talent upstart - wda grants supporting the development of talents in startups & smes

A TURNKEY SOLUTION TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP & RETAIN TALENTS IN STARTUPS & SMES

BY EZEN HO

a. We are the leading specialist education provider for selected professional communities

in Asia. With fully-equipped training centers across major cities in Singapore, India, Malaysia

and Myanmar.

b. We deliver our training programmes through innovative Technology and Pedagogy to offer

Relevant, Flexible, and Affordable Learning Programmes that Produce Skilled Professionals for

enterprises in areas like SAP ERP Professionals, Systems Management Professionals,

Business Intelligence Professionals, Infocomm Technopreneur Sales & Marketing

Professionals, etc.

c. We leverage on our tight integration with the industry to deliver excellent career services/

manpower resources for both our students and our corporate clients.

d. Acquire 4 years Edu Trust among 400 + institutions in Singapore. (Top 10% institutions in

Singapore)

About Lithan Academy

Partners

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Partners:

Industry Partners:

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ARE YOU A FAST GROWING STARTUP WANTING TO SCALE?

TOP 3 CHALLENGES STARTUPS FACE ?

Unable to hire

the right

talent

Unstructure

d Business

Processes

Unable to

upskill and

retain existing

talents

• Business Focused

• Confident

• Multi-tasking all rounder

• Good Interpersonal

Relationships

• No “Just-a-job” mindset

CHALLENGE 1: FINDING THE RIGHT TALENT

Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Talents

CHALLENGE 2: UNSTRUCTURED BUSINESS PROCESSES

• Burnt Out Founders

• Inexperienced in refining business processes

• Lack of guidance to develop best practices

Challenge 3: Upskilling & Retention of Staff

• Lack of training resources

• No clear career progression pathway

• No structured career appraisal system

• Little mentorship

• External Stress from Family

LITHAN’S TALENT UPSTART IS A ‘PLACEMENT’ SOLUTION THAT HELPS INFOCOMM STARTUPS ATTRACT, RETAIN AND DEVELOP TALENTS LEVERAGING ON WDA’S ETS SCHEME WITH LITHAN’S UNIQUE PEDAGOGY.

HELP PLACE JOB-SEEKING PMES INTO STARTUP ROLES ASSIST STARTUPS TO BUILD TEAMS WITH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SKILLSETS PROMOTE A POSITIVE AND DYNAMIC WORKPLACE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND MENTORING PROGRAMS.

SALES,BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING,PRODUCTOR OPERATIONS?

IN THE NEXT 3 – 6 MONTHS?

WHO IS TALENT UPSTART SUITABLE FOR ?

Hiring

BENEFITS TO STARTUP

Get up to $347,000 worth

of ETS grants

Hire staff yourself &

outsource training to us

- We can also help you

recruit, for a nominal

fee of $2000, inclusive

of advertising,

screening & interview

arrangements

- OJT Implementable

upon completion of

training

PLACE & TRAIN

TRAIN & PLACE

TRAIN Only

Recruit from our pool of

ready trained talents

- Free recruitment when

you give us the JD

- Pay market wages

- OJT – implementable

immediately

Train your existing staff

- Identify staff to groom

- Select modules to train

in

- OJT Implementable upon

completion of training

3 WAYS STARTUPS CAN JOIN TALENT UPSTART

Competency-based

Blended LearningJust in Time Skilled

Talents

Education

Technology On

Demand

Concepts

eLearning

Higher Order

Skills

Work-Based

Learning

Applied Learning

Work Place

Learning

Blended

Training

On-Job-Training

base on blueprint

Customized Curriculum Development

In-House training

• Develop career

roadmaps, OJT

blueprints and conduct

training needs

analyses

• Participate in our P&T

and PCP programmes

to meet your new

talent requirements

and training

simultaneously and

cost-effectively

• Leverage on our on-demand

learning platform to deliver your in-

house training programmes, monitor

and assess staff training across

multiple delivery channels.

• Complement your standard training

programmes with our competency-

based qualification and modular

courses; including qualified faculty,

learning facilitators and mentors.

LITHAN’S TRAINING PEDAGOGY

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES WE ARE PLACING ?

Poly & Uni Graduates

19 – 25 yr old

Executives, Associates,

Analyst

$1800 - $3000

Studies business,

engineering , science and

IT

Junior – Mid Executives

25 – 35 yr old

Senior executive, Assistant

Managers, Managers, Snr

Managers

$2300 - $4000

IT, Business, Arts, Social

Sciences, Comp Sci.

Mid Career Changers

25 – 55 + yr old

Senior Managers, VPs,

CTO

$3500 - $6000

Strong industry network,

functional skillsets

Level

Age

Positions

Salary

Range

Backgrou

nd

NEW STAFF WILL BE TRAINED IN

Strategize & Plan

+

Generate LEADS using

Search Engine Marketing,

Content and E-Mail

Marketing, Social media

marketing, Mobile

Advertising

+

Execute , Measure ,

Optimize campaigns

Understand Customers &

their Problems

+

Solution-Focused

Approach

+

Appreciate business in its

entirety

+

Responsible for Revenue

/ Cost

Build Sales Canvas

+

Produce Sales

Systems, Scripts,

validated Sales Kits

+

Develop Enterprise

Sales Best B2B

Practices & Processes

+

Sell & Overcome

Objections

SKILLSETS ACQUIRED DURING BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING

LEVERAGE COURSE MENTORS TO IMPROVE BUSINESS PROCESSES

All lithan’s mentors are experienced hands on professionals who are either serial entrepreneurial (for startup bootcamp) or owners of digital marketing agencies, or professional sales people in enterprise sales for many years.

Aravinth Kumarasamy

• Founder, Sambaash

• Senior VP, Chief Product Officer

System Access

• Group VP SunGard

• Huin Computer Systems

• CSP Systems

• Far East Computers

Himli Ali

• Sales & Management Coach, Asia

Pacific Sales & Marketing Academy

• Certified Coach, Speaker & Trainer

for John C. Maxwell programme

• 20 years in Regional Sales & Training

• Several Senior positions regionally

• IBM, AT&T, Lucent Technologies,

Avaya Inc, Aspect Software

Zeenath Kuraisha

• Director, Corporate Solutions and

Academics Asia Pacific Sales &

Marketing Academy

• 20 Years of Enabling Customer-focused

Sales & Marketing Strategies

• President - Singapore Chapter of

American Association of Inside Sales

Professionals

• Previous roles in Microsoft, SAP, Oracle

SALES MASTERY MENTORS

Overview of ETS Scheme

EG: ROADMAP OF A TALENT UPSTART CANDIDATE

Night: Business Fundamentals(3 modules – 108 hrs)

1) Innovative Startup Bootcamp2) Digital Marketing3) Sales Mastery

Day: Full time work + Implement On-Job-Training (ETS OJT) Claim up to max of $3780 (252 hrs @ $15/hr)

Inte

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2 – 4 mths Time

Activity &

Pro

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Course fee Grant : Pay less $

ETS OJT Scheme : Receive $

Description Duration/hrActual Cost

(A)

Total WDA Grants

received (B)

Founders

(A – B)

Sponsorship of 3

modules for

Business

Fundamentals

108 $6000 $5400 $600

On-Job-Training252* 0

$3780(Funding of S$15/hr)

($3780)

OJT Career Blueprint

CustomizationN.A $2300 $2000 $300

Total $9200 $11,180

Benefit up to

$2,880 + per

candidate

HOW STARTUPS CAN LEVERAGE WDA ETS SCHEMES

*(up to a maximum of 252 hrs subject to T&C)

yellowElevator is an Employee Referral Systemthat uses the power of Social Referrals and Gamification to increase referral effectiveness and employee engagement

FREE SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPANIES JOINING TALENT UPSTART

TILL APRIL 2016

110 TALENTS SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN 2 YEARS

AND MANY MORE…

AND MANY MORE…

1. Complete Lithan’s Company Evaluation Form http://bit.ly/upstartevaluation

2. Determine who are your identified local staff whom you want to send for training (ensure that current + future new staff to send fulfills 50% of total local workforce criteria)

3. Prepare existing employee’s CV

4. Prepare existing employee’s letter of appointment

5. Attach all files together, submit your company logo, ACRA Bizfile & completed forms to lithantalents@gmail.com

NEXT STEPS – TRAINING EXISTING STAFF

1. Complete Lithan’s Company Evaluation Form http://bit.ly/upstartevaluation

2. Talent Upstart Hiring Request Form, including Job Description & Responsibilities bit.ly/upstartform

3. Submit your company logo, ACRA Bizfile & completed forms to lithantalents@gmail.com

4. CVs may be sent to hiring manager for consideration in the meantime

5. Recruitment drive will be conducted on our campus

NEXT STEPS - RECRUITING NEW TALENT?

Continual Learning

with world’s largest

online Learning

content

www.Lynda.com

Access to Private

Investor Pitching

Events

Perfect your

Investment Pitch with

mentoring

Access to Monthly

Networking & Inudstry

Insights Events

OUR GRADUATES ENJOY

KEEP IN TOUCH

STARTUP INSIGHTS

www.facebook.com/LithanAccelerator

www.meetup.com/Startup-Insights-Singapore

LITHAN ACCELERATOR

THANK YOU! Proudly brought to you by:

ezen@lithan.com 90226004

https://sg.linkedin.com/in/ezenho

CONDITIONS FOR ETS SCHEME (PRE-APPROVED)

1. Only Singaporean & PR Employees (Directors not eligible for ETS)

2. Min. number of employees (current & future) to onboard program: 50%

3. Level of hires: Junior - middle level PME roles.

4. Company should be prepared to hire candidate undergoing program for at least 9months – 1 year

5. Scheme is meant to expand skillsets of existing staff to take on new responsibilities

6. ** If you have identified a NEW staff you want to hire, you can also onboard them onto Talent Upstart program to enjoy the ETS scheme

7. ETS grant is applied on pre-approval basis, where WDA will have a site visit to the company. Lithan will assist company in the administration and pre-assessment.

Q: Can existing staff enjoy the ETS grant? A: Yes, can enroll current stand and Lithan will crafts a OJT training blueprint

Q: What if I decide to terminate the staff after his probation period? A: Depending on where he is in the career progression pipeline, you may terminate his contract as per contractual agreements. The OJT training implementation will be pro-rated till the termination

Q: When will I receive the WDA ETS OJT reimbursement? A: In 3 tranches

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)