IT firm Cognizant on Friday said it will give employees who are at associate level and below in India and the Philippines, an additional payment of 25 percent of base pay for April, in recognition of their extraordinary continuity-of-service efforts amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The move is expected to benefit over 1,30,000 Cognizant employees in […]Continue reading

About 1 in 4 organisations (25 percent) are now entirely remote during the Covid-19 outbreak, while many other companies are still struggling to join the bandwagon. Working from home has been campaigned a lot recently, as part of the effort to help the government flatten the curve of Coronavirus infections.  As the world is seeing […]Continue reading

Long gone are the days where a job interview session is merely about asking the same questions to candidates. Today, recruiters and hiring managers must attract their talents better by sharing stories.  Why stories?  Storytelling is by far one of the best strategies to increase the value of a product or service, not to mention […]Continue reading

Self-employed people, firms and first-time jobseekers will receive more financial support, announced Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Thursday (Mar 26), amid an economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. This is part of a S$48 billion Resilience Budget to deal with what is likely to be the “worst economic contraction since independence”, said […]Continue reading

While organisations in Malaysia are increasingly confident about having and hiring talent with the right skills, most are still undergoing restructuring to adapt to changing skill requirements, finds the latest Asia Salary Guide report by Hays. This year marks the 13th edition of the annual Hays Asia Salary Guide, which remains a definitive snapshot of […]Continue reading