Jobs and skills

THE BROAD VIEW

The modern worker in trouble

From blurring work-life boundaries to the growing gap in housing affordability, the picture is looking grim

IMDA's latest initiative falls under the National AI Impact Programme and is an expansion of the TechSkills Accelerator Programme that was launched in 2016.

IMDA to upskill 40,000 tech professionals over three years amid AI disruption

It will co-chair a work group with Workforce Singapore to ensure programmes are relevant and responsive

What is increasingly needed is AI bilingualism: the ability to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and risks.

The real AI race is for deployable talent, not models

Scaling the tech’s positive impact will require work redesign, applied learning, cross-sector collaboration

We must move beyond the "Ikea moment" – where people are discovering that AI tools are not as difficult to use as imagined, just as Ikea shoppers overcome their uncertainty about assembling their own furniture.

Beyond the ‘Ikea moment’: Forging Singapore’s sovereign resilience in the AI era

Achieving AI Nation status is a continuous exercise in strategic indispensability

Treat workforce strategy as the primary driver of technology investment, not the afterthought.
THE BOTTOM LINE

HR must disrupt itself first or become irrelevant in the AI era

Human resources leaders must understand the technology as the most powerful lever they have ever had to reimagine human work

Among data roles, data analysts had the lowest average salary rise at 0.5%.

AI skills pull in higher salaries for engineers, as demand shifts to senior roles: report

Pay for senior tech positions across disciplines on the rise, with those in software engineering climbing by 10.8% to 12.6% on average

To navigate AI-driven change in the workplace, Singapore must shift towards a skills-based economy that gives both employees and employers greater agility.

How humans can lead as AI transforms work

Skills intelligence can help leaders see not just what skills exist, but how competencies evolve in response to technology

Generation X and mature millennial executives who spent 20 to 30 years building real capability are now approaching a crossroads.
SWITCHING LANES

Fractional is the future of work

The old script was study, slog, succeed; now it’s give, gain, grow

PM Wong at the May Day Rally on May 1 said: “We may not be able to protect every job. But we will protect every worker."

May Day Rally: Singapore must ‘ready ourselves to succeed’ amid AI disruption, says PM Wong

Not every job can be saved, but new and better ones can be created, he adds

Many of our social and corporate systems are built to favour those who can project confidence, command airtime and manage upwards.

The quiet cost of a noisy workplace

Leaders must get better at recognising substance that does not announce itself