JAKARTA, Sep 3, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Digital Economy Ministers Meeting (DEMM) was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Thursday (September 1, 2022). It was the culmination of the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) meetings, as one of working group of the G20 that focuses on issues related to the digital economy... » read more
SINGAPORE – The skills most urgently needed by Singaporeans have been identified in a new report by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). The inaugural Skills Demand For The Future Economy report was launched by Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Wednesday (Dec 8). It pinpoints the top 20 clusters of skills in the digital, green and care sectors... » read more
SINGAPORE – More job seekers here can look forward to getting hired based on their skills – instead of traditional yardsticks such as past job titles and educational qualifications – under a new programme designed to promote skills-based employment among companies. This Skills Path initiative presents an alternative route for candidates to get hired, said... » read more
SINGAPORE – Workers here may soon pick up new knowledge and skills on their jobs, and get a university degree for their efforts. This alternative route offered by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will allow adult learners to gain credits towards fulfilling degree requirements, based on the competencies they have acquired through prior work... » read more
Singapore’s job market seems to have weathered the worst of the Covid-19 shockwaves. Unemployment among Singaporeans and Permanent Residents has been falling steadily since December last year. Retrenchments are down, thankfully, to pre-Covid-19 levels, at 2,270 in the first quarter of the year compared to 9,120 in Q3 last year. But this may be of... » read more
SINGAPORE – The pandemic created challenges for food services staff but also gave them opportunities to learn new skills. Ms Wendy Ho has been in the food and beverages industry for almost three decades, but in the past year she has learnt new technologies that will stand her in good stead to support the digitalisation... » read more
For nearly a decade, Mr Muhammad Helmy Razali managed critical support operations to secure various sensitive sites, including Changi Airport and hospitals. Now, the 33-year-old is doing the same, but in the digital space as a cyberthreat-monitoring specialist at Deutsche Bank. He made the switch after enrolling in the Technology in Finance Immersion Programme (TFIP)... » read more