BEST PRACTICE HR RESOURCES ON TAP FOR SINGAPORE SMEs TO ENCOURAGE THEIR FOCUS ON KEY AREAS

A SERIES of new easily accessible initiatives from the Singapore government are set to help boost small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) focus on human resources development – an area traditionally shunned due to cost constraints.      The HR portal (www.hrportal.sg) launched last month is one of the three initiatives led by International Enterprise Singapore - under the ministry of trade and industry - to help develop human resources skills in the city state. The portal gives companies access to HR functions such as “compensation and benefits, ...


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