Preparing for a changing job market

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Singapore Polytechnic’s PACE Academy offers upskilling and reskilling courses to shape a future-ready workforce. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Think about the last time you were at the airport to catch a plane. Did you check-in for your flight via an automated machine? Whether you were in the process of collecting your boarding pass or clearing immigration, you would have used at least one self-service machine before boarding the aircraft.

To prepare employees for the shifts in how we work, agencies like the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore enrol their officers in Continuing Education and Training programmes to help them stay relevant in this digital era and age of automation. One of the programmes offered is an eight-week Basic Digital Confidence Course that covers topics like Digital Confidence for Productivity and Digital Confidence for Cyber Security & Internet of Things.

Companies that have collaborated with the academy to create customised courses for their employees include multinational corporations, local small and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies and government-linked agencies, such as SP Power Grid, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Chevron Oronite.

New pathways for mid-career workers At the recent National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the retirement age will be 63 in 2022, and will eventually increase to 65 by 2030.

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