Singapore job offers cancelled amid recession


Jobless in Singapore: There was a spike in cases of companies cancelling job offers in late March and early April, said Rob Bryson, managing director of recruitment agency Robert Walters Singapore.— AP

SINGAPORE: Job seekers in Singapore are seeing signed employment contracts being rescinded, as businesses cut back on hiring during the pandemic-triggered recession, recruiters say.

There was a spike in cases of companies canceling job offers in late March and early April, said Rob Bryson, managing director of recruitment agency Robert Walters Singapore.

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