many proper and mature responses here, some cynicism and some anger..that's fine
but some juvenile idiots like elsewhere in the forum, cannot argue sensibly and resort to profanity
anyway i like to link this New Paper report that shows where i am coming from
you see, many of you here see from the point of view of employee or student. i am an employer....
here is the link... locals complain a lot but when i advertised, as i said in my first post in this thread and substantiated by another poster, vast majority of applicants are foreigners, locals very few
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,192079,00.html?
NEW WORKFORCE SURVEY:
Can't find locals, so firms hire foreigners
By Tan May Ping
February 07, 2009
MORE foreign workers, fewer jobs for locals. That's what many job-seeking Singaporeans are worried about.
In contrast, foreign workers worry if they would be the first to get laid off in this recession.
But what do employers think?
It appears that most have a favourable view of hiring foreign workers and feel this has no impact on their local employees.
The findings are part of a survey of 500 employers released yesterday by search and recruitment firm Achieve Group.
The Hiring of Foreign Workers Report said that 73 per cent, or 365 of the employers, consider hiring foreign workers as positive.
The respondents were from multi-national firms and medium to large-sized enterprises in various sectors.
In the survey, foreign workers are defined as those under work permits and S-passes.
These include labourers, technicians, nurses and those in the F&B, retail and hospitality industries.
Turning to foreigners
Achieve's chief executive Joshua Yim, 45, told The New Paper that one finding confirmed a long-time suspicion: Employers turn to foreigners when they can't find local workers for the position.
'There is an impression that foreigners take away jobs from Singaporeans, and that employers want cheaper labour, but the findings show that many employers have difficulty finding Singaporeans and PRs to take up the positions,' said Mr Yim.
More than half, 53 per cent, cited inability to source local candidates as the reason for hiring foreigners, while only 11 per cent said it was cheaper to do so.
Mr Yim said this finding was especially true for blue-collar workers, which the survey focused on.
'Singaporeans tend to be picky. If they were willing to take on such jobs, employers probably would not consider foreign workers as readily.'
He said his company did the survey after starting a new unit, Achieve International Recruitment, specialising in recruitment of foreign labourers last year.
'We have ongoing concerns about labourers in Singapore, and we were keen to see how receptive employers are to this group of people,' he said.
On the impact of foreign workers on local employees, 87 per cent of employers said there was 'no change'. Seven per cent felt locals were motivated to work harder.
Ms Theresa Tan, assistant HR director of a leading retailer which took part in the survey, said her company viewed the hiring of foreign workers favourably.
It increased hiring of foreigners over the past three years, and close to 10 per cent of its workers are now foreigners, mainly from China, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Ms Tan said the
foreign workers tend to have more perseverance and are more resilient.
Asked if her company would lay off foreign workers ahead of local workers, Ms Tan said
nationality was not a main factor. Instead, her company looks at a worker's performance.
It has not laid off any employees during the current downturn, but has initiated 'cost-management' measures.
Go get some sleep, we'll do it again later OK?
