2009: CDCs see 54% jump in job seekers asking for help
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CDCs see 54% jump in number of job seekers asking for help in 2009
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 February 2010 1820 hrsSINGAPORE : More job seekers approached Singapore's Community Development Councils (CDCs) for help in 2009.
According to the latest figures released by the People's Association, 38,000 job seekers applied for employment assistance at the CDCs from January to December 2009. This was a 54 per cent jump compared to 2008.
The People's Association added that about half of the job seekers were mature workers aged 40 and above, and the bulk of the increase came in the first quarter of 2009, peaking at 5,000 job-seekers in March.
The CDCs added that they were able to successfully place 20,000 job seekers in employment. This was a 56 per cent increase over 2008.
Among professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET) job seekers, 2,800 were placed, more than double from 1,200 in 2008.
For this group, the CDCs also provided targeted assistance, including workshops on job search and resume writing skills, and one-to-one counselling services.
Teo Ser Luck, Mayor, North East District, explained: "Last year, while helping residents to look for jobs, North East CDC had encountered a 'twist' because the number of job seekers had peaked in the first half of the year, but at the third quarter, the situation improved. We saw more jobs available in the market.
"North East CDC had also worked closely with the three North East Local Job Placement Centres to provide job seekers with job opportunities. The CDC had stepped in to beef up these centres by setting aside S$1 million and with the additional resources, the centres were able to supplement the CDC's efforts in reaching out to the unemployed in the district."
The number of recruitment events organised by the CDCs in collaboration with various grassroots bodies and the Workforce Development Agency also went up in 2009.
Four hundred and ninety recruitment events were held in 2009, up from about 320 in 2008.
Commenting on the trends in 2010, South West CDC Mayor, Dr Amy Khor, said, "In January 2010, for instance, even though the number of job seekers seen by the CDC has declined from the previous month, and is also 44 per cent below the number logged for January 2009, 55 per cent of the job seekers are aged 40 years and above and 58 per cent have secondary education and below.
"With this renewed focus on worker productivity spelt out by the ESC (Economic Strategies Committee), the older and less educated workers will become even more vulnerable, unless they go for skills training or retraining. We need therefore to build deeper resilience into this segment of the workforce.
"Hence one of the key foci of the South West CDC going forward is to help such workers remain employable. We will do so by making job preparatory and mindset change courses, and skills training and retraining, more easily accessible to them. At the CDC, our career consultants will play an even more active role in identifying workers' barrier to employment and make appropriate recommendations on training during their interview.
"On the recruitment aspect, besides stepping up on the number of mini recruitment events, we will continue with our efforts to organise more targeted thematic job fairs, which we have found to be more effective." - CNA/msDear mod, please do not remove this thread from this forum.
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Please do not remove from this forum.
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More and more pple are seeking help from CDC.
Jobs are hard to find. Need to adjust and accept lower wages.
Stressful indeed.
Chew, you mean mod will remove this thread? Why? I find nothing wrong.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
More and more pple are seeking help from CDC.
Jobs are hard to find. Need to adjust and accept lower wages.
Stressful indeed.
Chew, you mean mod will remove this thread? Why? I find nothing wrong.
Dunno, mod remove 2 threads just now: the NTUC trolley thread and the Singpost thread.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Dunno, mod remove 2 threads just now: the NTUC trolley thread and the Singpost thread.
Probably due to off topics and some nasty name calling... -
Originally posted by likeyou:
Probably due to off topics and some nasty name calling...not really they were move to other forums. Nothing flaming of sort.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
not really they were move to other forums. Nothing flaming of sort.
Oh..then it should post and lock it to inform us. -
Originally posted by likeyou:
Oh..then it should post and lock it to inform us.nevermind. nothing serious.
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CDC is only for show. When my friend signed up with them seeking for assistance in job hunting, not long after that the consultant ask if my friend wants her case to be closed. It was hardly a few months and the consultant is eager to cease helping.
Recently, she received a notice from CDC, her consultant sent her this and asked if she is still interested to continue to seek help in looking for job or do not wish to continue as the case is expiring soon. MY friend indicated she would like to continue to be assisted in job hunting and sent reply by post and email. Few weeks later when my friend called her consultant, she was surprised to hear that the consultant has actually close her case.
Wow, this is how the govt is so "committed" to help locals find job. CDC is really a tool for drama drama only. How has the govt resort to this extreme to "render help"? Let us not forget to take this into consideration when we make our decision on who to vote.
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Mr Chew, do we have nasty name calling in this forum??? Scratch my head.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Mr Chew, do we have nasty name calling in this forum??? Scratch my head.
I don't think so. It's civilise here.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I don't think so. It's civilise here.
Thanks for your reply. For one moment I thought I was "cock" eyed not to see any name calling here.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Thanks for your reply. For one moment I thought I was "cock" eyed not to see any name calling here. It 's been so polite that I find it amusing.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
It 's been so polite that I find it amusing.
This is because we do not have forumers like angel7030 here. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
This is because we do not have forumers like angel7030 here.