. Singapore's jobless rate rises to 2.1% in March By Qiuyi Tan | Posted: 30 April 2012 1014 hrs
  5. Wonder how much Mr Mohan is advertising to pay for this job? From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_757592.html Analyse skill sets of jobless to fine-tune intake of foreigners Published on Jan 20, 2012 I DISAGREE with the view that foreign workers are taking jobs away from citizens and suppressing the potential pay of Singaporeans (''Foreign talent policy had effect on income gap''; Tuesday). I have had a business in software services for more than 32 years and I have seen my staffing headcount drop to 15 from 65 because I offshored the work. My company is automated in every conceivable way possible but there is a minimum number of IT skilled staff we need. We advertise regularly for staff and only about 2 per cent of the applicants can pass the skills test that we set, and even then, just barely. In one case, the applicant took a toilet break and did not return for the test. The skill sets of the unemployed should be analysed so we can see which type of person is unable to obtain a job. Once that is established, the foreign worker quotas can be fine-tuned accordingly. The increase in the minimum salary for employment passes has, in certain categories, just increased employers' costs as suitable Singaporeans cannot be found. Harendra Mohan
  6. Missing migrant workers hunted down in Singapore tweet0EmailPrint..Topics:Economy Government and Policy.On Wednesday 3 August 2011, 11:25 SGT The man with his right arm draped casually over Mohammad's shoulders as they walk out of a metro station could be mistaken for the Bangladeshi guest worker's best buddy. But V. Balakrishnan has been hired to track him down and ship him home -- and the smiling Mohammad suddenly bolts, dropping a small bag of possessions and kicking away his flip-flops in his haste to escape. Watching Mohammad's bright red shirt rapidly disappearing into the distance Balakrishnan says: "See, I told you he surely run." Balakrishnan works for UTR Services, a company hired by employers to find and repatriate foreign workers who are reported missing or who are no longer needed by the companies that sponsored their visas. Under Singapore law, employers are responsible for repatriating guest workers whose contracts lapse or are terminated. Balakrishnan and his partner traced Mohammad's whereabouts and staked out his forest hideout near Singapore's border with Malaysia for five days, only to lose him in the end. Labour-starved and densely populated Singapore employs around 900,000 guest workers like Mohammad and has strict laws against those staying beyond their allotted time, generating business for repatriation companies like UTR Services. Such firms, which get paid around Sg$250 ($200) per case, have drawn criticism from human rights groups who accuse them of resorting to unsavoury methods to force workers to board flights home. "Repatriation companies use force, violence and illegally confine workers against their will," said Jolovan Wham, executive director of Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME). "The workers are usually seized and locked up at the repatriation company's premises against their will... this is kidnapping and wrongful confinement, and can be classified as penal code offences, which are offences against the law." Wham said some foreign workers had gone to HOME for help. "The repatriation company men are careful not to leave any visible injuries on the workers to avoid any possible investigation by the police. Men from the repatriation companies also threaten and verbally abuse the workers into agreeing to leave," he added. The alleged abuses committed by Singapore repatriation firms were mentioned in a US State Department global report on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issued in June. The US report said some employers use the firms "to prevent workers from complaining of abuses, including conditions of forced labor, or seeking redress through the Ministry of Manpower". The Singapore government has slammed the report, saying in a statement that it "does not tolerate the wrongful confinement of workers or their forceful repatriation without settling of salaries and other legitimate claims". A police spokesman said that "if any reports are lodged against such companies, the police will look into the matter to establish if any offence has been committed and take action accordingly". UTR Services director J. Ravi also denied any use of force by his staff. "It's not like what people say," he told AFP. "There's no force, no nothing." Ravi maintained that 85 percent of the 2,000 workers he sends back annually voluntarily agree to be repatriated. But he conceded that the practice of "lodging" foreign workers in the offices of repatriation firms and barring them from leaving unescorted was "a little bit controversial" and he was looking into abolishing the practice. As for unscrupulous employers, Ravi said his staff check for any signs of physical injury on workers brought in for repatriation and will refer suspected abuse cases to the manpower ministry. "The law states very clearly, the employer has the right to terminate... You terminate the permit, I send back the worker for you." A senior official of the manpower ministry said it responded to only two complaints of illegal confinement by repatriation companies in 2010. But HOME's Wham said forced repatriation happens daily. "Migrant workers are perceived as social problems and potential immigration offenders and the authorities are happy that repatriation companies can perform this function for them," Wham said.
  7. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20101116/tsp-...ez-47c0590.html Mayb Liverpool can consider hiring him back. Same team same formation........ mayb it is the manager's prob. (this statement sound familiar )
  8. Hi all, A friend of mine has been jobless for many months. I was told there is help (probably some govt agencies) somewhere to assist those who are out of job for a lengthy period and will help them to find job and re-training for free. Anyone know of such contact? Thank you. Regards,
  9. S'pore jobless rate rises Employment growth remains strong with retrenchment down, but unemployment continues to rise. SINGAPORE'S jobless rate rose to 2.3 per cent in June, for the second quarter in a row even as total employment growth remained strong in the second quarter, driven by the robust construction sector. Amid the economic uncertainties, the overall unemployment rate rose from a seasonally adjusted 1.7 per cent in December to 2 per cent in March and further to 2.3 per cent in June, according to the latest labour market update released by the Ministry of Manpower on Monday. Some 77,800 residents were jobless in June. The seasonally adjusted figure was 60,900, up 12 per cent from 54,300 in March. But MOM said it was comparable to the 59,700 in June a year ago. The number of unemployed residents (poster comment: an influx of FTs?) went up from 2.4 per cent in December to 2.9 per cent in March and 3.1 per cent in June. The prevailing overall and resident unemployment rates are at the same levels as a year ago, said MOM. But the labour market remained strong. A record 144,600 jobs were added in the first six months, compared with 113,800 in the same period last year. But the growth of 71,400 jobs was slightly lower than the first quarter's 73,200. Still, it was higher than a year ago (64,400). Driven by robust building activities, employment in construction rose by a record 22,400 in the second quarter. But growth in the other sectors has moderated from the previous quarter. Services added 38,300 workers, down from the gains of 46,500 in the first three months, but was still slightly higher than 36,800 in the second quarter a year ago. Manufacturing posted gains of 10,100, lower than 11,800 in the last quarter and 15,900 in the same quarter a year ago. 'Amid the economic uncertainties, the unemployment rate rose for the second consecutive quarter, after improving to pre-Asian crisis levels in the second half of 2007,' said MOM. The ministry added that the long-term unemployment has declined compared to a year ago. Some 10,000 or 13 per cent of the unemployed residents had been looking for work for at least 25 weeks in June, down from 12,100 or 16 per cent a year ago. They formed 0.5 per cent of the resident labour force, compared with 0.6 per cent in Jun 07. After rising for two consecutive quarters, the number of retrenched workers fell to 1,798 in the second quarter, from 2,274 in the first three months. The slowdown came from manufacturing, which laid off 1,216 workers compared to 1,724 in the previous quarter. On the other hand, retrenchments in services rose slightly from 543 in Q1 to 567 in Q2 08, but they still accounted for a smaller share (32 per cent) of the workers retrenched than the manufacturing sector (68 per cent) in Q2. Job vacancies There were 40,100 job vacancies1 in June, after increasing 5 per cent over the quarter and 7.1 per cent over the year. 'These unfilled posts represented 2.5 per cent of manpower demand, unchanged from the preceding two quarters, but was slightly lower than 2.6 per cent in June last year. Earnings up Nominal earnings rose over the year by 3.1 per cent in Q2, moderating from the growth of 11 per cent in the previous quarter and 8.5 per cent in Q2 07. After adjusting for higher inflation, real earnings shrank by 4 per cent, compared with gains of 3.6 per cent in Q1 and 7.5 per cent a year ago. Said MOM: "Employment has continued to expand strongly, supported by record gains in construction. Retrenchment has also eased following increases in the preceding two quarters. However, productivity has contracted for the third consecutive quarter, as growth in employment outpaced output growth. Unemployment also rose for the second consecutive quarter amid the economic uncertainties." http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_278742.html
  10. Who do we believe? Reuters says jobless rate in Singapore is on the up and heading up. CNA say there're more jobs in Singapore this year. Both released on the same day - 30 April 2008. Who do we believe? What if BOTH are true? Since the unemployment rate stats in Singapore are based on SINGAPOREANS, that means... the new jobs created were taken by FTs and not by Singaporeans, hence Singapore's unemployment rate's going up? That's the only reason if both articles are true. Unless one of them isn't. It's not good either way.
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