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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - They gonna open the FTs floodgate wider</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Spearmint000 (Spearmint888) <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Jan-28 7:48 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 3) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>27827.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>M'therfarkers are giving excuses ... fark who said not enough supply of staffs. The problem is they pay peanuts. My friend who works as IT manager in a local retailer told me that the sales promoter are paid $900-$1000/mth. After CPF, left only $800 and with comission, lucky you hit $1100 -1200 take home. This you need to work 10am to 9pm at night, 6 days a week. Another thing, these retailors hire foreign trash, they no need to pay CPF, is that possible?
http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Office/Story/A1Story20100129-195154.html
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my paper </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=400 align=right><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right> </TD><TD height=15>
</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --></TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->THE job market is recovering well, but a gap remains in labour supply in the sales and service professions, according to the Ministry of Manpower's latest report.
Job vacancies soared to 34,900 last September, up 47 per cent from June last year, and just 1,100 shy of the openings in September 2008.
Yet, close to three in 10 - or 10,140 - vacancies had been unfilled for at least six months in September last year, a situation prevalent in 2008 as well.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><!-- Copyright DoubleClick Inc., All rights reserved. --><!-- This code was autogenerated @ Tue Dec 29 01:45:43 EST 2009 --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>About a third of these were lower-skilled sales and service jobs, which called for at least secondary- school education.
Service-sector jobs made up the largest proportion - 74 per cent - of openings, led by community, social and personal services.
The opening of shopping malls and integrated resorts supported the demand for sales and service workers.
This resulted in the outstripping of demand for degree holders, which is generally the highest.
The top jobs for those with at least secondary-school qualifications were shop sales assistants, administrative clerks and protective service workers such as firefighters, policemen and prison guards.
Mr Koh Juan Kiat, executive director of the Singapore National Employers Federation (Snef), attributed the vacuum in labour in the sales and service professions to the problem of mismatched skills.
He added that Snef is providing training to help workers retrenched from manufacturing jobs, among other sectors, make a transition to service jobs, and is looking to improve productivity in the sector.
Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy said that the trend was "well within expectation", because the service sector has undergone expansion here.
He added that demand is more than the number of Singaporeans available for the job and said that foreign workers would continue to feed demand for labour in this sector.
But CIMB economist Song Seng Wun expects that Singaporeans' mindsets will change over time, to "get used to serving rather than being served".
Across the board, professionals, managers, executives and technicians were the most sought-after in the labour market as of last September, with companies offering 15,320 vacancies, or 44 per cent of the total number, for them.
Job openings in the private sector rose by 65 per cent in the third quarter of last year, from 16,900 last June to 27,900 last September. In September 2008, there were a total of 28,300 openings from private companies.
"Hiring rose in the second half, mainly because of improved confidence that the worst was over and orders are coming in. The rebound was led by the finance sector and we also saw more people going into property," said Mr Song.
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http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Office/Story/A1Story20100129-195154.html
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Job vacancies were up 47 per cent from June last year. -myp --></TD></TR><TR><TD>
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Job vacancies soared to 34,900 last September, up 47 per cent from June last year, and just 1,100 shy of the openings in September 2008.
Yet, close to three in 10 - or 10,140 - vacancies had been unfilled for at least six months in September last year, a situation prevalent in 2008 as well.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><!-- Copyright DoubleClick Inc., All rights reserved. --><!-- This code was autogenerated @ Tue Dec 29 01:45:43 EST 2009 --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>About a third of these were lower-skilled sales and service jobs, which called for at least secondary- school education.
Service-sector jobs made up the largest proportion - 74 per cent - of openings, led by community, social and personal services.
The opening of shopping malls and integrated resorts supported the demand for sales and service workers.
This resulted in the outstripping of demand for degree holders, which is generally the highest.
The top jobs for those with at least secondary-school qualifications were shop sales assistants, administrative clerks and protective service workers such as firefighters, policemen and prison guards.
Mr Koh Juan Kiat, executive director of the Singapore National Employers Federation (Snef), attributed the vacuum in labour in the sales and service professions to the problem of mismatched skills.
He added that Snef is providing training to help workers retrenched from manufacturing jobs, among other sectors, make a transition to service jobs, and is looking to improve productivity in the sector.
Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy said that the trend was "well within expectation", because the service sector has undergone expansion here.
He added that demand is more than the number of Singaporeans available for the job and said that foreign workers would continue to feed demand for labour in this sector.
But CIMB economist Song Seng Wun expects that Singaporeans' mindsets will change over time, to "get used to serving rather than being served".
Across the board, professionals, managers, executives and technicians were the most sought-after in the labour market as of last September, with companies offering 15,320 vacancies, or 44 per cent of the total number, for them.
Job openings in the private sector rose by 65 per cent in the third quarter of last year, from 16,900 last June to 27,900 last September. In September 2008, there were a total of 28,300 openings from private companies.
"Hiring rose in the second half, mainly because of improved confidence that the worst was over and orders are coming in. The rebound was led by the finance sector and we also saw more people going into property," said Mr Song.
[email protected]
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