SG55 At A Glance - Singapore Unemployment

This is my Blogger 100th Post. (SG Election Year 2011/ 2015/ 2020)

No improvement in citizen unemployment/ Excess capacity of non-citizen labor

     

Labor market not doing well for citizens

     

Every 2.0-2.1 employed manpower - only 1.0 - 1.1 employed citizens
Every 4.5-5.0 unemployed manpower - at least 3.5-4.0 unemployed citizens

     

Related
① Singapore Unemployment

SG55 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

 2024 Update (No of junk mails) : 187X (H1 70X/ H2 117X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 9X (H1 4X/ H2 5X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 92X (H1 29X/ H2 63X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 86X (H1 37X/ H2 49X)
 2023 Update (No of junk mails) : 156X (H1 67X/ H2 89X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 13X (H1 7X/ H2 6X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 70X (H1 33X/ H2 37X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 73X (H1 27X/ H2 46X)
 2022 Update (No of junk mails) : 164X (H1 82X/ H2 82X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 8X (H1 5X/ H2 3X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 65X (H1 35X/ H2 30X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 91X (H1 42X/ H2 49X)
 2021 Update (No of junk mails) : 189X (H1 97X/ H2 92X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 14X (H1 7X/ H2 7X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 74X (H1 33X/ H2 41X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 101X (H1 57X/ H2 44X)
 2020 Update (No of junk mails) : 167X (H1 78X/ H2 89X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 24X (H1 9X/ H2 15X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 61X (H1 30X/ H2 31X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 82X (H1 39X/ H2 43X)

Five-Year-Junk-Mail : After-PDPC-Year-2014

     

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① SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

SG55 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

2025 Update (No of spam messages) : 23X (H1 9X/ H2 14X)
2024 Update (No of spam messages) : 36X (H1 13X/ H2 23X)
2023 Update (No of spam messages) : 55X (H1 26X/ H2 29X)
2022 Update (No of spam messages) : 105X (H1 47X/ H2 58X)
2021 Update (No of spam messages) : 125X (H1 64X/ H2 61X)
2020 Update (No of spam messages) : 101X (H1 39X/ H2 62X)

Eight-Year-Spam-Message : Before-On-After-PDPC-Year-2014

     

Related

① DIY Do-Not-Call   ② SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

Singapore Unemployment

Based on estimates derived from MOM data, we can see some patterns in Singapore labor market. The unemployed citizens did not improve over the years and were much higher than the overall unemployment rates. There was also excess capacity of non-citizen labor from Year 2001 to Year 2016.

     

The change in job numbers here for two consecutive years are good indications of job insecurity. A drop for two consecutive years indicated that the labor market was not doing well for citizens. A jump for two consecutive years indicated that the labor market was favorable for non-citizens. A big difference in the change of citizens and non-citizens also indicated low growth for citizens.

     

The employed citizen rates were shrinking over the years as the labor market here relies a lot on foreign manpower. For every 2.0-2.1 employed manpower, there was only 1.0-1.1 employed citizens. For every 4.5-5.0 unemployed manpower, there were at least 3.5-4.0 unemployed citizens.

     

In order for us to do a better data analysis on the labor market situation, we need to have a further break-down of the MOM data, such as job sector, profession and nationality (which are currently not available).

Related
① DIM ICT Outlook

SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Mail

2020 Update (No of junk mails) : --X (H1 78X/ H2 --X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... --X (H1 9X/ H2 --X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... --X (H1 30X/H2 --X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... --X (H1 39X/ H2 --X)

2019 Update (No of junk mails) : 262X (H1 131X/ H2 131X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 25X (H1 12X/ H2 13X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 129X (H1 66X/ H2 63X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 108X (H1 53X/ H2 55X)

2018 Update (No of junk mails) : 295X (H1 151X/ H2 144X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 18X (H1 9X/ H2 9X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 151X (H1 80X/ H2 71X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 126X (H1 62X/ H2 64X)

2017 Update (No of junk mails) : 407X (H1 224X/ H2 183X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 22X (H1 16X/ H2 6X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 226X (H1 120X/ H2 106X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 159X (H1 88X/ H2 71X)

2016 Update (No of junk mails) : 468X (H1 245X/ H2 223X)
  ① PDP Misuse ... 43X (H1 20X/ H2 23X)
  ② PDP Abuse ... 285X (H1 142X/ H2 143X)
  ③ PDP Lawless ... 140X (H1 83X/ H2 57X)

Two-Year-Junk-Mail : On-After-PDPC-Year

     

Average per month (PDP Abuse 2014) .............. 24.4
Average per month (PDP Abuse SG50) .............. 24.5
Average per month (Abuse of Personal Data) .... 24.5

Average per month (PDP Lawless 2014) ............ 11.1
Average per month (PDP Lawless SG50) ............ 11.8
Average per month (Over and Above the Law) ... 11.5

Average per month (PDP Failure 2014) ............. 35.5
Average per month (PDP Failure SG50) ............. 36.3
Percentage change of PDPC-SG50 ........................ NA

Related
① Scam Post

SG50 At A Glance - DIY Do Not Call

2020 Update (No of spam messages) : 101X (H1 39X/ H2 62X)

2019 Update (No of spam messages) : 69X (H1 27X/ H2 42X)
2018 Update (No of spam messages) : 15X (H1 5X/ H2 10X)

2017 Update (No of spam messages) : 19X (H1 6X/ H2 13X)

2016 Update (No of spam messages) : 15X (H1 7X/ H2 8X)

Three-Year-Spam-Message : Before-On-After-PDPC-Year

     

Average per month (Before PDPC 2013) .... 14.1
Average per month (PDPC Year 2014) ........  0.8
Average per month (After PDPC 2015) ........ 1.4

Percentage change of 2013-2014 ............ -1778%
Percentage change of 2014-2015 ................. 47%

Related
① DIY Do-Not-Call

SG50 At A Glance - DIM ICT Outlook

2025 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 0/202 (H1 108/ H2 94)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 0/162 (H1 85/ H2 77)
  ② Others ... 0/40 (H1 23/ H2 17)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2025) .............. 0.0%

2024 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 7/264 (H1 153/ H2 111)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 5/177 (H1 95/ H2 82)
  ② Others ... 2/87 (H1 58/ H2 29)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2024) .............. 2.7%

2023 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 10/259 (H1 101/ H2 158)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 6/174 (H1 64/ H2 110)
  ② Others ... 4/85 (H1 37/ H2 48)

Percentage of job interview (Year 2023) .............. 3.9%

2017 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 5/323 (H1 148/ H2 175)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 2/212 (H1 93/ H2 119)
  ② eFinancialCareers ... 1/43 (H1 19/ H2 24)
  ③ JobStreet ... 0/22 (H1 7/ H2 15)
  ④ JobsDB ... 0/1 (H1 1/ H2 0)
  ⑤ Others ... 2/45 (H1 28/ H2 17)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2017) .............. 1.5%

2016 Update (No of job interviews/applications) : 2/239 (H1 108/ H2 131)
  ① Careers@Gov ... 0/118 (H1 53/ H2 65)
  ② eFinancialCareers ... 0/40 (H1 17/ H2 23)
  ③ JobStreet ... 1/26 (H1 10/ H2 16)
  ④ JobsDB ... 1/19 (H1 12/ H2 7)
  ⑤ Others ... 0/36 (H1 16/ H2 20)
Percentage of job interview (Year 2016) .............. 0.8%

Two-Year-Job-Application : Four-Half-(Year-)Truth

     

Percentage of job interview (Careers@Gov) .......... 0%
Percentage of job interview (eFinancialCareers) ... 0%
Percentage of job interview (JobStreet) ................ 9%
Percentage of job interview (JobsDB) ................... 7%
Percentage of job interview (Others) .................. 20%

Percentage of job interview (Year 2014) .............. 7%

Percentage of job interview (GE 2015) ................. 8%

Overall percentage of job interview ...................... 7%

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① The Wrongful Company

The Wrongful Company

The Wrongful Company was (rumoured to be) well-known for its entrenchment (actually fairy tale) on zero retrenchment. The potential candidate would be highly scrutinized for many months and had to pass through (manipulative) rounds of candidate selection/ written test/ job interview/ background check/ security clearance/ medical checkup. The qualified employee would then be given an opportunity to work in a (minuscule) position. The not-so-talented employee would (sooner or later) be blamed for whatever reason and forced into wrongful termination by the Wrongful Company.

Unfair Practice - An approachable company would provide necessary resource/ support/ tool for the work assigned to the employee. For head-start work, the employee would be asked to get the new stuff up and running on its old-and-out-of-support environment. The Wrongful Company would expect the employee to do wonders on its hostile environment, and would not provide (upon request) the required legal license.

Illegal Demand - A professional company would not take advantage of the law by embracing Corporate Governance gracefully. For sensitive-related project, the employee would be asked to sign and adhere to additional legal document (such as Intellectual Property law). The Wrongful Company would demand the employee to follow orders on its legacy way, and would dismiss (upon disobedience) as innocent advice meant to speed up the work.

Low Standard - A reasonable company would listen/ appreciate suggestion from the employee. For old-recurring problem, the employee would be asked to identify its root cause by tracing back all past related issues. The Wrongful Company would blame the employee for its delay/ low standard, and would deny (upon accusation) other work by using the lame excuse.

Improper Exit - A respectable company would not misuse/ abuse the Labour Law to improve fair employment and practice. For wrongly-terminated instance, the employee would be asked to resign own-self to save trouble/ face for the company. The Wrongful Company would accuse the employee to cover up its fault, and would block (upon disagreement) its standard exit/ termination procedure.

To keep it short and simple, The Wrongful Company - Singapore's very own Terminator Engine.

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① Scam Post   ② The Zero Dollar Company

The Zero Dollar Company

Singaporeans (especially netizens/ commoners) are mostly familiar with the unique brands such as Two Dollar Company/ One Dollar Shop. Today, I shall look down on the zero-branded people at The Zero Dollar Company.

NO Free Lunch - We do not believe in feeding employers not of our same brand/ mentality. As soon as we have any slight indication (you no choice), you will be arrowed to take the next move in the name of cost-cut. Of course, the best timing to give out the bad news/ pink slip is on the same day and before CNY company lunch.

NO Severance - We do not believe in compensating employers with (standard practice) severance pay of 1 month for every year served. As an over-and-above-the-law company (you no choice), you will receive a recession rate of 1 week for every year served. Of course, the best way to get rid of you is to make you free to leave on your own.

NO Loyalty - We do not believe in paying employers any entitled (pro-rated) payment of loyalty shares. As long as the maturity date is not due (you no choice), you will not be rewarded single cent with whatever excuse (even 2 months short of 24 months). Of course, the best option to eat away your loyalty is to make the liability period even longer.

To keep it short and simple, The Zero Dollar Company - Terminate with many NOs.

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