Vital to create good jobs and transform them; job-matching efforts bearing fruit, says Manpower Minister Josephine Teo.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The job market will be challenging in the months and years ahead, but Singaporeans will be able to progress in their careers so long as the country can do two things consistently well, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo yesterday.
"For now, we should keep a close watch over the economy. At the same time, keep sharpening our competitiveness and grow where we can," she said. This is about 9 per cent more than those helped in the first half of last year, she said, adding that over six in 10 of those placed this year were previously unemployed.
As for technology, there is worry around the world that automation and artificial intelligence will replace human workers, but for Singapore,"there are actually many more upsides than downsides", she said, addressing more than 120 people at the event in the Grand Hyatt. "Tomorrow's workers are not looking for jobs just to put food on the table. Many more want careers that engage their imagination and energies, giving them meaning and purpose," she added.But it will take hard work to continue attracting local and foreign companies to base their operations here to provide jobs, she said.
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