About this Event
How SMEs Can Compete for Talent Without Matching MNC Pay
Workshop Summary:
2-hour workshop + 1-hour networking.
Attract, Reward and Retain Good People Without Overspending
For SMEs, competing on salary alone can feel like a losing battle. But good people do not choose employers based on pay alone. Career growth, responsibility, recognition, flexibility and access to leadership can all shape why someone joins and why they stay.
Learn how to position your SME more attractively, make your salary budget work harder, retain your best people, and turn your size into an advantage rather than a limitation.
Key Takeaways
- Attract Talent Without Winning the Salary War
Discover what candidates value beyond salary and how to position your SME as an attractive employer.
- Make Your Salary Budget Work Harder
Explore practical reward, incentive and performance-based approaches that motivate employees while managing manpower costs.
- Keep Your Best People from Leaving
Understand what drives employee retention and how career growth, recognition and leadership can help build a more committed team.
- Turn Your SME's Size into a Competitive Advantage
Learn how to leverage flexibility, faster progression and greater ownership of work to compete with larger employers.
Speaker Bio:
Vishal Bansal
Founder & Managing Director, Altus People Advisory
Former Head of HR, Jewel Changi Airport | Former Head of Total Rewards, Changi Airport Group | Former Director, Carrots Consulting | Previously Mediacorp & Mercer
Vishal brings close to 20 years of HR, compensation and rewards experience across Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, spanning both major organisations and leading HR consulting firms.
Before founding Altus People Advisory, Vishal held two significant leadership responsibilities concurrently:
Head of Human Resources, Jewel Changi Airport
Head of Total Rewards, Performance & Workforce Planning, Changi Airport Group
In both roles, he worked directly with senior leadership, Boards and Remuneration Committees on people, organisation and reward matters.
His earlier career includes leading Total Rewards and HR Business Partnering at Mediacorp, and serving as Director, Executive Compensation & Total Rewards Consulting at Carrots Consulting, where he advised Boards, CEOs and senior leadership across major organisations and SMEs. At Mercer, he advised clients across 17 Asia-Pacific markets on compensation and talent strategies.
Vishal also holds an MBA from Nanyang Business School, where he was awarded the Accenture Gold Medal as the top graduating Strategy student, and is an IHRP-certified Senior Professional (IHRP-SP).
Bringing together insights from major employers and HR consulting, Vishal offers SME owners a valuable perspective on how organisations attract, reward and retain talent, and how these strategies can be adapted to businesses with more limited resources.
Event venue & nearby stays
Book Hall, Llearning Express, Lvl 4, Lifelong Learning Institute, 11 Eunos Road 8, Singapore, Singapore
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