With the new year around the corner, companies are planning for the year ahead. Here’s Achieve CEO Joshua Yim’s assessment of the business climate in 2014 and what he expects to be the top business challenges, as quoted in this article in The Business Times: “Taking a macro view of major economic trends, it is […]

As we near the end of 2013, business leaders are looking ahead and making plans for the year to come. Achieve CEO Joshua Yim shared his expectations for Singapore’s economy, the region and the rest of the world in 2014, as quoted in this The Business Times article on 21 October: Based on the latest […]

The new Fair Consideration Framework has evolved based on feedback from the ‘Our SG Conversation’ national dialogue sessions with the Singapore population comprising working adults and the PME group in question. Many Singaporeans felt that they had not been considered fairly for some of these PME jobs and were losing out to competition from foreign […]

If you’re looking for a career in sales, being a Job Consultant is a far better choice than working as a property agent, car salesman or financial planner, says Joshua Yim, CEO of Achieve Group. There are many sales jobs out there for those who are ‘hungry’, desiring to earn massive amounts of money in […]

CEO Joshua Yim was prominently featured in The Business Times’ Views from the Top section on 2 September 2013, as he offered his take on the new MediShield Life national healthcare programme and how it should be funded. He said: “While the proposed changes to MediShield Life is overall a great initiative, I feel it […]

Achieve Group CEO Joshua Yim was quoted in The Business Times’ Views from the Top column on 8th July 2013 on the biggest dangers currently facing the financial markets, his opinion on how they can be alleviated, and what businesses and individual investors can do to protect themselves. He said: “I believe the biggest potential […]

Our CEO Joshua Yim was quoted in The Business Times’ Views from the Top column on 22nd April 2013 on his forecast for the Singapore economy in 2013, given the recent economic and other developments on the local and global fronts. He said: “The Q1 figures came as a surprise to me and many in […]

Our CEO Joshua Yim was quoted in The Business Times’ Views from the Top column on 18th March 2013 on the topic of how the recently announced employment-related Budget proposals and other similar measures may change employers’ hiring processes and strategies. “With the increase in foreign worker levy and dependency ratio ceiling, companies need to […]

Everyone knows that hiring the wrong individual will end up costing your organisation far more than their monthly salary. Here’s how you can ensure that happens by screwing up the selection process with these rookie errors. Thankfully, we also give you tips on how to cover all your bases. Get distracted Has this ever happened […]

Joshua Yim, CEO of Achieve Group in Singapore discusses the current recruitment trends and hot hiring sectors across the Asia Pacific. The changing winds of fortune have been wafting towards the east ever since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. Developing countries in Asia have experienced a growth spurt in recent years, with China leading […]