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Headstart On Record

The Straits Times

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times. Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan & Tay Hong Yi Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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S1E13: How cutting-edge firms interview candidates

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2024/04/07

A tech and corporate veteran breaks down the intensive interview process at top firms.Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times helps you put your career on the right footing from the outset.As skill demands and job complexity increase with economic advancement, so do employer needs as reflected in increasingly intensive job interviews. The stakes are especially high for candidates seeking a foot in the door at cutting edge companies in the technology sector and beyond. In this

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S1E28: Stereotyping at work. Who? Me?

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2024/03/31

Old vs young, abled vs disabled, woman vs man. Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. Labels invariably affect workplace policies and work opportunities today. Why do we put labels on others? Do Singapore workplaces pay lip service to inclusivity? Are Human Resources teams doing enough? With a fast-ageing Singapore, are we about to see real change at the workplace? Join me and my special

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S1E22: Things to consider now that CPF Special...

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2024/03/17

How much should you put into your CPF Life then?Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors and senior columnists at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. In this episode, Mr Christopher Tan, CEO and founder of Providend - a fee-only wealth advisory - discusses the closure of the CPF special account for those 55 and over from early 2025, which was announced during Budget 2024. What are the

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23:21

S1E12: Returning strongly from a career break

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2024/03/10

A talent expert who has helped over 200 people clinch jobs after a career break shares what works.Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times helps you put your career on the right footing from the outset.At the best of times, making calculated career moves to meet one's financial and professional goals is hard, and even more so when one is returning from a career break.In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with his guest on how to make a successful return to the workforce.His

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S1E27: Next job disruptor, quantum?

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2024/03/03

Will we cede jobs to quantum computing next? Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. We may not time travel anytime soon, but quantum computing may go mainstream among businesses within a decade. What is this technology that inspires science-fiction tales? What do bosses and workers need to know about it? Join me, Krist Boo, and my guests, Dr Paul Griffin, associate professor of information

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14:31

S1E21: Wee Cho Yaw's impact on Singapore's banking...

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2024/02/18

Do local banks really have succession issues?Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors and senior columnists at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. In February 2024, banker Wee Cho Yaw passed away at the age of 95. His father founded the predecessor of UOB but it was Mr Wee that grew the bank, and made UOB what it is today. Together with DBS and OCBC, UOB is now among the top three local

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32:28

S1E11: What goes on during a career coaching session

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2024/02/11

A seasoned career coach shows what career coaching entails, using host Tay Hong Yi's CV as an example. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times helps you take charge of your budding career and realise your ambition. Career coaching is a term frequently bandied about in discourses surrounding employment and employability, and related policies. Though the basic concept is intuitive, some workers may be hesitant to pursue coaching as they are not sure what issues career coaching

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22:36

S1E26: How a back-office agency is reinventing its...

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2024/02/04

To secure his 500 colleagues' jobs, this CEO is making them developers. Bonus segment: What could the Dragon Year bring you?! Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. Vital is the Singapore public service’s central agency for corporate shared services entrusted with managing and transforming corporate services delivery for the government. For years, Vital had been humming in the background,

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20:36

S1E20: Investing in an active ETF or exchange-traded...

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2024/01/14

Find out more how active ETFs are somewhat different from the traditional product. Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors and senior columnists at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. In this episode, Su Shyan discusses active ETFs with Ms Ong Ai Ling, portfolio manager and head of AIOI at Lion Global Investors. AIOI stands for Artificial Intelligence of Investments. Highlights (click/tap

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23:44

S1E10: Is a contract role right for you?

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2024/01/07

These roles may provide a gateway to coveted roles, an expert says.Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your career and realise your ambition. As economic cycles turn shorter and more volatile, the labour market has turned to hiring workers on contract, including for roles with high skill requirements and leadership opportunities. In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with Mr Nilay Khandelwal, managing director of talent

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S1E25: We will have you covered: Manpower Minister...

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2023/12/31

What's the buzzword from our manpower minister in 2024? Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. Jan 1, may mark the beginning of a geopolitically hard year with persistent heart-stopping price tags on things, but the manpower minister wants Singapore workers to know his ministry is hands on deck to soften the blows. In a New Year podcast interview with The Straits Times, Dr Tan See Leng talks

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S1E19: Should investors adopt emerging technologies...

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2023/12/17

Find out about the upcoming market trends and how should you invest in 2024. Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors and senior columnists at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. In this episode, Ven Sreenivasan hosts Mr Thilan Wickramasinghe, head of research at Maybank Securities. They discuss the concerns for the emerging mega themes such as AI, climate change, changing demographics as

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S1E9: How will salaries grow in 2024?

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2023/12/10

Increases converges at around 4 per cent across the board in a mature high-cost market like Singapore. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times' Career Talk podcast helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off. One source of both cheer and uncertainty in this festive period is talk of performance appraisals, promotions and pay raises.To find out more about salary trends in 2024, host Tay Hong Yi speaks to Mr Rahul Chawla, partner and head of talent

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S1E24: Copilot, we'll code where we never coded before

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2023/12/03

In a universe roamed by software developers, problems are to be conquered by code. Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. Now, with a new Copilot in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), will we enter an era where coders solve some of the world's biggest challenges? Will coding become mainstream? Listen to this episode, brought to you from GitHub Universe, held in November in San

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S1E18: What investors should know in a “higher for...

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2023/11/19

Find out whether investors should still remain in the market. Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors and senior columnists at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. In this episode, Su Shyan and Ven discuss the recent pause in rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. There are signals that rates may have to remain higher for longer than markets had initially expected, if inflation is to

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S1E8: How to use ChatGPT responsibly at work?

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2023/11/12

Discourse over responsible workplace use of generative artificial intelligence software like ChatGPT, is just getting started. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times' Career Talk podcast helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off.Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models can swiftly generate convincing text and images based on user prompts. Suddenly, it seems jobs thought immune from automation, like those involving creative expression and

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S1E23: If work is war, how do we psych up for victory?

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2023/11/05

Our guests take on the battles in our minds. Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. Oct 10 was Mental Health Day. Listen to Mr Larson Ong, co-founder of Visual Studio Singapore, and Mr John Lim, social worker and author, talk to host Krist Boo about mental resilience. They both struggled with depression and anxiety. Now, they are sharing stories of their dark moments to help others. Joining

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S1E17: Investing in luxury assets can be a way of...

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2023/10/15

Find out about adding a touch of luxury to your investments. Synopsis: Every third Monday of the month, regular hosts Lee Su Shyan and Ven Sreenivasan - both associate editors at The Straits Times - offer you an extra edge in managing your hard-earned money. For this episode, Su Shyan and Tay Hong Yi from The Straits Times Business desk invited two guests Prof Sonja Prokopec, Professor of Marketing at ESSEC Business School and Aaron Chwee, head of wealth advisory at OCBC to discuss the pros and cons

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S1E7: Who are career conversion programmes for?

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2023/10/08

A staple of Singapore's training ecosystem, these programmes can pay off for the right trainee.Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, the new Career Talk podcast by The Straits Times helps you take charge of your own career and make your ambition pay off. In Singapore’s economy now, workers now have to learn more in less time. Catering to this need are Workforce Singapore's (WSG) Career Conversion Programmes, particularly in the technology sector. In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with

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S1E22: Singapore millennials: The work-life balance...

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2023/10/01

No matter how hard you work, there seems no end? Is this how millennials really feel? Synopsis: Every first Monday of the month, listen to the Work Talk podcast to help you work smarter, think deeper and get ahead in your work life. “When we were young, we were told that if you study hard, you are going to do very well in life. But after we have done that, we realised that actually, there's no end to this tunnel. We just have to keep going and going.” That was Assistant Professor Chong Sin Hui, an

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