Foreigner Hiring in Singapore had become more difficult. Here’s why
Singapore has constricted its hiring guidelines to consider locals fairly for higher-quality jobs. Singapore saw the major drop in the number of foreigners with work visas in 2017. The deterioration of 32,000 was 10 times more than 2016’s decline of 2,500. Singapore’s ambitious economic growth targets have been hindered by an attenuation pool of its only natural resource – its people. The island state’s declining total fertility rate – currently at a seven-year low of 1.16 – has been mentioned as the main reason to bring in foreign talent and increment the local resident workforce. Though, the political and social effects of a relatively open immigration policy from more than 10 years ago have been emphasized of late as the government continues to adjust its policies in order to solidity talent shortage in high-growth sectors and employment opportunities for its citizens. Work visa approvals have been exaggerated since the launch of the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) ...