Design Your Singapore Career Future
About me
HR Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and
Career Coach
2013 Leading HR Entrepreneur award
recipient
Former Managing Director of RecruitPlus
Former President of Singapore
Professional Recruitment Organisation
Our economy has changed significantly
1990 - Biomedical
1990 - Biomedical
Market forces cause change
to
Quay Clubs
And with each change, there are winners and losers
LOSERS
WINNERS
WINNERS
WINNERS
WINNERS
And there are
LOSERS
LOSERS
LOSERS
LOSERS
And just like stock investment, difference in timing could mean a rocket launch
or an avalanche
We are already witnessing jobs that didn’t exist a decade ago
Lego certified professional
Professional Poker Player
Professional mountaineer
And the ones that are dying….
Travel Agents
Car park warden
Stock brokers
Will your job be next?
To be replaced by machines?
url: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine
Or not?
url: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine
Traditionally this is how people apply for jobs
They identify their functional niche
Accounting
They whack every jobs with that title
Apply
Accounting
#facepalm
Regret
Apply
Accounting
THINKSTRATEGIC!
Instead of bottom-up
Go top-down
Look at it from a business perspective
What are the booming sectors?
Look at government’s direction
Five growth clusters* of the future
Advanced
Manufacturing
Applied Health
Sciences
Smart and
Sustainable
Urban Solutions
Logistics and
Aerospace
Asian and
Global Financial
Services
*according to Singapore government
Monitor EDB press releases
Follow Ministry of Trade and Industry
But be critical and see if it make sense
Even in a down market
There will still be WINNERS
Such as…
Two of my picks
Post-Employment Education
Tech Start-Ups
Educationis going to be
BIG
Post-Employment Education
$600 million per year
over the last five
years
$1 billion per year over
the next five years
Tech Start-Ups
There’s even startups specific job portals
There’s even startups specific job portals
But the buck starts with you
Employers hire on personality
They hire on team fit
Employers see a lot of resumes
But only 30% of resumes are any good
Optimize your resume
http://careerladder.sg/free-resume-keywords-analysis/
School is about making you the same
Employers don’t want robot
What makes you different?
www.vennjobs.com
Look at what you are good at
Find mastery
It takes 100 hours to learn a skill
But 10,000 hours to master…
Work on your strength
Work around your weakness
Be curious
Employers hire to solve problems
Employers need people to hunt them down
Figure out what’s wrong
Always be learning
How best do you learn?
Osmosis?
Visual?
In the end it’s about results
And hitting your targets
Final thoughts from experts
Need more advice?
Visit my website – http://careerladder.sg
Design Your Singapore Career Future
