 | TOP STORIES | | | | Seven ways to avoid being an arrogant expat banker in Asia | | If you're a high-earning expatriate banker in low-tax Singapore, now is not a good time to flaunt your good fortune. Singaporean citizens, incensed by a recent influx of international talent into their crowded city-state, are clamouring for companies to hire fewer foreigners. The Singapore government has responded by promising to ensure that employers give “fair consideration” to Singaporeans when they recruit. Here is some advice about how to fit into a Singaporean workplace rather than stand out. | | Read more... | | | Nine ways to remote manage staff in Asia without annoying them | | With Western banks trying to expand in Asia, managers based at headquarters in the US, Europe or Australia may well find themselves in charge of staff in Hong Kong and Singapore. The potential for cultural misunderstandings and managerial mistakes is all the more intense when you're not actually in the same office. Here is some advice for the remote manager about how to get the best from your team in Asia. | | Read more... | | | Switzerland fears commodities jobs will be lost to Singapore | | Switzerland's status as an international centre for jobs at commodities-trading companies is under threat from Singapore, a country whose low tax rates may give it a competitive edge in attracting commodities talent. | | Read more... | | | Eight interview questions that could stop you getting a job in Australia | | Australia's Big Four banks are selectively hiring finance professionals who've been cut by the bulge bracket. Foreign candidates, however, face an uphill battle against both locals and expat Aussies returning home. If you are lucky enough to score a job interview Down Under because of your strong CV, here are some of the tricky questions you might be asked. | | Read more... | | | Where laid-off bankers can claim $102k in unemployment benefits | | Lost your job in the recent round of redundancies in banking and struggling to find work again? France, where unemployment benefits are capped at $102k a year, is the best place to spend some lazy months (up to 24 of them) at the taxpayers' expense. The UK and US are far less generous, while retrenched expat bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong should either find another job soon or go home. | | Read more... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sponsored by: | | | | | | | |
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