Amid eased border restrictions, employment passes (EPs) for finance professionals are getting easier to obtain in Singapore, three recruiters tell eFinancialCareers. This development comes amid increasing interest for Singapore roles among foreign talent, and a trend of financial institutions resuming their overseas searches.
Recruitment firm Quess Singapore, for example, has seen a 35% increase in foreign candidate applications in the past six months, says its Singapore country manager Vikas Srivastava. This spans both tech jobs, as well as roles such as relationship management.