Many in S'pore find work a chore: Poll, HR Updates, Singapore Jobs, Job Resources - STJobs

Many in S'pore find work a chore: Poll, HR Updates, Singapore Jobs, Job Resources - STJobs

ST JOBS FAIR 2014

Singapore' largest job fair - the ST Job Fair 2014 will be held on Saturday, 12 July and Sunday, 13 July at the Marina Bay Sands. Some 55 000 people are expected to attend.
Once again, we are honoured to be invited to partner ST Jobs to conduct the Resume Clinics for both days. This is our second invite in a row by ST Jobs and this augurs well for Successful Resumes Singapore. It shows that we have the credibility, professionalism, commitment, expertise and experience expected by ST Jobs for their 'clients' at the fair.
To avoid disappointment, register early for the Resume Clinics at the link below.
St Jobs is part of the national newspaper - The Straits Times.
www.stjobs.sg/fair

THOSE WORKING IN SINGAPORE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR CURRENT SALARY

According to a new report conducted soon after Singapore was cited as the most expensive city in the world, 80% of respondents said that they were not happy with their current salary. People living and working here believe that they need to earn much more in order to cope with Singapore's rising cost of living.

These statistics from the report are worth noting:

• Number of people not happy with their current salary: over 83%
• Ideal salary per month: S$6000

Those earning S$3000 per month or less:

• Struggle to make ends meet with their current salary: 23%
• Salary could cover basic needs and some small luxuries: 31%
• Cover basic needs: 42%
• Comfortable with current salary: 4%

How money is being spent

• Paying for basic necessities: between 30% to 40% of salary with housing taking up the chunk of that spend

What working people in Singapore need to earn to be satisfied with their salary:

• Increase salary by 20%: 66%
• Ideal amount of salary: More than 50% indicated S$6000 per month

One way to beat the blues is to look for another job that pays you more. To do that you would need an outstanding and marketing-centric resume to help you get there. For details on how we can help, visit: www.successfulresumessingapore.com
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DEGREE HOLDERS MOST VULNERABLE TO RETRENCHMENT

National newspaper 'The Straits Times' carried this headline in today's edition [26 May 2014] "Degree Holders Most Vulnerable to Retrenchment'. This is quite scary. It further reported that 62% of those retrenched found jobs within a year. This further confirms my view that "There is no such a thing as job security."
Those with polytechnic diploma and professional qualifications have a slight advantage. 65% of them found jobs within a year and 71% of those with secondary education did find jobs within the same period.
The job market in Singapore is not quite rosy and there hosts of reasons why the retrenched find it much harder to find a job.
Two key factors that these people need to be aware of and understand are:
1. A strategic jobsearch plan
2. An outstanding, market-centric resume.

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LAUNCH OF CORPORATE FACEBOOK PAGE

The official Facebook corporate page of Successful Resumes Singapore was launched on Friday, 23 May 2014.
Please visit and like our page. Follow us and read our posts and links, and we are sure our fans and friends will find these posts and links informative and helpful when embarking on their Jobsearch campaign.

NEW FACEBOOK CORPORATE PAGE

We at Successful Resumes Singapore will be rolling out a new corporate page for Successful Resumes Singapore this week. Do follow us and LIKE us. We will post informational articles and inspiring write-ups on career change and jobsearch. We hope our fans, friends and readers will benefit from this new initiative.

JOB SECURITY OR CAREER PERMANENCY

Are you aware that an average working professional changes his or her job once every four years? Amongst the reasons, redundancy, company downsizing or a company moving offshore seem to top the list. Or simply, your job function has been eliminated. Your job has disappeared. Gone are those days - during your parents' time when hard work, sacrifice, dedication was a simple formula for long term job security and a predictable climb up the ladder of success. If you subscribe to this precept in your career planning, you will be totally disappointed. Your employers still expect hard work, sacrifice and dedication from you but for a different motive - to boost the company's profit profile. You can be replaced. Your job can be eliminated and replaced by a computerised gizmo.
The job security and steady, predictable professional growth that your parents enjoyed as a norm is now a thing of the past. It's now history. You have to wake up and face a new reality in career planning. We live in a time of immense change. We now face a totally different economic scenario. You have to be fully and mentally prepared to change job or career once every four years or sooner.
So, what's next?
Embark on a strategic life-long career planning now!

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