Singaporeans Losing Jobs to Foreigners with Fake Degrees?
Some of you might have heard the breaking news recently about IDA having hired an employee with a fake MBA. Combining Singaporeans’ unhappiness over losing jobs to foreigners with our…
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A Creative Way to Impress a Girl?
Saw this on a friend’s Facebook post this morning. It’s been quite some time since I last did a full-page newspaper ad placement for a client, but I vaguely recall…
5 Common Job Interview Questions Fresh Graduates Should Expect (and How to Answer Them)
With a few friends graduating soon, I thought I’d write this as a guide to how to excel in answering some common job interview questions. While there are tons of…
What Gushcloud and Its Influencers Did Wrong (and how Singtel did right)
Some of you may have read my piece on how Gushcloud spent a bomb on a poor response to Xiaxue’s expose on their business when Xiaxue wrote about her investigations into Gushcloud’s…
Can Younger Workers Really Save Enough to Retire?
“The retirement picture for younger Singaporeans is relatively healthy,” said Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. “Most Singaporeans who work regularly, and make prudent housing options, should have no worries building up…
What Should the Starting Pay for a Fresh Graduate Be? $4000?
This morning I read the news on how 1 in 5 graduates expect a starting pay of $4,000. It took me by surprise, because hidden in the middle of the article…
Why We Need An Emergency Fund
As a young 20-something, many of us often think we’re invincible. Emergencies? Disasters? Nah, won’t happen to us. Even I am guilty of this. But today I feel the need…
More Younger Customers Finding Instant Cash the New Way
Earlier this week, a friend of mine wrote about younger customers heading to pawnshops for quick cash, and just yesterday, I read about a 31-year-old’s failed plan to rob a bank in…
A Guide for the Fresh Graduates Turned Working Adults
I remember feeling lost when I first graduated and took my first step into the working world. While it was exciting to start a new job and start earning a…