Hiring foreign professionals in Singapore can be a stringent process. But the right individuals like Krittin Kawkeeree can add value by providing guidance to local entrepreneurs and emerging talents here.
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Lim launched his startup, dConstruct Robotics, in 2021. The goal was not any specific product — but to assemble a team that, with the right resources, could create solutions at the cutting edge of innovation. It was an equally serendipitous meeting for Krittin. Said the 35-year-old: “I want to invent something that can be sold, … that can appeal to customers. And that's where Chinn comes in and guides me .”
As Krittin explained, when autonomous robots — such as those used to clean public areas like Changi Airport — are deployed, they must first map the area that they must navigate. This process can be “quite tedious and slow”. Because of the difficulty faced in hiring experienced AI robotics engineers, dConstruct pursued instead “the strategy of working with interns from reputable institutes of higher learning” in the hope of “converting them to full-time staff”, said Lim.
He added: “I was given a lot of opportunities in Singapore — I believe I’m able to give back to new people who are starting their careers.”Singaporeans now make up three-quarters of dConstruct’s workforce of 32. Its international staff hail from places like Malaysia, China, South Korea and Turkiye. Since September last year, all new applications for Employment Passes have had to be evaluated through the Complementarity Assessment Framework . It is a points-based system introduced by the government to help companies select a high-quality foreign workforce, while improving workforce diversity and building a strong local core.
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