Salary and hiring trends for Singapore in 2018

The Kelly Services 2018 Singapore Salary Guide has revealed that hiring in 2018 is expected to be strong for the HR industry. The report said: “As with the many industries they support, disruption may come to the manpower industry, with automation opportunities for many HR tasks in the form of digital solutions. HR professionals need to keep up, and leverage on these to help them improve their recruitment processes and for HR consultants, provide the right advice for firms looking to automate.”

Human resources salary trends

Foo See Yang, managing director and country head, Kelly Services Singapore, commented:“As technology continues to reinvent our economy, we are witnessing an increased demand for workers with related skills such as data analysis and digital capabilities.”

“Employees should actively consider opportunities to reskill, upskill, or undergo professional conversion programmes to expand their horizons as hiring priorities change,” he continued.

Additionally, job vacancies will continue to be open to jobseekers of all educational levels this year. Degree holders will have access to the most jobs, at 30% of vacancies. Jobseekers with secondary, lower secondary, and post-secondary education will have opportunities comprising 29% of openings. Positions requiring diploma or professional qualifications will be the least available, at 16%.

“We expect hiring activity to gather pace this year, especially within the temporary and contract space for the engineering and information technology industries. This mirrors our findings from a recent APAC Workforce Insights report, where we identified short-term contract roles as an increasingly common working style alternative to traditional full-time positions as more workers seek flexibility,” Foo remarked.

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