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Training

Opinion & Features

The invisible bottleneck in Singapore’s maritime ambitions

This gap exists because technology is moving faster than education systems and most corporate training programmes can keep up with.
Opinion & Features

The premium skill now commanding higher pay for Asia’s graduates

The programme uses OCBC's anonymised proprietary insights on customer behaviours to generate realistic training scenarios.
Companies & Markets

OCBC to train wealth advisers using generative AI

A new index has identified 300 organisations in Singapore that are most committed to providing career and salary growth.
Singapore
BRANDED CONTENT

How top S’pore employers are winning the talent game

The Workfare Skills Support scheme was first announced in Budget 2025.
Singapore

Workfare training allowance raised up to S$18,000 a year for lower-wage workers

To stay ahead, Singapore needs a more coherent system, one that keeps the core strong, while letting fresh talent and ideas flow in, say the writers.
Opinion & Features

Durability over hype: Assuring Singapore’s talent edge

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) provides course fee subsidies, absentee payroll support, and an Enterprise Credit to defray training costs.
Opinion & Features

Investing in skills: How can businesses make training pay off?

The new Grit programmes offer relatively few roles, but this might reflect their curated nature – which addresses concerns about the quality of such experiences.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Relatively modest scale of new graduate traineeships may be a good sign

Asked what he would say to potential shareholders, Sheffield Green CEO Bryan Kee says: “Definitely, I think, with the diversification that we have with training… gradually that will contribute to the group, that will push up the profitability of the company.”
Companies & Markets
TOPLINE

With IPO in the bag, Sheffield Green plots training and listing spinoff for wind energy sector

A post-call survey found that 60% of new lawyers are likely to move out of legal practice within the next five years.
Opinion & Features

Beyond training, Singapore’s legal industry needs a culture shift to curb attrition

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