Title | It Takes a Village: Meet the Singapore Career Development Tribe |
| Author(s) | - Yvonne Kong-Ho, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Jeremiah Wong, Workforce Singapore, Singapore
- Andrew Er, Workforce Singapore, Singapore
- Clarissa Hor, Avodah People Solutions, Singapore
- Gerald Tan, Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore
- James Tan, Employability and Employment Institute, Singapore
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| Name | Asia Pacific Career Development Journal, Vol 2, No 2 |
| Publication Date | September, 2019 |
| Download | Full text (PDF) |
| Abstract | Singapore is currently undergoing economic transformation (MTI, 2018) to keep up with the impact of technology on industries, businesses, and jobs. With the transformation happening rapidly, the Singapore workforce faces challenges in adapting to learn new skills and handling career transitions. Even fresh graduates face skills obsolescence within a mere few years of entering the workforce (The Business Times, 2018). Career practitioners in Singapore are seeing a greater need to help the existing workforce and fresh graduates make sense of these changes – the impact of technology disruptions and how it impacts careers. Through this paper, we want to share with fellow APCDA professionals about the various stakeholders concerned, the service providers available, and the beneficiaries involved within Singapore’s career development scene. This paper was written through the lens of Dr. Roberta Neault’s framework – “It Takes a Village”. It seeks to give readers an understanding of the provision of macro-level career development services as well as the stakeholders who are involved with the career development practice in Singapore |
