The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has launched new resources to give professionals and younger workers more career support.
NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) officially launched a new career resource kit on April 2. The kit includes self-assessment tools, resources to support job seeking, and tips and advice for job seekers.
The professional career resource kit will be accessible online and at e2i’s new career center on One Marina Boulevard. The centre opened officially on April 2 and is the institute’s first in the Central Business District (CBD).
The new centre is equipped with interactive self-help displays that provide job seekers access to NTUC’s network of services and e-resources for jobs and skills.
Visitors can access the career resource kit for professionals, book and speak to career coaches, and attend workshops and talks organized by the institute.
According to e2i, the CBD centre’s location is convenient for professional, managerial, executive, and technical workers (PMETs). So far, the majority of visitors to the new centre are PMETs. Since its soft launch two weeks ago, the centre has seen 110 clients, about 90 percent of whom are PMETs looking for a job or a career switch.
The CBD centre also wants to attract younger workers and job seekers, including those seeking their first job.
NTUC’s secretary-general Ng Chee Meng said the opening of a centre in the CBD is a timely and important step for younger workers, especially PMETs, who face mounting pressures such as the rise of artificial intelligence, rising costs of living, and increased caregiving responsibilities.
He said: “Singapore’s workforce is now in transition. We now have the majority of PMETs in our workforce, and NTUC, having succeeded in our initial years in nation-building with our workers, today is pivoting and innovating to be alongside our PMETs.
“With the new career centre, we hope to provide accessibility, convenience, and substantive value-add to our PMETs, whether it’s job opportunities or professional upskilling in our partnership with the business chambers of Singapore and our knowledge partners.”
Mr Ng added: “I hope this will be the first milestone as NTUC substantiates our efforts to partner PMETs.”
Located in the basement of One Marina Boulevard, the centre is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interested parties can also book sessions with e2i’s team of career coaches online and access the institute’s various digital resources, including the new career resource kit, via its website.
