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28/05/2026

Wow! Nice..

McKinsey has built an AI tool to help candidates prepare for their interviews, and discourage them from using external prep services.

28/05/2026

No more company-wide layoffs this year.

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Mark Zuckerberg's email landed in 78,000 inboxes on Wednesday morning, just as the first wave of layoff notices began going out in Singapore at 4 a.m. local time.

11/05/2026

It's challenging.. difficult to balance the books especially when productivity is still elusive..
But it also means that, from a policy standpoint, we should not just increase pay to get people to work right?

Singapore workers earn among Asia’s highest salaries, yet many remain unhappy at work. Here’s why pay alone may not be enough.

21/04/2026

Employers now...and will be for a while with more adopting AI..

With unemployment at 4.3% and quits near a multi-year low, employees are absorbing cuts they would have walked out on three years ago.

01/04/2026

AI massively impacting HR ..Must Read

HR professionals who don’t evolve into strategic leaders risk being displaced by AI-enabled tools.

01/04/2026

Ongoing but quite massive..

Oracle employs around 30,000 people in India, including those impacted by the layoffs. The company declined to comment on the development.

01/04/2026

Latest HR news from Malaysia..

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry will propose a Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) scheme to the cabinet to protect more than 400,000 Malaysians commuting to Singapore for work.

31/03/2026

Getting serious..
Time to switch over to the Fixed Price plans with Redemption updates...

Medical cost inflation in Singapore is projected to hit a record 16.9% in 2026, prompting calls for collective action to manage healthcare costs. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

21/03/2026

Selamat Hari Raya!

Wishing you a blessed and joyous Hari Raya filled with health and prosperity!

08/03/2026

Calling all our HR partners and friends !!
This is a 'Must-Read' as we accelerate towards an AI-enabled Work Space 2.0 (or 3.0?)

Business leaders have for months heeded warnings about AI’s ability to replace white-collar jobs. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei last year said the technology could disrupt half of entry-level white-collar work. Microsoft’s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, made a similar prediction, estimating most professional work will be replaced within a year to 18 months.

The workers who would bear the brunt of that scenario are not who most people picture. The most AI-exposed group is 16 percentage points more likely to be female, earns 47% more on average, and is nearly four times as likely to hold a graduate degree compared to the least exposed group. That’s the lawyer, the financial analyst, the software developer, not the warehouse worker. Computer programmers, customer service reps, and data entry keyers are the most exposed occupations.

The red jobs are what AI is doing now, Anthropic says. The blue ones are what it's coming for next.