Post GE 2011 Discussion
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Funz:
:celebrate: All the things I wanna say and more.[/quote]
On a seasonally adjusted basis, 57,100 locals were unemployed in Mar 2011. This corresponds to a resident unemployment rate of 2.7%, which is pretty much full-employment (full employment does not mean zero unemployment, as there will always be people in between jobs and looking for jobs). (Data from MOM, http://www.mom.gov.sg. It's actually the lowest since 2001.MummyThreeStreams:
[quote=\"Oppsgal\"]
But currently how many Singaporeans are jobless too :?
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As citizens, we cannot only ask the government to do something for us. we should also ask them to explain - so what's the implication of this or that on me or my neighbour? or maybe point out these implications to them, in case they haven't thought about it. but we must understand that most of the time, even if a policy makes someone better off, someone will be worse off. There is always a trade-off. And we must understand what exactly we are unhappy with - is it the policy itself, or implications of the policy.
OK, enough of my verbal diarrhoea. Don't flame me ok? I think I've been dealing with too much kids stuff being stuck at home I feel I gotta exercise my rusty brain a bit...
Anyway, gotta get back to my kids now.
i think singapore's growth is already slower than other countries already due to our low multiplier coz of high savings. CPF, asian mentality and savings orientated government policies.
Good points and bad Points i think the high savings rate already reduced our inflations and stuff. -
verykiasu2010:
those emc are not growing local operation, but growing more and more overseas, what is remaining in singapore is really for doing national service, to reduce the howling of job loss to singaporeans
Er... which kind? The GLCs or the SMBs?Daddy
[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
the same for singaporean companies to relocate out
If GLCs relocate out, sure kena eaten by overseas counterparts/garmen...
If SMBs... haven't relocate out, already kena eaten by local counterparts/garmen...
Can't think of any example of SG companies relocating out of SG... expanding at most.
sometime the singapore operation is run at a loss but the overseas operation help to absorb the loss. given a chance they rather hive all operations to overseas. i cannot name names here. i used to handle their finance and i know what numbers i am talking about[/quote]An eye opening post, thanks for sharing. Then question is how do we prepare our kids? -
new version of
Chiam See Tong. A tribute to a True Son of Singapore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Yu59geu1Y&feature=feedu
hope he can come back in 5 yrs time -
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AceTutors123:
.....i've come across so many fresh graduates who cannot find any jobs and resort to being full time tutors....
This is so true, and I think in part, these graduates have been having too good a life, so much so that they think of themselves very highly, and therefore have become very picky.
We have undergrad and interns who came to work for about a week, and when the slightest frustations crop up, said, \"what's the big deal???? I don't need this job to survive,\" and then tendered and left.
They have no experience to boast of, yet want the best pay and the easier job. -
3Boys:
Eh?.. I agree with you totally but that go against the grain of what PAP is saying....you pay me big packages and attract me to the job for those talent they want. And the last line...\"The big paying jobs are there, if you have the inclination and drive, step up, and you will be rewarded\" depends if you have a fair boss. I have seen people who are smart, worked hard but in the end got taken advantage of as well. Management theories can be sound but there are still dysfunctional people out there who made things bad for good people out of envy and fear of being threaten at a job they cannot do as well. :lol: ironies of life.
Actually, with the way the SG dollar is these days, that is not necessarily true anymore. If the philosophy of a worker is, 'pay me first, then I step up', then it is not the type of worker I prefer to employ, Singaporean or not. The big paying jobs are there, if you have the inclination and drive, step up, and you will be rewarded.ksi:
No leh...for FT, they cost many mega times more than local talent leh so local talent is cheaper in this case.... If they pay the same kind of mega bucks to our local talent, then more will take up the challenge? -
BlueBells:
AceTutors123:
.....i've come across so many fresh graduates who cannot find any jobs and resort to being full time tutors....
This is so true, and I think in part, these graduates have been having too good a life, so much so that they think of themselves very highly, and therefore have become very picky.
We have undergrad and interns who came to work for about a week, and when the slightest frustations crop up, said, \"what's the big deal???? I don't need this job to survive,\" and then tendered and left.
They have no experience to boast of, yet want the best pay and the easier job.
Correct. Young people now a days not resilience and perseverance.
They are unable to take hardships and criticisms from people, too arrogant and boastful sometimes too. -
AceTutors123:
BlueBells:
[quote=\"AceTutors123\"].....i've come across so many fresh graduates who cannot find any jobs and resort to being full time tutors....
This is so true, and I think in part, these graduates have been having too good a life, so much so that they think of themselves very highly, and therefore have become very picky.
We have undergrad and interns who came to work for about a week, and when the slightest frustations crop up, said, \"what's the big deal???? I don't need this job to survive,\" and then tendered and left.
They have no experience to boast of, yet want the best pay and the easier job.
Correct. Young people now a days not resilience and perseverance.
They are unable to take hardships and criticisms from people, too arrogant and boastful sometimes too.[/quote]In that case the biggest failure is our education system... We are not producing the right calibre people to meet the demands of the real world, isn't it? And yet these poor kids do suffer severe stress in the education. Something is so wrong....suffer without results. -
I feel i need to speak up for the healthcare industry. I am for sure not an employer but i can totally understand the need for FT. I have shared many a times in this forum, healthcare is a 24/7 job but no one wants to do it.
I have shared which parents wish their children to be nurses? Honestly, it is such a rewarding and respected career. However, what as care givers do we expect nurses to do? Cleaning up poo and urine of bed ridden patients, vomit and blood, settle family disputes, grief counselling, handle emergencies and lots and lots more. All these take place at all times even in the middle of the night. Nurses work in shifts. But doctors dun (except A&E). Doctors on-call work a full day and stay in hospital till the next day until they go off at noon. Many a times, due to shortage of manpower, doctors only get to go off call at 4pm, that is working more than 36 hours at a stretch.
That is for hospital. Let’s look at polyclinics, typically one doctor sees 90 - 100 patients a day. If you work out the sums, a dr can only spend a max of 5 minutes per patient in order to leave work on time. This does not include times he need to perform procedures and attend to emergencies. Mr Khaw commented that the bulk of healthcare cost goes to manpower and in order to maximised such costing is to squeeze in more patients. Honestly, it is a tough job that not many would like to take up. In the end, most singaporeans go into private practice. And we therefore need FT to fill up these vacancies. -
[quote]In that case the biggest failure is our education system... We are not producing the right calibre people to meet the demands of the real world, isn't it? And yet these poor kids do suffer severe stress in the education. Something is so wrong....suffer without results.[/quote]
Blame ourselves. Because we parents have precious few kids, we pave the way for them from the day they were born. They never had to struggle much for anything. Exam stress, yes, but to really work for something they want or need. Very few need to do that.
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