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Heng Chee How: More seminars & workshops to help PMEs


June 16th, 2013 | Author: Editorial



Heng Chee How


During the first “Future Leaders Summit” organised by NTUC yesterday (15 Jun)
aimed at reaching out to professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), NTUC
Deputy Secretary-General Heng Chee How said NTUC will do more to help PMEs.

This will include providing assistance in skills upgrading, and more seminars
and workshops.

The summit’s co-organiser e2i, which is also the NTUC’s training arm, said
that according to its poll of 1,500 PMEs, it found that a majority of
respondents “seek advice on career progression” and “value soft skills”.

More PMEs are also seeking e2i’s help to look for a job and to enhance their
employability.

He said, “The PMEs would also certainly face challenges at work, both in
terms of looking for work, or placement, as well as progression – how they can
make good in their respective careers. So, it is for this reason that the NTUC,
as the labour movement, is focusing greatly in this fast-growing segment of the
workforce.”

However, from some readers’ letters to TRE, those who attended the courses or
seminars organized by NTUC’s e2i were clearly not impressed.

A TRE reader, Lim, said (‘The plight of a Singaporean PMET‘), “I was a PMET in
HDD/electronic manufacturing line. Spent 24 years in manufacturing and
specialized in this market segment. I have engineering and business diplomas.
Tried 2 times to get a degree but dropped out due to overseas postings and work
commitment. Now, cannot find a job for past 7 months.”

Some of his complaints included, “Junior paying jobs in new industry taken by
foreign talents.”

With regard to e2i’s courses, he said, “Went for E2I executive course. No
results thereafter. Visited numerous seminars/road shows etc… no use.”

He said, “I belong to the group which used to believe PAP and its policies.
Now, I begin to doubt if Singapore can be called home.”

“We belong to the late baby boomer group with children currently in secondary
schools and aging parents. Like most of my friends, it is hard to see the
benefits of economic growth.”

Another TRE reader, Disillusioned, said (‘TRE readers who are in the same boat as Kim‘), “I was employed
in a senior management position until the 2008/2009 economic slowdown, drawing
S$300K annually. Was consequently prematurely retired. Have been unemployed
since then.”

“Wrote innumerable job applications and participated in several e2i & CDC
arranged job fairs and was even unwittingly sent by WDA for perfunctory skill
upgrading courses in service excellence. Am willing to go down to a tenth of
what I was drawing and no less hard striven and hard driven. The outcome however
was humiliating when all that were on offer at such job fairs were security
guards, cleaners, taxi-drivers, F&B service attendants etc that do not
employ my knowledge and skill sets.”

“I was in the 18% tax bracket and served my national service as a loyal born
and bred Singaporean. I have never gained from any social handouts and do not
intend to as I believe that I should be earning my keep. Stout of heart, keen of
mind and strong of limb, I have been brutally denied and I am disillusioned.
When I read the likes of economic migrants portrayed herein edging us out in the
professional job market, I cringed with revulsion and anger.”

A reader even wrote an open letter to NTUC chief Lim Swee Say asking him (‘Open Letter to Lim Swee Say – Why employ FT instead of SG in
NTUC?‘), “The fact is that NTUC’s E2i Center and even the many CDC’s have
thousands of highly qualified unemployed Singaporeans, some even with MBA’s and
Masters degrees, on their database list looking for jobs. Are any of these
people from E2i and CDC’s even referred for jobs at NTUC or government
agencies?”

“Are Singaporeans given priority for jobs at NTUC? How many Foreigners are
currently being employed at NTUC? Why is there a need to employ Foreigners at
NTUC in the first place?”

And finally, reader, KNN, wrote (‘Govt offering jobs to retrenched PMETs: Must be able to speak &
write Bengali well‘), “Just to give you an idea of the kind of ‘help’ that
PAP provides to retrenched Singaporeans, below is an email from e2i that I
recently got. I still put myself on their mailing list as I sometimes like to
see what kind of crap they send out. In the email below, they expect PMETs to be
totally fluent in Bengali to take up the job which is in a statutory board! How
many Singaporeans are totally fluent in Bengali?!? This is an example of our
government catering to foreigners (PRs), accommodating more of their kind coming
to Singapore.”


From: PMET – e2i ([email protected]

)
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:05:57 AM
To:

Dear PMETs,

Kindly also note that the below position requires you to be able to speak and
write Bengali well.

Thank you.

————————————————————————————-

From: PMET – e2i
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: Job
Opportunity as a Temporary Management Support Translator

Dear PMETs,

Please see below for information on a job opportunity.

A public service agency is looking for a Temporary Management Support Officer
(MSO) Translator.

Responsibilities:
1. Primarily to assist officers with the written and
oral translation at the counters.
2. Any other duties assigned by reporting
manager.

Requirements:
- Diploma Holders
- Able to speak and write
Bengali and English well
- Good interpersonal skills, patient and
team player.
- Have basic administrative work skills such as operation of
computer and data entry.
- Preferably have at least 2 years of working
experience in customer service line and performing translation services.

The salary scale for this position is $1,700-$2,000 (Subject to
qualifications and relevant working experience.)…



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