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The metaverse is the future, but few firms wants to be first
Companies worry about falling behind their competitors if they don’t adopt metaverse tech – but they also don’t want to be the first to do so, says KPMG report. Read more…
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Skills shortage is partly behind Australian cyberattack wave
Australian firms have become a major target for cyber attacks as a skills shortage leaves an understaffed cybersecurity workforce ill-equipped to stop them. Read more…
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APAC firms are being overwhelmed by customer data
APAC firms want to harness customer data to serve them better. Just one problem: customers are generating data at volumes many firms aren’t prepared to handle. Read more…
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Singapore offers new visa for top talent, high-earners
With tech talent in high demand globally, Singapore is looking to attract the best and brightest with a new visa specifically for high-earning professionals. Read more…
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Shortage of foreign worker hinders Thailand’s post-COVID recovery
At a time when Thailand is starting to reopen after the pandemic, the country is facing a critical shortage of foreign workers. Read more…
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Job openings in India’s telecom sector to double in the next year
Telecom job openings in India are set to double in the ongoing fiscal year as service providers prepare for 5G rollouts. Read more…
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MeiTY plans to train over 85,000 engineers to design chipsets
MeiTY is expanding a centralized chip design infrastructure to 120 academic institutions across the country in the next five years. Read more…
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Decision-makers in APJ ‘get’ data, but where are the skillsets?
Enterprise decision-makers believe their firms have excellent data capabilities – but many of their own employees don’t. Read more…
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Singapore organizations are resilient to cyber attacks but need more talent
Singapore organizations remains fairly resilient to cyber attacks, but skillsets are hard to find, and many incidents go unreported: survey Read more…
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Contingent workers playing a larger role in Asia’s digital economy
Many companies in APAC have turned to contingent workers to fulfil growing demand for skilled workers for the digital economy. Read more…
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Indonesia’s workforce says it has a serious digital skills gap
Most workers in Indonesia are finding themselves in need of new or updated digital skills, says a new report from AWS and AlphaBeta. Read more…
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Threatened by food insecurity, Singapore to triple agri-tech jobs by 2030
With the pandemic impacting food supply chains, Singapore plans to create a high-tech, productive, and resource-efficient agri-tech sector. Read more…
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Hotmail co-founder launches ShowReel video platform for jobseekers
Sabeer Bhatia unveils ShowReel, a social video messaging platform designed enable employment and upskilling opportunities for jobseekers. Read more…
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Many enterprises are not coping with digital reality well
Most enterprises are keen on digital transformation but many lag behind the curve, says KMPG. Two reasons: talent shortages and too many tech choices. Read more…
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The hardest part of building a super app empire? Talent!
Super apps are a huge deal in Asia, but there are numerous challenges. Surprisingly, the biggest one isn’t regulation but finding enough talent. Read more…
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HK enterprises want AI to augment jobs, not kill them
Hong Kong enterprises aren’t ready for AI yet, but once they are, the good news for employees is their managers won’t replace them: Microsoft-IDC survey Read more…
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Why enterprises are paying top dollar for AI skillsets
The expanding applications for AI have created a shortage of qualified workers with training or experience in AI. There are consequences to this. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dozens of employers looking to hire the next Read more…
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Nokia teams with Australian university to boost 5G skills
Nokia has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to launch a new training facility that will increase Australian industry knowledge and skills in 5G and other technologies. Based in the new UTS Botany Read more…
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Skillset training gap could result in $11.5t in lost GDP growth
The economic promise of digital technologies is being put at risk by inadequate education and corporate training systems, and unless radically new learning approaches are adopted, the failure to close the skills gap could result Read more…
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Digital transformation requires digital talent – here’s how to get some
The rise in digital business models is a huge challenge for recruiting and talent selection. The sort of skills businesses need today are in short supply. How can companies prepare themselves to attract the best Read more…