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Job seeker asks: ‘Is it really that hard to get hired now, or is it just me?’

SINGAPORE: A job seeker who has been applying for...

Singapore negotiating US concessions on pharmaceutical exports and high-end AI chips access

SINGAPORE: Singapore is negotiating concessions with the United States...

‘I find myself paying S$10 for fried noodles at a business district’: Resident asks Singaporeans how they are coping with rising costs

SINGAPORE: A concerned resident took to an online forum...

NTUC Union and Link members to enjoy 50 cents hot kopi or teh in May, plus ongoing 50% off essentials

SINGAPORE: NTUC Union and Link members will be able...

Business

CLAS reports 4% YoY gross profit increase for Q1 FY2025

SINGAPORE: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) reported a 4% year-on-year...

ST Engineering bags S$4.4B in new contracts for Q1 2025, boosted by defence and public security and commercial aerospace deals

SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) secured S$4.4 billion...

Singapore banks drive share buybacks, set to be biggest in four years, after dip in share prices

SINGAPORE: Singapore banks are seizing the opportunity presented by...

Study finds leader well-being drives organisational well-being and performance

SINGAPORE: Leader well-being was seen as the most significant...

Singapore Politics

Pritam Singh: Maybe SM Lee only wants to present one side of facts on Income-Allianz deal

SINGAPORE: The thwarted deal between Income and Allianz last...

WP’s Andre Low: Ng Chee Meng and I represent 2 very different kinds of candidates

SINGAPORE: At a doorstep interview on Sunday (Apr 27),...

Pritam Singh: If PM says he needs over 2/3 of Parliament to be PAP MPs to govern properly, that’s a ‘serious problem’

SINGAPORE: In a doorstep interview on Sunday (April 27),...

GE2025: Which candidates could lose their deposits?

SINGAPORE: With less than a week to go before...

Jobs

Tech salaries climb slowly after turbulent 2024

‘Even scoring interviews feels like striking a pot of gold,’ 24 yo fresh grad exhausted after 90 days of job hunting

Gender disparity stifles women’s progress in STEM careers: Survey

Taiwan chipmaker UMC’s US$5B new wafer fab facility in Singapore to create 700 jobs

Singapore’s workforce on the move: Half of employees eyeing new jobs in 2025

Close to 25% of Singapore office workers quit their jobs due to lack of development opportunities: Survey

Singapore’s finance giants exploit contract hiring frenzy to cut costs

Singapore’s graduates trapped – High hopes, low pay, and a cost-of-living crisis

Singaporean man achieves FIRE at 48, making over S$250K/year, but asks, ‘What should I pursue in life? I don’t want to rot at home…’

My dad, late 50s, got laid off; how now?