ABOUT 2,000 people will show up from now till Sunday to network with employers and go for interviews, in hopes of landing one of 3,000 jobs at ION Orchard.
The retail-cum-superluxe residential complex launched one of the final stages of its massive job hunt on Thursday at Raffles City, in partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Workforce Development Agency.
e2i and the WDA took charge of pre-screening the 5,000 applicants, and sent them for training such as service booster courses before the jobseekers met employers on Friday.
Twenty-three brands such as Bebe, TopShop and Cold Storage had set up booths to interview prospective employees as well as promote their companies to the jobseekers.
At this round of sessions, there are 1,500 jobs to fill, mostly frontline or senior positions.
The other 1,500 jobs will be offered through ongoing e2i job fairs that are held twice a month.
Club 21's human resource director Rina Ong said the unique job-matching fair would save her time and effort from the usual hiring process. 'Usually, you have people looking for jobs, including a whole barrage of people just trying their luck,' she said. 'This is much more concentrated and focused.'
Such a screening-cum-job fair method seems to be working well for e2i, said its chairman Ong Ye Kung. He described how in the past, it had organised mass job fairs, but those became a huge 'pasar malam' (night market) and were too noisy and difficult for employers to find proper staff.
It had also tried small boutique events, but too few people found jobs through them, despite the amount of work put in.
This screening-then-interview method was a 'good balance', he said.
- The Straits Times
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May 15, 2009
May 6, 2009
WDA, e2i embark on recruitment drive for ION Orchard
SINGAPORE: The extensive recruitment exercise for the 3,000 job vacancies in the ION Orchard shopping mall has kicked off with a search to immediately fill up to 1,500 positions in the initial recruitment phase on Wednesday.
About 20 per cent of the 1,500 positions are suitable for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETS) and fresh graduates.
Of the 1,500 vacancies, some 70 per cent will be for retail positions and 30 per cent will be in the food and beverage sector.
The recruitment is done in partnership with the NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). E2i's role is to reach out to the public and invite interested jobseekers to attend the job fairs.
At the fair, the e2i employability coaches will identify suitable jobseekers who possess the right aptitude for the jobs, and enroll them for suitable training to acquire relevant skills.
The tripartite collaboration also extends to efforts to enhance local workers' customer service skills and to boost the overall image and professionalism of Singapore's service industry.
The partners will be providing successful candidates with the certified service professional training developed by WDA.
The training programme will cover service quality, etiquette, grooming and interpersonal skills to further enhance the candidates' service competency prior to their employment by ION Orchard. The training programme is recommended for all successful candidates hired through the recruitment initiative.
As at 6pm on Tuesday, some 3,000 job seekers have registered via sms, e2i's website and hotline.
Jobseekers who are looking for a career at ION Orchard may continue to register online or call the e2i hotline at 6474 3777. Registration closes at 6.00pm on Thursday.
- Channel News Asia
About 20 per cent of the 1,500 positions are suitable for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETS) and fresh graduates.
Of the 1,500 vacancies, some 70 per cent will be for retail positions and 30 per cent will be in the food and beverage sector.
The recruitment is done in partnership with the NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). E2i's role is to reach out to the public and invite interested jobseekers to attend the job fairs.
At the fair, the e2i employability coaches will identify suitable jobseekers who possess the right aptitude for the jobs, and enroll them for suitable training to acquire relevant skills.
The tripartite collaboration also extends to efforts to enhance local workers' customer service skills and to boost the overall image and professionalism of Singapore's service industry.
The partners will be providing successful candidates with the certified service professional training developed by WDA.
The training programme will cover service quality, etiquette, grooming and interpersonal skills to further enhance the candidates' service competency prior to their employment by ION Orchard. The training programme is recommended for all successful candidates hired through the recruitment initiative.
As at 6pm on Tuesday, some 3,000 job seekers have registered via sms, e2i's website and hotline.
Jobseekers who are looking for a career at ION Orchard may continue to register online or call the e2i hotline at 6474 3777. Registration closes at 6.00pm on Thursday.
- Channel News Asia
Mar 6, 2009
4,500 jobs at Marina IR
ITS first go-around was a big success.
Now, the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) are ready to team up with Marina Bay Sands again for another recruitment drive.
This time, it will be even bigger: e2i is looking to help fill 4,500 gaming positions at the integrated resort (IR).
It will invite applications from Singaporeans age 21 and above, screen them, and give them some rudimentary training if needed to increase their chances of landing a job.
Some of these jobs are plum ones: About 1,500 will be of a managerial or supervisory nature.
Other positions open include croupiers, scheduling supervisors and table games technicians.
The job-matching and training services provided by e2i are a key plank of the Spur programme, a $600 million training and skills upgrading scheme paid for by the Singapore Government.
e2i's first partnership with Marina Bay Sands, in October last year, paid handsome dividends.
It screened over 7,000 applicants, and dropped more than 3,000 in the first cut.
Those who were found suitable but who lacked skills were sent for pre-employment employability training, which included workshops and other programmes to impart knowledge of the industry, develop service and interview skills, as well as to instil the right mindset and attitude.
- The Straits Times
Now, the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) are ready to team up with Marina Bay Sands again for another recruitment drive.
This time, it will be even bigger: e2i is looking to help fill 4,500 gaming positions at the integrated resort (IR).
It will invite applications from Singaporeans age 21 and above, screen them, and give them some rudimentary training if needed to increase their chances of landing a job.
Some of these jobs are plum ones: About 1,500 will be of a managerial or supervisory nature.
Other positions open include croupiers, scheduling supervisors and table games technicians.
The job-matching and training services provided by e2i are a key plank of the Spur programme, a $600 million training and skills upgrading scheme paid for by the Singapore Government.
e2i's first partnership with Marina Bay Sands, in October last year, paid handsome dividends.
It screened over 7,000 applicants, and dropped more than 3,000 in the first cut.
Those who were found suitable but who lacked skills were sent for pre-employment employability training, which included workshops and other programmes to impart knowledge of the industry, develop service and interview skills, as well as to instil the right mindset and attitude.
- The Straits Times
Mar 3, 2009
NTUC chief says 12,668 job openings available at E2i
About forty per cent of jobs available at Singapore's Employment and Employability Institute (E2i) are offering salaries of more than S$2,000.
The National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC's) secretary general, Lim Swee Say, added that these job openings form almost half of the 12,668 jobs openings which some employers had posted at the institute.
Mr Lim was speaking on Tuesday at an organisational learning conference on the challenges NTUC is facing to help workers.
The NTUC chief said the government's decision to introduce the S$4.5 billion Jobs Credit scheme is a strategic move.
Firstly, the scheme would help companies implement their flexible wage systems as far as possible. And secondly, the scheme would also help to strengthen the tripartite partnership between the government, employers and unions.
Mr Lim said under the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (SPUR), more job seekers were coming forward to upgrade themselves. In fact, 7,500 had done so at E2i.
Mr Lim added that through the various employability camps, confidence levels of workers to adapt to new jobs improved tremendously.
He said: "While on one hand, we are seeing an increase in retrenchment, but yet at the same time, we are very determined to ensure that retrenchment does not necessarily mean unemployment.
"So our determination is to keep helping these job seekers, retrenched workers to go back for retraining under SPUR, and at the same time through the job matching services provided at E2i, the community development councils and various organisations, to go back to jobs as soon as possible."
The bigger challenge now is to redesign jobs so as to minimise the mismatch of not just skills but also expectations.
Mr Lim said: "What we hope is that as we go through this downturn, we can actually upturn the employment mobility of Singapore’s workers because job openings are there. What we have to overcome is the mismatch between the jobs and job seekers.
"Our biggest challenge today is to overcome and minimise structural unemployment. There are jobs and there are job seekers. How can we bring the two together by minimising the job gap, skills gap and more importantly the mindset and expectations gaps."
The latest sector to address the retraining needs of workers is the logistics sector, which said the collapse in world trade had severely affected transport and storage.
NTUC’s assistant secretary-general, Josephine Teo, said: "The logistics sector is an important contributor to the Singapore economy. It not only supports the global trans-shipment of goods, which is the basis of our port activities, it strengthens Singapore's position as a manufacturing and distribution hub.
"The sector employs 180,000 workers and contributes about nine per cent to the GDP. The recent global financial crisis had dampened business confidence and consumer spending. As a result, international trade had fallen.
"In Singapore, non-oil domestic exports fell sharply by 34.8 per cent in January this year compared to last year. While the news is sobering, we would all be better off if we stay positive, keep our spirits high, and focus our minds on weathering the downturn.
"The government's Resilience Package worth S$20.5 billion had been welcomed by businesses and workers alike. In particular, the Jobs Credit scheme would provide relief to companies which had been hit by lower volumes or revenues, and faced intense pressures to cut cost."
The Singapore Logistics Association is working with NTUC's Learning Hub to come up with programmes to address the training needs of its excess manpower.
- Channel News Asia
The National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC's) secretary general, Lim Swee Say, added that these job openings form almost half of the 12,668 jobs openings which some employers had posted at the institute.
Mr Lim was speaking on Tuesday at an organisational learning conference on the challenges NTUC is facing to help workers.
The NTUC chief said the government's decision to introduce the S$4.5 billion Jobs Credit scheme is a strategic move.
Firstly, the scheme would help companies implement their flexible wage systems as far as possible. And secondly, the scheme would also help to strengthen the tripartite partnership between the government, employers and unions.
Mr Lim said under the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (SPUR), more job seekers were coming forward to upgrade themselves. In fact, 7,500 had done so at E2i.
Mr Lim added that through the various employability camps, confidence levels of workers to adapt to new jobs improved tremendously.
He said: "While on one hand, we are seeing an increase in retrenchment, but yet at the same time, we are very determined to ensure that retrenchment does not necessarily mean unemployment.
"So our determination is to keep helping these job seekers, retrenched workers to go back for retraining under SPUR, and at the same time through the job matching services provided at E2i, the community development councils and various organisations, to go back to jobs as soon as possible."
The bigger challenge now is to redesign jobs so as to minimise the mismatch of not just skills but also expectations.
Mr Lim said: "What we hope is that as we go through this downturn, we can actually upturn the employment mobility of Singapore’s workers because job openings are there. What we have to overcome is the mismatch between the jobs and job seekers.
"Our biggest challenge today is to overcome and minimise structural unemployment. There are jobs and there are job seekers. How can we bring the two together by minimising the job gap, skills gap and more importantly the mindset and expectations gaps."
The latest sector to address the retraining needs of workers is the logistics sector, which said the collapse in world trade had severely affected transport and storage.
NTUC’s assistant secretary-general, Josephine Teo, said: "The logistics sector is an important contributor to the Singapore economy. It not only supports the global trans-shipment of goods, which is the basis of our port activities, it strengthens Singapore's position as a manufacturing and distribution hub.
"The sector employs 180,000 workers and contributes about nine per cent to the GDP. The recent global financial crisis had dampened business confidence and consumer spending. As a result, international trade had fallen.
"In Singapore, non-oil domestic exports fell sharply by 34.8 per cent in January this year compared to last year. While the news is sobering, we would all be better off if we stay positive, keep our spirits high, and focus our minds on weathering the downturn.
"The government's Resilience Package worth S$20.5 billion had been welcomed by businesses and workers alike. In particular, the Jobs Credit scheme would provide relief to companies which had been hit by lower volumes or revenues, and faced intense pressures to cut cost."
The Singapore Logistics Association is working with NTUC's Learning Hub to come up with programmes to address the training needs of its excess manpower.
- Channel News Asia
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