SIngapore Unemployed
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I am currently unemployed. haiz.
Toyota fired a lot of poeple.
There goes for HDB property agent.
Unemployment rates is going high. I no income now> Find a job. 1100 u want to do with China or india foreign workers.
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ask u to take a 30% pay cut and go China work... u on?
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sorry to hear abt that...... but it was just reported that unemployment rate has hit a new low.
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just get a job first if u really need some income...but if u some savings, u can still afford to keep looking....
ultimately, dun be choosy
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unemployement rate has hit new low???Really??? I just lost my job too.... :(
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Singapore's employment rate rises for fourth consecutive quarter
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 15 September 2010 1046 hrs
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People cross at a pedestrian crossing in downtown SingaporeSINGAPORE: Employment in Singapore rose for a fourth successive quarter in the three months to June, supported by the strong economic expansion.
The Manpower Ministry's latest labour market report said that total employment rose by 24,900.
This brought the total gains in the first half of this year to 61,400, as opposed to a loss of 13,800 in the same period last year.
The services sector added 25,400 workers in the second quarter, smaller than the gains of 33,400 in the preceding quarter.
Construction registered an increase of 2,000 workers, compared to a small decline of 400 in the first quarter.
However, manufacturing employment fell by 2,300, after increasing by 3,100 in the preceding quarter. MOM says unemployment has stabilised, after declining sharply at the end of last year.
The overall unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.2 per cent.
There were 84,400 unemployed residents in June
MOM says redundancies remained at around pre-recessionary quarterly levels.
2,280 workers were made redundant in the second quarter, slightly lower than in the preceding quarter.
Redundancies in manufacturing rose over the quarter from 1,120 to 1,220, while that in construction and services fell.
Re-employment prospects of residents who were laid off also improved.
CPF records showed that 55 per cent of residents who were laid off in the first quarter of this year were re-employed by June.
Job vacancies increased by 73 per cent over the year to 45,100 in June.
MOM says that amid the favourable economic climate, both the average monthly recruitment and resignation rates rose to 2.9 per cent and 2.2 per cent respectively.
Labour productivity continued its cyclical upturn for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Year-on-year growth was double-digit at 15 per cent in the second quarter, comparable to 14 per cent in the previous quarter.
Nominal earnings grew by 5.8 per cent, higher than the 3.7 per cent increase in the first quarter.
However, with inflation rising faster in the second quarter at 3.1 per cent against first quarter's 0.9 per cent, the increase in real earnings was 2.6 per cent, which was 0.2 percentage points lower than in the first quarter of 2010. - CNA/fa -
statistics and reality is diiferent
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Unemployment rate falls in Singapore
By Mustafa Shafawi / Joanne Chan | Posted: 29 October 2010 1017 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's unemployment rate has fallen further.
At the end of September, it was 2.1 per cent, down from 2.2 per cent in June.
The Manpower Ministry (MOM) said among the resident labour force, the unemployment rate was 3.1 per cent, also down by 0.1 percentage point.
It said in its preliminary estimates for the third quarter, total employment has grown by 24,100 in the quarter.
This brought total employment growth in the first nine months of the year to 85,500, compared to a flat growth of 100 in the corresponding period of last year, due to the global economic downturn.
MOM said the employment creation came primarily from the services sector, which added 24,100 workers in the quarter.
Construction employment rose marginally (100) due to the completion of major building projects earlier in the year.
Manufacturing employment continued to fall (-400), though the decline eased from the previous quarter (-2,300).
Lynne Ng, Regional Director of Adecco South East Asia, said: "It's not surprising to see the service sector adding the majority of new jobs in Q3. This sector has gone through significant change this year, with the opening of so many new hotel and entertainment facilities."
Ms Ng added that companies will continue to hire "sensibly" and that the challenge now for human resource managers is to support their organisation in building its talent base, while supporting budgetary restraints.
NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Heng Chee How encouraged job seekers to look for jobs in other sectors.
"If I come from the manufacturing sector and I have a skill set that is required by another company in the same industry, then with minimal adjustment, I will be able to go into that job...if job creation in the manufacturing sector is slowing down, whereas job creation in services is robust, then we must explain to people the opportunities that are present also in the non-manufacturing sector."
MOM said based on preliminary estimates, 1,400 workers were retrenched and 500 had their contracts terminated prematurely, resulting in a total of 1,900 workers made redundant in the third quarter.
This was lower than the 2,280 workers made redundant in the second quarter.
With the pick up in the economy, redundancy in manufacturing fell to 900 from 1,220 in the previous quarter.
Services laid off 900 workers, about the same as the previous quarter.
Construction displaced 100 workers, compared with 150 in the second quarter of 2010.
The dipping unemployment rate points to a tightening labour market and the labour movement hopes to encourage more seniors to get back into the workforce.
The NTUC held a job fair for those aged 50 and above which was attended by some 450 people, with some 370 vacancies in the services sector - including positions for kindergarten teachers and cashiers.
For seniors who may need help to step back in the workforce, a two-day Employability Camp will be available.
The Labour Movement said the camp will equip seniors with "soft skills" to return to the workforce. Mainly for rank-and-file-workers, it could potentially benefit some 186,000 unemployed seniors. The Labour Movement said that classes will start once enough people sign up for them.
Mr Heng adds: "We are looking at the employability camp and customising it more to the needs of our seniors - both in terms of the methods of instruction when they go for the training, as well as the particular skills that they would probably find more valuable in helping them to land that job and also to work with people of all ages."
The programme will help senior job seekers acquire positive and resilient attitudes and also manage inter-generational communication.
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So if you are unemployed, you have the other 84,339 singaporeans and prs in the same boat.
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
ask u to take a 30% pay cut and go China work... u on?
anyone??? -
provided with free sex entitlements and choice of gals?....can consider...
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
sorry to hear abt that...... but it was just reported that unemployment rate has hit a new low.
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Originally posted by Itedino:
I am currently unemployed. haiz.
Toyota fired a lot of poeple.
There goes for HDB property agent.
Unemployment rates is going high. I no income now> Find a job. 1100 u want to do with China or india foreign workers.
Poor fren , if u keen on giving tuition ,its the way we go self-employed and earn more than working in stupid MNC .i am a tuition agency boss
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Singapore's unemployment rate has never improved! all the increase in figures are from the service and construction sectors. and these jobs usually goes to floor traps. comeone its no secret we all know!
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show u Singaporean CPF contributions then they can talk
otherwise all BS
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Why try to climb the corporate ladder or even try to hold on to it if you can own one yourself?
If you have the entreprenuerial spirit and people skill, do give me a buzz.
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Some Singaporean unemployed for more than a years, although government claimed that the unemployment rate was fall down to only 2.3%.
Few hundred applications send in but fewer interview, none was successful.
All assistance scheme only last for max 6 months, how to cope with the daily living?
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as long as one person is working in the family... u become the dependent of the one that is working?.... so you are not considered as part of those unemployed?
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Services and construction sector - you and me know who they hire lah..
FT and FW... FTW...