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SINGAPORE: The proportion of university graduates who found permanent full-time employment six months after their final exams dropped by slightly more than 10 per cent in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual Joint Autonomous Universities Graduate Employment Survey found that 69.8 per cent of fresh graduates found permanent full-time jobs last year, down from 81.7 per cent in 2019.
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The survey polled 11,800 fresh graduates from full-time programmes at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
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SSG, DesignSingapore and Tribal Worldwide launch skills development programme for SMEs in design sector Details Published: 01 February 2021
These SMEs will receive more support to build the skills and capabilities of their workforce, and be part of a learning ecosystem that will enable them to grow their businesses by investing in their talent.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) and global creative agency Tribal Worldwide have partnered to launch a transformational skills development programme, catering to SMEs in the design sector.
This first-of-its-kind, industry-led skills development programme, led by Tribal Worldwide (a SkillsFuture Queen Bee company) and supported by Dsg and SSG, will provide SMEs in the sector more support to build the skills and capabilities of their workforce, and be part of a learning ecosystem that will enable them to grow their businesses by investing in their talent.
Amid the unprecedented events of 2020, many Singaporeans have risen to the challenge, displaying resilience, optimism and grit in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the run up to the new year, we profile 21 individuals who share more about their respective journeys, as well as their hopes and aspirations for 2021.
Ms Noraz Marsya Binte Azimi looks forward to being greeted by her often rambunctious pre-schoolers every morning when she heads for work at My Little Campus (Wellington).
Being a pre-school teacher was a vocation Marsya had been actively working towards since enrolling at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central after her O-Levels.