New SkillsFuture portal for jobseekers to identify top skills, potential career transitions
A report also identifies priority skills in the care, green and digital economies
JOBSEEKERS can find out about the top skills needed for various job roles – and potential career transition pathways – in a new one-stop online portal by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).
The Jobs-Skills Portal, launched on Wednesday (Jan 22), features five interactive dashboards for jobseekers to access role and skills-related insights and resources. They build on the first dashboard SSG launched previously, bringing the total to six.
These dashboards serve as planning tools for individuals to assess their career mobility and the possible skills pathways to bridge their skills needs to access those jobs, said Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang at the launch event at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
Companies can also use them to monitor how skills and tools required by jobs have evolved over time, which can inform their organisations and manpower planning, she added.
HR professionals may also find the information useful in guiding companies’ strategy on manpower training and growth, said Gan.
For instance, the Job Requirements Dashboard gives jobseekers information on the top skills, as well as digital applications and tools, required for various roles over the years.
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Meanwhile, the Skills and Job Mobility Dashboard allows individuals to explore roles with good growth and potential for career mobility, as well as the skills needed for such transitions.
Previously, all of SSG’s jobs and skills resources were housed under different pages on its corporate website. The new portal consolidates all the relevant insights and resources.
Gan said more job and skills planning tools and resources will be made available progressively this year.
Priority skills
SSG also published the latest edition of its Skills Demand for the Future Economy Report on Wednesday. The annual report, now in its fourth iteration, details priority skills and job roles in three key growth areas: the green, digital and care economies.
In this year’s report, 71 skills were identified to be consistently in high demand and highly transferable, based on historical data from 2022 to 2024.
These include carbon markets and decarbonisation strategies management in the green economy; data analytics in the care economy; and software design in the digital economy.
These skills are also expected to remain in high demand and be highly transferable in 2025.
Thirty-seven skills became highly transferable, from moderately transferable, in 2024. These include energy trading portfolio optimisation in the green economy; data and information management in the care economy; and macroeconomic analysis in the digital economy.
The movement of these skills indicates that more industry sectors are adopting a particular business practice or technology, said SSG in a statement.
Lastly, 34 skills were forecast to be highly transferable in 2025. They include energy management and audit in the green economy; child safety and protection in the care economy; and e-commerce management in the digital economy.
Many employers are expressing concern about skills gaps hindering their business transformation, noted Gan.
“Building on this high skills consciousness, this report seeks to help companies be clearer about their skills needs,” she said.
“This could in turn give employees greater confidence and clearer direction in pursuing learning and upskilling,” Gan added. “Training providers can also better aggregate and respond to learning demand from consumers, with the right skills and content.”
Apps and tools
The report also included a curated list of apps and tools commonly cited in job postings. SSG found that proficiency requirements for apps and tools were included most often in job postings for work functions in information technology (IT), engineering and operations.
The top 20 apps and tools in 2023 comprised mainly productivity tools, programming languages, and software designed for managing data processes and projects.
On artificial intelligence-related applications, SSG found that proficiency requirements were cited the most often in job postings for work functions in IT, engineering and research.
The 2025 report also has a special chapter on the skills requirements in creative industries. SSG estimates that there are about 150,000 creative professionals in Singapore, of whom a third work in companies in the creative industry. The remaining two-thirds are in creative roles in other companies.
The report defines creative industries as including the arts and culture, events, design, and media sectors.
It found that the skills required for jobs in these industries are becoming more transferable, with seven out of 10 non-creative roles requiring creative skills.
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