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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

‘I’m just a burden,’ 35 year-old Singaporean mum feels defeated after months of job rejections following redundancy

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old Singaporean mum of two felt completely...

New DBS CEO says businesses should ‘look at new opportunities where they can grow’ amid trade tensions

SINGAPORE: DBS Bank’s new CEO Tan Su Shan said...

4 Singapore tour bus operators suspended from entering Malaysia for unauthorised express services and selling tickets online

SINGAPORE: Four tour bus companies based in Singapore had...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Tag: job seeker

“I’ve been job searching since May but still haven’t received any offers” — Singaporean applies 3-5 jobs/day and yet “no responses at all”

“Is this normal or strange?” — Job seeker asks if job interviewers should be asking about her religion, siblings, and former company’s boss’s age

SG jobseeker says recruiters now play mind games by giving applicants tons of assignments before ghosting them

“Why some Singapore companies don’t inform candidates they’ve been rejected?” — SG job seeker asks

Singaporean job seeker says employers nowadays “are paying too little but asking for so much”

Employer shocked at Singaporean jobseeker for not able to speak Mandarin; starts insulting the candidate

Man asks if he should accept a job with “15% pay cut for not having experience of more than 5 years”

First-time jobseeker asks if she should spam-apply jobs at govt agency to get hired for internship

Jobless S’porean sends out 50+ job applications but receives only 2 calls, asks if job market “really bad right now?”

Fresh grad “tired of being yanked around by companies” looks to Singaporeans for advice