[GLGT]Graduates face bleak future as skill gap widens, vacancies shrink

[GameBoyColour]

gov should split things

import FT all to work in corporate sector

local all restricted to choose between stat board and uniform services

 

[anchoraz]

Nxt will b poly, uni closing down. Jc closed alot alrdy.

 

[bigrooster]

Such news got held onto and only released after GE?

Don't worry, the gahmen these graduates and their parents and grandparents voted for should be able to help.

 

[Senfai]

Dun keep thinking about graduates

don’t forget about the 40s and 50s and 60s without degrees

 

[jeffprobst]

Crayon Shin Chan style

 

[buttbERry]

getting tougher indeed

but not just them

for everyone else too

 

[lifeisinforashock]

Mayb the unis are still teaching old stuff ?

 

[Mixxxy]

Must change the rules to insist CEOs of all MNC in SG just be Singaporean. All fresh grad sure employed within one month.

 

[Jjxjjjyy]

requirements higher and boomr retire later

 

[lowjk]

I guess I have a right to make noise since I am in MPB grc.
My son has a postgraduate in health policy but was told by the MOH interviewer that he did not qualify for a health policy position that was filled by a pharmacist!

 

[leonaheidern]

Must change the rules to insist CEOs of all MNC in SG just be Singaporean. All fresh grad sure employed within one month.

don't think it works that way. all your politicians were Singaporean also end up sign the very agreements that cause joblessness or murky PR and citizen employment stats right?


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[jeffprobst]

one piece style

 

[spunkbrat]

Probably get wider and wider as years of knowledge and skills all lost to FTs occupying more positions

 

[Overture1928]

65.57% voted for this

 

[grevq80o]

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/si...-graduates-employers-flag-skills-gap-linkedin

[SINGAPORE] Fresh graduates face a double whammy of fewer job openings and a growing mismatch between vacancies and skills.

Studies conducted by LinkedIn revealed that the labour market has tightened for jobseekers in Singapore, with the number of job postings per applicant falling 8 per cent over the last year to March.

“This means stiffer competition, with more graduates chasing fewer roles today,” said the professional networking site in a report released on Thursday (May 8).


In addition, employers are expecting candidates to be even more qualified, further widening the talent gap in the labour market, LinkedIn found. In a separate survey which polled over 500 human resources (HR) professionals in Singapore, recruiters revealed that half or less than half of job applications met their requirements and preferred qualifications for roles over the past year.

The most prominent hiring roadblock was difficulty in finding candidates with the right soft skills for a role, with 50 per cent of respondents describing it as a top challenge, while 44 per cent indicated that candidates’ lack of technical skills for a role ranked among the largest obstacles.

This is news? This is the result of LHL 2006 open immigration policy. That drove out all the middle technical professionals in favor of cheaper immigrants, who get PR within. 6 months and buy flat direct from HDB , now probably in high end condo Liao..

 

[Mixxxy]

don't think it works that way. all your politicians were Singaporean also end up sign the very agreements that cause joblessness or murky PR and citizen employment stats right?


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I worked in an MNC where the CEO is Singaporean before. Getting his approval to hire a foreigner is tougher than getting mom to approve the EP.

 

[Laguna123]

Employers can easily get unlimited supply of “experience” workers from overseas why still need to train fresh grad right?

 

[marksnow44]

You voted for that Tan Sie Long, more and more FTrashes will be coming to our shore, you all can go skillfuture to train as hawkers, delivery driver, secuirty guard or waiter.

 

[formula]

Don't complain ya..
Your parents pushed you to the sea of abyss...

 

[Laguna123]

I worked in an MNC where the CEO is Singaporean before. Getting his approval to hire a foreigner is tougher than getting mom to approve the EP.

Isn’t this the same as if the CEO is a FT?