Keeping an eye out for better employment? Salarymen (and women) who are used to surfing through the various job portals available in Singapore will be interested to hear about the newly-launched National Jobs Bank at www.jobsbank.gov.sg, which boasts over 16,000 jobs available only to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
The National Jobs Bank launched on 14 July, and is still in its public beta phase, so users can expect to see more fixes and perhaps more functions added in the months to come. The Workforce Development Authority (WDA), which runs the site, is also working with unions, industry associations, employer groups, government and community organisations to encourage more employers and local workers to use the Jobs Bank.
Labour MP and NTUC Legal director Patrick Tay had been lobbying for this, and the rest of the Fair Consideration Framework, since 2011, after seeing how the “no ......