The world of work, including teleworking, is inevitably gendered. Under normal circumstances, teleworking might potentially disadvantage women, as they typically have to juggle between childcare, household chores and paid employment. But, on other hand, teleworking might also help them to facilitate their desired work-life balance. One prominent study found that female home-based teleworkers have slightly […]Continue reading

While waiting for the Coronavirus vaccine to be ready, leaders and organisations are embracing the New Normal. Some workers have returned to the workplace with strict health protocols; hospitality and travel industries have also reopened; while leaders are observing how these measures will stay for the future of work post-COVID.  Above all, it is projected […]Continue reading

This article is a guest post. Forced to adapt and redesign work to encompass a flexible mix of on-site and remote arrangements, business leaders have now turned their attention to raising human productivity.  Work productivity can be a controversial topic in Asia, given how many employees here have had to conform to traditional tropes and […]Continue reading

Google recently offers a number of feature updates to its job application, Kormo Jobs. According to Operations Lead Kormo on Google’s Next Billion Users initiative team, Bickey Russell, this update goes hand-in-hand with increased app usage this year, as well as addressing job search challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. “The figure has doubled, which means […]Continue reading

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the economy and forcing more companies to cut jobs. The worsening pandemic and the arrival of cold weather could accelerate layoffs in the weeks ahead. Of […]Continue reading

Abrupt shifts to remote working in response to the coronavirus has challenged the typical approach to managing agile teams. Traditionally, agile teams thrive when team members are co-located, with close-knit groups all working in the same place. Co-location allows frequent in-person contact, quickly builds trust, simplifies problem solving, encourages instant communication, and enables fast-paced decision […]Continue reading

Let’s face it, not all of our human resources could be considered “priced employees”. Some are simply not performing at par while some others are just too precious to lose. Growing companies are always in need of talents that possess the qualities of a smart, good and proactive worker. Opposite kinds can drag a company […]Continue reading

The Economic Development Board (EDB) recently announced plans to launch Tech.Pass, a targeted programme to attract founders, leaders and technical experts with experience in established or fast-growing tech companies, so as to contribute to the development of Singapore’s tech ecosystem. Tech.Pass will allow pass holders flexibility in the participation of activities such as starting and […]Continue reading

Work smarter instead of work harder. Most people might believe that being busy is not equal with being productive. But in the era of COVID-19 where we are pushed to work from home, achieving desired productivity while maintaining work-life balance seems to be a harder task to accomplish. A recent index compiled by Kisi ranks […]Continue reading

The U.S is seeing  a low record of unemployment in which the number of open positions exceeds the number of unemployed workers, a Deloitte survey found. With such a low unemployment rate, employers should start to make their retention program a priority. Moving forward, internal mobility might take on greater prominence for companies, leapfrogging the […]Continue reading