WHEN she completed a one-year contract as a secretary in August, Ms Brenda Ang looked forward to securing a permanent job.
But the 41-year-old had no such luck despite a three-month search. Instead, she will start work tomorrow as a team administrator in a multinational company under a five-month contract.
'I was looking for a permanent job but, under current circumstances, it's very tough, even though the economy's picking up,' she lamented. She lost her permanent job last year when her expatriate boss returned home.
Her situation is not unique. According to a Ministry of Manpower survey whose findings were released last month, the number of term-contract workers rose to 197,200 as of June.
That was a 4.3 per cent jump from the same period last year, and made up 12.7 per cent of the total number of Singaporeans and permanent residents employed.
The duration for most of the jobs was less than three months. Such jobs soared 21 per cent from 72,200 last year to 87,400 this year. In contrast, the number employed on a permanent basis went up by only 0.8 per cent over the same period.
- The Straits Times
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