Young Singaporean job seekers take aim at hiring practices

Right choice: Singapore’s business district at night. Non-monetary matters such as workplace culture and the environment are factors that young job seekers increasingly consider when selecting an organisation to join. — AP

SINGAPORE: Young job seekers here are scrutinising long-standing hiring and workplace practices, prompting some employers to change tack in order to attract them.

Asking thorny interview questions on last-drawn salary, and using this figure to derive pay offers, is one practice that has come under especially heavy challenge amid these ongoing shifts.