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From left: IMDA's Yvonne Lim, who moderated the panel; Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow; SMU's Professor Lily Kong; and Singtel's Ng Tian Chong.

As AI reshapes entry-level work, fresh grads must prepare for the ‘third-year job’: panel

They will need to place greater emphasis on internships, work-study programmes and adaptability 

The Bank of England has been monitoring wage growth closely, as it tries to assess the level of inflation pressure in the economy.

UK employers cut hiring and post fewer jobs in April

The drop is the biggest since the Covid-19 pandemic started in May 2020, the Office for National Statistics says

Always one to walk the talk, DBS CEO Tan Su Shan has her personal AI agent that checks and serves up to her the latest news on banking.

‘Even a CEO’s job can be replaced by AI’: DBS CEO Tan Su Shan bets big on agentic AI

Amid worries of AI leading to jobless growth, DBS is committed to supporting younger talent

British companies added more short-term workers for the first time since January.

British businesses turning to temporary staff to cope with volatility

BRITISH employers are relying more heavily on temporary workers, a closely watched survey shows, as they adapt to economic turbulence from the war in the Middle East.

Overall, recruiters are in much higher demand in the US.

Job market for recruiters shows UK weakness, US strength

[LONDON / NEW YORK] As recruitment firms shed large parts of their workforce across the globe, growing demand for recruiters in the US points to a stronger-than-expected job market. 

IMDA's latest initiative falls under the National AI Impact Programme and is an expansion of the TechSkills Accelerator Programme that was launched in 2016.

IMDA to upskill 40,000 tech professionals over three years amid AI disruption

It will co-chair a work group with Workforce Singapore to ensure programmes are relevant and responsive

The US labour market has been stuck in what economists and policymakers have called a “slow hire, slow fire” zone, a paralysis blamed on trade and immigration policies.

US job growth beats expectations in April; unemployment rate steady at 4.3%

The report bolstered financial market views that the Fed would leave interest rates unchanged into 2027

The "(US) labour market continued positive momentum in April after a solid March," Alex Pelle, an economist at Mizuho Securities USA, said in a note.

US firms add 109,000 jobs, most since early 2025, ADP says

Employment growth was fuelled by businesses with fewer than 20 employees and those with 500 or more

Job openings, a measure of labour demand, were down 56,000 to 6.866 million by the last day of March, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

US job openings drop in March; hires increase sharply

Economists see growing downside risks to the labour market from the US-Israeli war