Job market improves - for less qualified

Singapore

THE Singapore job market is looking up, but not for the better qualified due to a mismatch of skills and jobs. This dampens an otherwise cheery report by the Ministry of Manpower of its third-quarter labour market survey released yesterday.

The Singapore labour market continues to tighten - and this was underscored in September by a jump in job openings and fewer takers. After a 5.1 per cent decline in June, seasonally adjusted job vacancies rose 5.9 per cent over the quarter to 55,000 in September.