Singapore announces tighter rules for hiring skilled foreigners     
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore...-041034777.html

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government announced rules on Monday that will force many companies operating in the city-state to consider Singaporeans for skilled job vacancies before turning to candidates from abroad.
From August 2014, firms with more than 25 employees must advertise a vacancy for professional or managerial jobs paying less than S$12,000 (5,992 pounds) a month on a new jobs bank administered by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency for at least 14 days. Only after that period can the company apply for an employment pass to bring in a foreign national.
The city-state will also raise the qualifying salaries for employment pass holders to at least S$3,300 a month, up from the current S$3,000, starting in January 2014.
"Even as we remain open to foreign manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to consider Singaporeans fairly," said acting manpower minister Tan Chuan Jin.
"Singaporeans must still prove themselves able and competitive to take on the higher jobs that they aspire to," he added.
The Ministry of Manpower said it will also scrutinise companies that "have a disproportionately low concentration of Singaporeans" in professional or management positions compared with others in the industry.

Welcome to Singapore

Where u going to work ?

As a ?

tips is recommended 
hmm, good for us in sg? more barrier less competition? 
shall not feed troll... 
location? budget?

If he know your face you in trouble later.

Along the red line. Not more than 700?

Singapore announces tighter rules for hiring skilled foreigners     
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore...-041034777.html

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government announced rules on Monday that will force many companies operating in the city-state to consider Singaporeans for skilled job vacancies before turning to candidates from abroad.
From August 2014, firms with more than 25 employees must advertise a vacancy for professional or managerial jobs paying less than S$12,000 (5,992 pounds) a month on a new jobs bank administered by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency for at least 14 days. Only after that period can the company apply for an employment pass to bring in a foreign national.
The city-state will also raise the qualifying salaries for employment pass holders to at least S$3,300 a month, up from the current S$3,000, starting in January 2014.
"Even as we remain open to foreign manpower to complement our local workforce, all firms must make an effort to consider Singaporeans fairly," said acting manpower minister Tan Chuan Jin.
"Singaporeans must still prove themselves able and competitive to take on the higher jobs that they aspire to," he added.
The Ministry of Manpower said it will also scrutinise companies that "have a disproportionately low concentration of Singaporeans" in professional or management positions compared with others in the industry.

Good grief, NO. Actually meeting someone like this in real life is worse than death by a thousand slices.

I love Sg

uh oh.. with the new announcement.. sounds like i did the wrong choice by rejecting the offer..

Ya good news for the selfish bunch that made it already.
If he know your face you in trouble later.

Hi guys, i will be coming over to singapore to work on 15th october. Anyone has any good agent contact for me to find a room?

Dang, no wonder I feel like it's getting harder and harder to work in Singapore. Lucky those who are still staying put. Unlucky are those people who are now trying to or those who cabut some years back and wanna make a comeback 

Hi guys, i will be coming over to singapore to work on 15th october. Anyone has any good agent contact for me to find a room?

Is it correct for renewal also need to advertise the slot? No take up by local then only deem fulfill criteria for renewal? Any input on this?

http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/Pages/Press...aspx?listid=523

2 This will include EP holders who change employers. This does not apply to EP renewal cases, unless the employer is subject to additional requirements indicated in paragraph 9.

Dang, no wonder I feel like it's getting harder and harder to work in Singapore. Lucky those who are still staying put. Unlucky are those people who are now trying to or those who cabut some years back and wanna make a comeback 

cabut & wanna make come back after few years, should not be a problem, so long that you:-

1) clear & maintain cyrstal clear record with IRA;
3) clear all billings before you pack your bag;
4) stable>> no job hopping (suka-suka)
2) no nasty remarks made by previous employer in MOM;

this is important:- use back your original FIN no when you do new application when you wanna make a comeback.

i started yr2000, stop in yr2004 (1 company), comeback yr2007 (1 company till now)

uh oh.. with the new announcement.. sounds like i did the wrong choice by rejecting the offer..