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.

Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Manpower, speaking at the Singapore HR Congress 2009

In today’s rapidly-changing world economy, human resource (HR) challenges are aplenty. Issues such as retaining and attracting talent amidst a recession are pertinent to HR practitioners all over the world, while the knowledge and skills needed to address such matters have become more complex and demanding.

In Singapore, many companies have implemented cost-cutting measures to cope with the downturn, ranging from shorter work weeks and no-pay leave for employees to wage cuts and retrenchment. Such HR practices have a significant impact on corporate performance, and HR practitioners need to tackle them in a responsible manner.

“Over the longer term, cost-cutting will not be the key competitive advantage of a company. Rather, attracting the right talent, developing their capabilities and motivating them to give their best, and at the same time retaining the best and grooming the leaders – these are the real differentiating factors that will determine the success or failure of companies. These are not easy to deal with but HR professionals have a key role to play in this regard,” said Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Manpower, at the Singapore HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2009.

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