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A business support veteran of 27 years and a work-study engineer who went from server checks to building AI agents – two NCS employees on what it takes to work with AI and what it cannot replace.
The national masterplan projects more than 500,000 AI-related jobs by 2033, alongside a 30-fold expansion in the country’s AI data centre capacity.
The government is studying ways to help employers cover employees on leave and is considering an accreditation mark for work-life-friendly workplaces, as Minister Indranee Rajah says caregiving leave should become part of normal HR policy.
AI is absorbing the junior work that senior cybersecurity professionals once learned on. Fortinet’s Jess Ng on what that means for the talent pipeline and for retention.
Indonesia’s ambitious 2027 jobs target faces hurdles as businesses call for investment, industrial growth and reforms to create quality employment.
Although the data shows that workplace wellbeing has become an accepted business priority, organisations struggle to translate it into measurable outcomes.
Being physically present with his newborn son did not make Dr Xander Ong a more confident father—taking sole responsibility did. The Centre for Fathering CEO on why that shift from helping to owning shapes stronger leaders, and why parental leave belongs in the conversation about talent.
Singapore’s hiring outlook remains subdued as employers take a more selective approach to headcount while grappling with persistent skills gaps.
Singapore wants more women in STEM. One organisation’s talent strategy suggests the fix starts a decade before the job interview – and it is a lesson in early-talent thinking that any HR leader can borrow.
A lot of AI is built around knowledge employees, but 80% of employees are on the frontline. How do you reach them?
Business prospects look steadier for 2027, but rising manpower costs are keeping employers cautious on pay – and the improvement is not reaching every sector.
As AI takes on a growing share of hiring, performance, and promotion decisions, Rita Tsui, Founder of AsiaHRM, argues that the harder governance questions are not about policy at all, but about judgement, accountability, and the behaviour of the people making the call.
Nominations close on 23 September. With 38 categories spanning recruitment, learning, wellness, relocation and accommodation, alongside the 17 technology awards, the list is broader than most organisations assume.
Japan’s latest workplace reform is placing economic growth against employee wellbeing in a renewed debate over working hours.
A new CHAGEE-ITE qualification folds tea-beverage skills into a national vocational course and the chain’s own shop-floor training – a bid to turn a high-churn frontline job into a certified profession, and one whose skills, CHAGEE says, a worker keeps wherever they go next.
