Greater than 10,000 employers obtained assist in hiring employees or remodeling jobs

SINGAPORE: Greater than 10,000 employers from a wide range of sectors obtained assist in hiring employees or remodeling jobs final 12 months, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) mentioned on Friday (Mar 12).

About 90 per cent of them had been small-and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), a 45 per cent improve from 2019. 

About half of those corporations had been from 10 sectors together with development, schooling, retail and meals providers, the ministry mentioned in its newest Jobs State of affairs Report. 

Efforts to assist these employers included rising outreach actions, increasing profession conversion programmes and introducing job transformation programmes to assist them meet altering manpower wants, mentioned MOM and WSG.

Talking to the media after a go to to Parkroyal on Kitchener Street lodge, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo famous that the rise in SMEs receiving assist in recruitment was encouraging.

Extra consideration ought to be paid to the employers, who’re as necessary to profession providers as job seekers, she mentioned.

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WSG and its companions, which embody unions, businesses and employers, positioned near 55,000 locals in jobs, traineeships and attachments final 12 months, the report mentioned. 

The 19th version of the Jobs State of affairs Report targeted on recruitment methods in addition to how employers can overcome challenges in hiring employees.

Different figures within the newest version of the report confirmed: 

– Greater than 1,500 employers benefited from the ramping up of profession conversion programmes for brand new mid-career hires final 12 months, roughly a 10 per cent improve from 2019;

– A complete of 140 occasions had been organised final 12 months to assist employers entry a much bigger pool of expertise, a greater than 20 per cent improve from the 12 months earlier than;

– Greater than 35,600 employers posted on the MyCareersFuture portal, a 54 per cent improve from 2019.

– Near 350 employers benefited from a wide range of new programmes began in 2020 aimed toward boosting job transformation efforts. This excludes the Help for Job Redesign underneath Productiveness Options Grant, which was launched firstly of December final 12 months.

The report famous that employers face “widespread challenges” through the hiring course of, and checked out recruitment methods that may assist. These embody investing in abilities coaching, remodeling jobs into careers, in addition to rethinking job descriptions, mentioned the report.

Mrs Teo mentioned that employers who’re keen to spend money on enhancing their workers’ abilities are extra profitable in recruitment.

“These which are on the lookout for precisely 100 per cent, ‘X’ variety of years of expertise in a particular job position in a particular sector, in a panorama the place there’s a lot transformation in job nature and likewise job seeker curiosity. I believe these sorts of employers will discover it very troublesome,” she mentioned.

Mrs Teo additionally famous that whereas wages are necessary, WSG’s interactions with job seekers have discovered that they usually have “increased aspirations”.

“They’ve increased aspirations not only for themselves, however they wish to belong to an organisation that they contemplate as doing one thing significant, probably one thing impactful to society.”

Corporations which are in a position to impress upon potential recruits that it is going to be a profession and never only a job will probably be extra profitable, she mentioned.

Job postings by corporations additionally should be articulated properly, famous Mrs Teo. For instance, postings can point out that corporations welcome candidates from different sectors.

“As our economic system continues to bear restructuring, present jobs will probably be reworked, and new ones will probably be created. We’ll push on with our efforts to assist employers fill new vacancies and help them in remodeling their present workforce to satisfy new wants,” added MOM and WSG.

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SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

WSG additionally introduced on Friday {that a} scheme to assist hoteliers prepare and up-skill employees to tackle redesigned roles will probably be enhanced. This can present extra “focused help” to hoteliers trying to push forward in digital transformation, WSG mentioned.

For the reason that Job Redesign Reskilling programme was rolled out in November 2019, greater than 1,400 employees throughout greater than 55 lodges have undergone coaching and began on new or enhanced job roles equivalent to lodge ambassadors and facility technicians, mentioned WSG.

Beneath the programme, workers whose jobs are being redesigned as a result of implementation of latest know-how or methods will bear exterior and in-house coaching. Accommodations can apply for as much as 90 per cent subsidy for course charges and wage help for the coaching length, capped at three months.

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As a part of the modifications, the programme will concentrate on 16 job roles with really useful know-how implementation. This can assist “additional streamline” and guarantee a faster and smoother utility course of, mentioned WSG.

As a begin, the improved scheme will profit 200 lodge employees, mentioned WSG.

“Regardless of the deep influence of COVID-19, the lodge business has remained resilient, adaptive and a key a part of Singapore’s economic system and workforce,” mentioned WSG chief government Tan Choon Shian.  

“Technological adoption will play an enormous half within the subsequent part of restoration, and we are going to stick with it the robust collaboration with our tripartite companions to help the hoteliers’ manpower and digitalisation efforts to allow them to emerge stronger and assist our employees to proceed forging significant careers within the business.”