Uncertainties are currently plaguing the global economy and a firm’s economic viability, thus creating seismic shifts in the nature of ...
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Global companies have survived challenging times throughout the century, such as the Great Depression in the early 1920s. At present, ...
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The current technologies, that are widely used by organisations to help them with employee productivity and performance, are enabling new ...
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If you are new to employer branding, don’t worry; all companies start from scratch. There are times that they have ...
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As COVID-19 has heightened financial stress for many employees, employers feel responsible for helping improve their workers’ financial wellbeing. 2020 ...
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Lockdown is being lifted for most regions and offices are reopening. But how do employees feel about coming back to the cubicles amidst ongoing outbreak? In India, 4 in 5 workers (83 percent) are worried about going back to the office when restrictions are still in effect. They are concerned with their health safety while […]
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As remote work becomes the norm across Asia, Sansan Inc., the leading contact management platform announced that its virtual cards function will now be available on Microsoft Teams. Teams users can send Sansan’s virtual cards from the service’s calendar feature, making it easy for them to exchange contacts seamlessly before any online meeting or business […]
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Many countries are easing lockdown measures and allowing workers to come back to the office. However, a problem arises as workplace clusters are emerging across regions. In Malaysia, about a third of all virus clusters now are coming from the workplace. Some health experts have suggested the government to review the current conditional movement control […]
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More than 12,000 information and communications technology (ICT) jobs are available under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package to help boost a growing digital economy, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its latest jobs situation report on Tuesday (Nov 24). Since 2015, 17,000 locals have joined the industry, and as of June this year […]
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More than 50 percent of male workers in India feel that there is an increased biasness against women at workplace, said a new survey. According to the survey conducted by TeamLease, half of the male employees interviewed feel that there is an increase in gender bias against women in the last two years in spite […]
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Going out with your colleagues for lunch while taking a walk from work might be something you miss the most during the pandemic. With most of workers are now encouraged to work from home, many might find the boundaries between work and personal life blurring. Recent survey by Deliveroo for Business (DfB), the corporate arm […]
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The pandemic is evidently having a huge impact on our mental health. Fear, worry, and stress are normal responses when one is dealing with real threats and facing uncertainty. Therefore, it is normal and understandable that people are experiencing fear and anxiety in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As organisations are adapting to the […]
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Surveyed amid the pandemic, frontline and deskless employees (such as nurses, teachers, salespeople, construction workers, truck drivers, etc.) stated that they wouldn’t switch to a desk job given the opportunity. In a report published by the mobile learning platform TalentCards, 64% stated that they would not give up their current positions as frontline workers in […]
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Young Malaysians will play the biggest role in advancing the country’s digital economy and will be responsible for the country’s transition into the fourth industrial revolution (IR4.0), according to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). Citing a World Economic Forum report, MDEC CEO Surina Shukri said 65% of students now in primary school would end […]
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This article is a guest post. Forced to adapt and redesign work to encompass a flexible mix of on-site and remote arrangements, business leaders have now turned their attention to raising human productivity. Work productivity can be a controversial topic in Asia, given how many employees here have had to conform to traditional tropes and […]
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