Jobs and the economy from a foreigner’s perspective
Foreigners are an important contributing segment to the Singapore economy, making up nearly one quarter of the workforce Let me get things straight right off the bat. I am one of those who Singapore calls “foreign talent”. I was born in the Philippines, but moved to Singapore four years ago. I work as a manager in a Singaporean...
Singaporeans, you can thrive outside the country of your birth
I graduated in 2000, worked in Singapore till 2005 but left to start anew in Malaysia. I got lucky – my wife whom I met at university is Malaysian. Unlike over here, foreigners aren’t allowed in easily. But once in, I worked like I’d done in S’pore previously and slowly but surely worked my way up. Today, there is little...
Painful experience of a local PMET working in financial sector
Globalisation has reared its ugly head in Singapore for the past few years and many PMETs increasingly find themselves being replaced by cheaper workers from abroad. I am just an ordinary true blue Singaporean who started work in the private sector in 1998 after having completed my Navy contract of six and a half years. I...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- StayTuned Sim Ann on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Fearing Monsters on Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
- Voice for Change on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Untouchable Rich on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Who would be Real MPs on 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
|
|