Singaporean's worried over fast-growing foreign workforce population. According to reports from Singapore, most Singaporean workforce are now worried over the fast-growing foreign workforce population wherein a larger number of this foreign workforce population are coming from China. This trend has greatly affected the locals and their present jobs. Some of the locals have even lamented that these foreign nationals have come to take away their jobs wherein a greater number of aged employees were being replaced by the younger ones coming from China.
Actually, the government saw it in different way. All of this can be attributed to the government initiative that took effect last year when Singapore relaxed its rules to allow more immigration of which a large percentage are coming from China to staff its service industries, part of its measures to address an acute labor shortage resulting from a boom in the construction, marine, manufacturing and services sectors.
Hence, beginning this year, companies in Singapore can hire foreigners for up to 50% of their labor force; specifically, 10% can be Chinese nationals that according to locals threatens job security of Singapore's most unskilled, the low-wage workers who earn less than 1,200 Singapore dollars ($872.73) a month, numbering about 350,000. In fact, the Workers' Party pointed out that Singaporeans are being left behind by the recent boom: more than 60% of the record 236,600 new jobs created last year went to foreigners.
Chief Blogging Officer is now a trend. Fact is Companies are keen to engage consumers in the blogosphere, and today, just more than 11 percent of Fortune 500 companies have corporate blogs.
According to a report presented by Workforce.com, today, just more than 11 percent of Fortune 500 companies have corporate blogs, according to SocialText, and only a handful have a designated chief blogger. The number of corporate blogs has risen slowly and steadily since the end of 2005, when just 4 percent had any kind of blog.
So is Cheif Blogging Officer a desired positions for some bloggers and a must to companies right now just to take care of our online reputation or just an overhyped idea? Well, as you can see Companies such as Coca-Cola, Marriott and Kodak have recently recruited chief bloggers, with or without the actual title, to tell their stories and engage consumers. With these current paradigm we can now conclude that blogging in the corporate world really plays a vital role. "While the title of chief blogger is seductive, analysts and industry insiders said the title shouldn’t be the focus. What’s essential is the brand voice, whether it comes from one chief blogger or a group working together, such as those on Southwest and Wal-Mart’s blogs" Workforce.com said.
“Intangible assets – How much are they really worth?
Organizational entry isn’t just about finding the right person at the right time for the right job. It is also about keeping the right person. But how can we keep such valuable asset amidst the growing industries that promises to offer a fun place to work with plus perks together with extremely high starting rate? This is just one of those deep-seated questions being thrown now days by HR executives in every round table brainstorming there is. This has been one of the reasons why thinkers such us J. Collins & Porras adopted “built to last concept”, R.M Kanter urged executives to become “change masters” & Welch embraced “boundaryless” organization initiated with an open-book strategy just to encourage innovation and creativity to better position their respective organizations. To borrow one CEO’s statement “Take away my assets and leave my people.” This is one proof of how valuable these intangibles are to every organization striving to keep its pace in the new emerging economy.
You’re only worth 15 seconds to a recruiter. Can you believe that? How terrible isn't it? But for all you know it's a fact. No recruiter spends too much time on reviewing your resume once you apply. How about in the call center for sure my resume is worth their time. That I doubt. Due to shortage of supply plus an average of 7% turn over in this type of industry I doubt if they'll go over with your resume. They'll just call you directly (reviewing your resume for 15 sec) conduct a caned type of interview and your good to go if you pass.
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