Jeanette Tan

Jeanette Tan

Jeanette Tan is Deputy Web Editor at BT. Her work currently focuses on online user experience, optimising story curation and also in making the work we do more accessible to a larger online audience. She held editing, writing and reporting positions at a variety of online news outlets in the decade prior to joining SPH.

Offices for Twitter in San Francisco, on Oct. 6, 2022.

Big Tech, big layoffs – the tally so far

This story and chart was updated on May 17, 2023.

Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations, during a media doorstop after the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre on Feb 15, 2022.

Iswaran’s 27 charges: the details

HERE is a list of all the 27 charges, and allegations against former transport minister S Iswaran:

An exit interview is fundamentally a tricky conversation that you’re going to have with your soon-to-be ex-employer.
LIFE’S WORK

Acing the exit interview, and why you shouldn’t use it to let loose

Positivity is mostly preferred, especially because it’s worth being mindful of the bridges you don’t want to burn.

Employers recognise the importance of strengthening healthcare benefits in today's competitive and ageing job market.
LIFE’S WORK

This new year, take healthcare benefits seriously when picking your next job

Sidenote to employers – this may also be something to pay closer attention to, when hiring and retaining talent

A survey by audit giant Ernst & Young (EY) Advisory found that 45 per cent of employees in Singapore are likely to resign from their current workplaces in the next 12 months.

Almost half of Singapore workers seeking new jobs even as economic outlook weakens

THE search for better opportunities is a continuous process for 33-year-old Daniel Goh, an associate commercial director in a biotechnology firm.

There are several reasons we fear saying "I don't know" in the workplace setting, but they're worth examining to determine if we can find a safe context to do so.
LIFE’S WORK

Why is it so hard to say ‘I don’t know’ at work?

Whether it’s something we impose on ourselves or a product of our culture, it’s a problem worth examining.

From left: Nomura's Kelvin Ho, AIA Singapore's Wong Sze Keed and Dell's Ng Tian Beng.
LEADERSHIP

‘The investment we make will pay off’: 3 Singaporean leaders explain why they’re prioritising mental health

THE way we work was fundamentally changed by the Covid-19 pandemic; for many, that process was stressful and difficult to navigate. The...

When you think of a user guide as a go-to before using a product or appliance, to make sure you use it well and take good care of it, it makes perfect sense to have one for people, too..
LIFE’S WORK

Looking to connect better with your team? Try writing a user guide – on how to work with you

A FRIEND of mine from university posted something on LinkedIn last week that caught my eye: a user guide – for her.

(Clockwise from top left:) The Citroen C4 Feel, the Kia Cerato SX, the Suzuki Swift 1.2 and the Mazda 3 1.5 Classic.

The COE brake on car sales

Record COE prices have cut the affordability of mass market cars. Here are some models currently offered at razor-thin margins, or even losses...

Because the majority of goods produced in Singapore are not consumed or purchased locally, strong global demand for our goods is key to our economic growth.
BT EXPLAINS

Singapore’s NODX and factory output have been sliding. What does that mean for the economy?

SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) and factory output are closely linked metrics that reflect how key parts of the economy are performing....