Number of Jobseekers Who Sought Assistance at SGUnited Jobs and Skills Centres since Inception and Their Success Rate and Profile
Ministry of ManpowerSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns the assistance provided to jobseekers at SGUnited Jobs and Skills Centres and their success rates, as raised by Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song. Minister Josephine Teo stated that 24 heartland centres advised 6,000 jobseekers by September, while 51,700 individuals were assisted across all career matching touchpoints since January 2020. Since April 2020, the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package has placed 33,100 jobseekers into jobs, traineeships, and training opportunities despite the deep economic recession. While demographic breakdowns by education and age are unavailable, the Minister highlighted that the majority of jobseekers placed into jobs are in non-PMET roles. The government continues to curate more opportunities while bringing career matching services closer to residents to improve employment outcomes for local jobseekers.
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52 Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower since the inception of the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Centres (a) how many jobseekers have sought assistance with the centres; and (b) how many have been successfully placed with jobs, with a breakdown of jobseekers' highest education levels and age groups.
Mrs Josephine Teo: To help our local jobseekers access the available opportunities under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package, Workforce Singapore (WSG) has brought career matching services closer to the heartlands. WSG launched the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Centres in phases since early July. By end-August, one centre had been set up in each of the 24 HDB towns.
As of end-September, Career Ambassadors at these centres have advised around 6,000 jobseekers. As jobseekers are reached through multiple channels and assisted through a variety of means, it is therefore more useful to consider their collective impact. Between January and September this year, we have provided career matching services to about 51,700 jobseekers through various touchpoints such as the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Centres, as well as WSG’s and NTUC's e2i's five permanent career centres. Since the launch of the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package in April 2020, we have placed 33,100 jobseekers into job, traineeship, attachment and training opportunities. This is in spite of a two-month lockdown and the deep economic recession. The breakdown of jobseekers placed into these opportunities by highest education qualifications and age is not available, but we have provided the breakdown by occupational profiles in Table 1 below. Majority of the jobseekers placed into jobs are in non-PMET roles.
We will continue to curate more opportunities, while seeking to increase placements of jobseekers.
