Jobs and skills

PMET layoffs, vacancies suggest ongoing restructuring; no broad-based displacement by AI: MOM

Singapore’s labour market to keep expanding in 2026, after more job vacancies and higher re-entry rate in Q4

In more dynamic talent markets, domain-switching is not merely tolerated; it is treated as evidence of range and adaptive capacity.
STEWARDSHIP MATTERS

The ‘CV trap’: Why Singapore must hire for potential, not pedigree

If the city-state is to turn AI into a national advantage, companies must rethink how they evaluate talent

The concern is that graduates will lack the judgement to know when AI has supplied knowledge badly.

AI may reshape the labour market, but the deeper disruption is in education

We must relook how students are being formed, not just how workers are being retrained

Industry watchers and players alike acknowledge the need to support local workers, but they are worried about the impact of higher costs.

F&B industry mulls higher menu prices, offshoring and closures with wages set to rise

Companies may get co-funding support under a government scheme, but not all businesses will qualify

The illusion of human control can be more dangerous than its clear absence, says the writer.

Why it’s hard for humans to have the final say over AI

We need to learn from the mistakes we have made in the past

By digitising expertise, companies can scale an individual’s skills across time and location, allowing new hires – even after the expert has left – to perform more like veterans.

Highly skilled workers have been training AI – that comes at a cost

Students entering this new labour market should plan what they share, rethink competition and consider collective bargaining

The changes will apply to full-time and part-time food-service workers at quick-service food establishments, supermarkets, full-service food establishments, caterers and central kitchens.

Base salary under food services Progressive Wage Model to rise to S$2,220 from Jul 1

This baseline monthly gross wage requirement for workers in the sector will be raised again in 2027 and 2028

In acting, as elsewhere, the elites are accruing ever more riches, and the rest face uncertain prospects.

What nobody clutching their Oscar this weekend will tell you

AI, streaming and media fragmentation are changing the economics of acting

The future of work points towards greater human-AI synergy, where turquoise-collar workers orchestrate AI in integrated workflows.
THE BROAD VIEW

Is the future turquoise-collar?

The next jobs aren’t white or blue-collar, but a blend of both demanding human-AI synergy

Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development Alvin Tan says the JSIT-WST initiative has supported 952 companies.

SBF signs 11 MOUs to train workers and help companies in wholesale sector grow

The agreements are expected to benefit about 700 firms and 1,000 staff