you see, the point is, regardless of displaying the ad, and salary in Jobsbank, some companies (A minority I believe) have zero interest in employing a local talent, for example, the employers already found an expat employee, or maybe an internal transfer, and the Jobsbank et al was just an eye wash. Because they wanted that specific candidate, and nobody, for the specific candidates value or whatever, in growing their businessAndrewV wrote:What do you'll think of this latest measure by the govt.
Personally I am for the fact that now companies will have to display the salary range in the jobsbank site. Gives people a better idea when trying to look for a job rather than waste their time
yes, i suppose the government won't really find fault with that.ecureilx wrote:you see, the point is, regardless of displaying the ad, and salary in Jobsbank, some companies (A minority I believe) have zero interest in employing a local talent, for example, the employers already found an expat employee, or maybe an internal transfer, and the Jobsbank et al was just an eye wash. Because they wanted that specific candidate, and nobody, for the specific candidates value or whatever, in growing their businessAndrewV wrote:What do you'll think of this latest measure by the govt.
Personally I am for the fact that now companies will have to display the salary range in the jobsbank site. Gives people a better idea when trying to look for a job rather than waste their time
Why do the Government persist with this charade then?ecureilx wrote:you see, the point is, regardless of displaying the ad, and salary in Jobsbank, some companies (A minority I believe) have zero interest in employing a local talent, for example, the employers already found an expat employee, or maybe an internal transfer, and the Jobsbank et al was just an eye wash. Because they wanted that specific candidate, and nobody, for the specific candidates value or whatever, in growing their businessAndrewV wrote:What do you'll think of this latest measure by the govt.
Personally I am for the fact that now companies will have to display the salary range in the jobsbank site. Gives people a better idea when trying to look for a job rather than waste their time
I won't call it a charadeBarnsley wrote: Why do the Government persist with this charade then?
How much does the Jobsbank cost to maintain?
ecureilx wrote:you see, the point is, regardless of displaying the ad, and salary in Jobsbank, some companies (A minority I believe) have zero interest in employing a local talent, for example, the employers already found an expat employee, or maybe an internal transfer, and the Jobsbank et al was just an eye wash. Because they wanted that specific candidate, and nobody, for the specific candidates value or whatever, in growing their businessAndrewV wrote:What do you'll think of this latest measure by the govt.
Personally I am for the fact that now companies will have to display the salary range in the jobsbank site. Gives people a better idea when trying to look for a job rather than waste their time
ScoobyDoes wrote:. horse poo
ecureilx wrote:ScoobyDoes wrote:. horse poo
You missed the P at the end
movingtospore wrote:Anecdotally, I think what is already happening (and has been going this way for a number of years) is that a lot of companies are moving back office-type of functions to either India or the Phines. And when they can't fill a more senior role in Sing it just goes to Hong Kong, back to the mothership, or goes unfilled.
I don't really see how the latest moves are going to change that. Sing is caught in the difficult position of not really being a knowledge centre/entrepreneurial/growth economy, and not being competitive as a back-office job centre. They seem to want to force companies to turn the local hires into good candidates to grow the former. Don't think that will work! I suppose that they will always have a baseline of industry here as long as they remain a place that more or less respects the rule of law. But any more than that? Those days are long gone.
Instead of having an honest dialogue about the difficult situation Sing is in they seem to be just fanning the "blame the foreigners" sentiment. Which will only increase the number of roles being relocated out of Sing.
Brah wrote:+1
I believe we are seeing the end of an era. So many people I know have left or are planning to, and there are less and less opportunities and economic rationale for people to come her to to keep things running as they were.
All things must pass.
movingtospore wrote:Anecdotally, I think what is already happening (and has been going this way for a number of years) is that a lot of companies are moving back office-type of functions to either India or the Phines. And when they can't fill a more senior role in Sing it just goes to Hong Kong, back to the mothership, or goes unfilled.
I don't really see how the latest moves are going to change that. Sing is caught in the difficult position of not really being a knowledge centre/entrepreneurial/growth economy, and not being competitive as a back-office job centre. They seem to want to force companies to turn the local hires into good candidates to grow the former. Don't think that will work! I suppose that they will always have a baseline of industry here as long as they remain a place that more or less respects the rule of law. But any more than that? Those days are long gone.
Instead of having an honest dialogue about the difficult situation Sing is in they seem to be just fanning the "blame the foreigners" sentiment. Which will only increase the number of roles being relocated out of Sing.
the govt is afraid of entrepreneurial types. they are chased away or snuffed off. the reason is to basic to insist. rather, they prefer either temasek-controlled entities or small momma/papa unambitious backstores.movingtospore wrote:Anecdotally, I think what is already happening (and has been going this way for a number of years) is that a lot of companies are moving back office-type of functions to either India or the Phines. And when they can't fill a more senior role in Sing it just goes to Hong Kong, back to the mothership, or goes unfilled.
I don't really see how the latest moves are going to change that. Sing is caught in the difficult position of not really being a knowledge centre/entrepreneurial/growth economy, and not being competitive as a back-office job centre. They seem to want to force companies to turn the local hires into good candidates to grow the former. Don't think that will work! I suppose that they will always have a baseline of industry here as long as they remain a place that more or less respects the rule of law. But any more than that? Those days are long gone.
Instead of having an honest dialogue about the difficult situation Sing is in they seem to be just fanning the "blame the foreigners" sentiment. Which will only increase the number of roles being relocated out of Sing.
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