At JobsCentral and JobsFactory, clients and partners help form the intricate web of success that both companies have built over the years. It was with an air of familiar excitement that the JobsCentral & JobsFactory Presentation 2009 took place on Friday, 30 October.

By Nabilah Husna A. Rahman & Colin Lim

An exclusive event, the presentation was only open to clients and partners of JobsCentral and its sister company JobsFactory. Held annually, this year’s presentation attracted over 150 attendees from more than 90 companies, comprising mostly of HR personnel and representatives from organisations in both the private and public sector.

Featuring engaging talks by the Chief Executive Officer of JobsCentral, Lim Dershing, Managing Director of JobsFactory, Huang Shao-Ning and Content & Community Manager, Colin Lim, the event was an informative session aimed at keeping clients informed of recent developments within the companies, as well as relevant industry trends.

Sharing recent achievements
Firstly, attendees were given an insight into how this year’s JobsCentral Career & Learning Fair was extremely well-received in August. Shao-Ning announced that more than 70% of exhibitors and jobseekers expressed their satisfaction with how the annual event turned out, a clear indication of its growing popularity and effectiveness. Attendees were also given first-hand information about next year’s fair.

Two winners of the Digital Life Top Developers Award come from JobsCentral, Singapore’s fastest growing job portal. We speak to Eric Koh and Eko Pranoto to find out the secrets behind their success.

By Nabilah Husna A. Rahman

The inaugural Singapore’s Successful IT Developers Award Ceremony was held at the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Auditorium yesterday. Organised by The Straits Times’ Digital Life, the awards are aimed at recognising IT talents behind various technological developments.

Digital Life brought together 26 of its Top Developer winners, along with various industry players from IBM, Microsoft, RedHat and Hewlett-Packard, to celebrate the software applications produced by these backroom innovators.

The 26 award winners were selected from a total of 50 submissions, based on three primary judging criterions: the impact of the software applications produced, the developers’ direct involvement in its production, and the comments provided by the referees of the applicants.

While still at its initial stage of progress, Digital Life editor Grace Chng expressed her hopes that the next IT Developers Awards will attract an even larger number of top local developers.

Two of the winners, Eric Koh and Eko Pranoto, were honoured for developing widely used applications for JobsCentral and sister company JobsFactory.

We're about a month away from this year's JobsCentral Career & Learning Fair!

If you haven't been to the event before, do watch this video filmed at last year's fair, which includes footage of yours truly speaking to participating exhibitors and jobseekers.

And if you would like to attend this year's event, click here to register online!

JobsCentral is running our very first survey, and we would like to invite you to be a part of it! Through this online survey, we aim to find out how happy employees are in Singapore, and what preferences you have with regards to further education.

Simply complete the survey, and you will stand a chance to win the iPhone 3GS!

Click here to take the 2009 JobsCentral Survey now!

The survey is open for a period of 3 weeks starting from 20th July 2009.

The JobsCentral Career & Learning Fair is coming your way this August! After our successful run in 2008 (garnering 87 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors), we are looking forward to scaling greater heights this year.

Held on 22 & 23 August 2009, the event is a must-visit for jobseekers and those pursuing higher education. It is a one-stop location for finding quality positions with premium organisations, as well as recognised programmes with reputable education providers. Don't miss it!

22 August 2009:
10am - 1pm (Closed door event)
1pm – 7pm (Open to all Singaporeans, PRs and foreigners with valid work permits)

23 August 2009:
10am – 7pm (Open to general public)

Hall 404, Suntec City Exhibition Centre
** Please bring along your IC and valid work permits.

Admission is free but registration is required for the event. Register online today at http://jobscentral.com.sg/careerfair!

Benefits of pre-registration?
- Skip the queue and gain express entry!
- Receive updates about the latest exhibitors, seminars and event information!

Clueless about the location of your job interview? JobsCentral's latest feature leads you safely to your destination!

Powered by , you can now view location maps of companies and find out how to get there! All you need to do is to click on the "How do I get there?" option.

Not only do you see a location map of the office, you can find out how to get there too! Get specific directions if you're driving or taking a taxi or make use of the public transportation option. What's more, an estimate of the distance travelled, time spent, cost of travel (on public transportation) is also available!

JobsCentral is now on TV!

Tunnel TV, that is.

If you haven't spotted us yet, keep your eyes peeled the next time you travel from Newton to Orchard via MRT. Don't miss our JobsCentral superheroes whizzing by!

We're proud to announce the launch of JobsCentral Learning!

Get all the information you need about academic and professional development courses, and read about various institutions and their students.

CLICK HERE to see what JobsCentral Learning has to offer to you now!

JobsCentral is now on Twitter & Facebook!

Now you'll be able to get the latest updates from us on 2 of the most popular sites in the world!



To follow us on Twitter, CLICK HERE



To join our Facebook group, CLICK HERE


We're also mentioned on Page A4 of The Straits Times today, so do check out the article titled "Grad expectations not so great now"!

At JobsCentral, we always try to provide you with the best job search experience possible. Besides offering premium employers and a wide range of jobs, we know there is a need to better understand yourself better so that you can find that right career fit.

Enter the JobsCentral Career Personality Profiler! Take the quick 10 minute profiling questionnaire online and instantly receive a graphical and detailed personality profile about yourself.

Best of all, it's absolutely free!

Here's how you can get started:

1) Login > My Profile > Personality Profiling

2) Fill up the 10 minute questionnaire

3) View your full report online immediately

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