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Relocating to Singapore? We have everything you need to know
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Through our years of experience with expats, we have
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in Singapore. Ranging from all your relocating needs,
finding the right accommodations, rental housing, cost of
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Singapore has
adopted an open immigration
policy with a strong belief in
human resource as the most
valuable and important tool in
the country's economic growth.
In recent months, the government
has also spoken of the need to
attract even more
foreigners--whom the government
calls "Foreign Talent". (The
word "foreign" is not a
pejorative in this part of the
world. It is preferred over
"alien".) Senior Minister Lee
Kuan Yew, no less, has put his
full backing behind this policy.
However, there is
some concern that less expensive
and talented foreigners could
displace equally talented but
more expensive locals. When the
Singapore government have a
plan, it will generate their
focus on it to ensure it gets
done. There are several
initiatives to attract Foreign
Talent to work, live and play in
Singapore.
The government is
focusing its efforts on five
industrial employment clusters:
electronics, chemicals,
engineering, IT, and biomedical
sciences. Singapore relies on
foreign workers and talents at
both ends of the skills ladder.
Singapore aims to continue to
lure global talent and top
management to its shores, most
significantly in IT jobs and in
the technology industry, and has
introduced a new class of
taxpayers, called "not
ordinarily resident," who will
earn tax exemptions on income
earned outside of the country.
Manufacturing is the economy's
main engine of employment
growth, with electronics
accounting for nearly half of
the sector. The chemical
industry is the second largest
manufacturing sector, and
Singapore is also the third
largest petroleum-refining
center in the world.
To find out more
on the employment or relevant
information please kindly visit
the
Ministry Of
Employment Website.
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Industries
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IT
(Information Technology)
Singapore has invested heavily to develop a
pro-IT environment, which has made the country a
good place for adopting and deploying new IT
products and services. Recent developments in
the IT industry have focused on the advancement
of wireless technology, such as satellite,
infrared, and Bluetooth technologies for
communication via palm-top devices, mobile
phones, and computers. A Wired with Wireless
program launched by IDA (Infocomm Development
Authority) currently focuses on wireless
multimedia, mobile commerce, and location-based
services. Also important to the IT industry is
the adoption of broadband capabilities.
Singapore is now home to at least six broadband
access providers, 200 broadband applications and
services, and more than 300 broadband industry
players.
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Engineering
With the introduction of the new water, the
government has generate some of its focus in the
area of Wafer Engineering. Optics, environmental
technology, alternative energy, and industrial
IT applications are new engineering areas that
are expected to see employment growth. In order
to support employment growth in these areas, the
government is investing to develop and upgrade
the workforce capabilities in design and
manufacturing in order to provide
high-value-added engineering services and
products to the global market. The
precision-engineering segment is the largest
employer in the engineering sector, accounting
for 50 percent of the workforce.
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Accounting
And Finance
In Singapore there is always a need for top
talents for wealth management, captial markets,
treasury, investment consumer banking,
transactional banking and risk management.
Across the spectrum of job types,
revenue-generation and product-management roles
at the middle to senior level are more in demand
than operational support.
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Sales And
Marketing
Singapore's economy is shifting from an
industrial base to a knowledge base. To this
end, the country needs workers who are flexible
and comfortable working with new knowledge and
technologies. The government is currently
focusing on four industries: electronics,
chemicals, engineering, and bio-medical
sciences. Sales and marketing professionals can
find excellent opportunities in these areas.
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Business
Highly skilled, qualified, and experienced
international workers are needed in many of
Singapore�s business sectors, particularly in
business management and management consulting.
Singapore is pushing to become a global economic
knowledge economy with an emphasis on developing
a highly skilled labor force. Those with the
skills to compete will do well in this economy.
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Job Finding
There are different ways or resources to find
jobs in Singapore. The most common source will
be searching through the newspaper, under the
classified section. The other alternative will
be searching through employment agencies
websites.
Newspapers
Straits Times
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The
most popular
newspaper in
Singapore. It can be
bought from most
news stands.
Job Search Websites
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