Rank-and-file Workers on Adapt and Grow Programme

10 Mr Zainal Sapari asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the retention rate of rank-and-file workers who have completed the Adapt and Grow programme; and (b) what is the number of rank-and-file workers who have embarked on this programme so far.

Mr Lim Swee Say: The Adapt and Grow initiative supports workers, including rank-and-file workers, in finding jobs. The initiative includes career matching services and programmes, such as Place-and-Train and Work Trials.

In the first three quarters of 2016, more than 7,300 rank-and-file workers were placed by Workforce Singapore (WSG) and NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute through the Adapt and Grow initiative.

For rank-and-file workers placed through the Adapt and Grow career matching services in 2015, about 10,000 or seven in 10 remained in employment for at least six months after their placements.

The Ministry of Manpower, WSG and our tripartite partners will press on with efforts to support jobseekers to find and remain in employment through the Adapt and Grow initiative.