On the other hand, the healthcare, public administration, professional services and technology sectors will remain resilient during this crisis, the economists said.
But responses have been “far and few”, she said. She hopes more applications will come through in the coming months. The company has continued to operate as it is part of the “essential global supply chain”, Ms Chung said, explaining that it provides services to nutrition, healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical companies.Singtel is another company that has supplemented its workforce via the SGUnited Jobs initiative.
Singtel is looking to bring on board 600 trainees in roles such as engineering and marketing. Some of these roles, Ms Tan said, could potentially be converted into full-time ones. These traineeships will last between four and 12 months. This is to “fill critical roles in new growth areas” including the Internet of Things, analytics and cloud technology.The social enterprise, which has around 100 employees, wants to hire five managers who will supervise teams of cleaners at a minimum of S$3,000 a month, said its founder Benjamin Chua.
Supermarket with shifts of 8-10 hours, 7 days a week, bread delivery in the wee hours with a deadline time, eggs delivery which risks breaking the goods, etc. Lots of unglamorous jobs which we locals will not do but demand someone do to our standard.