CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture Podcast

Resume Tips: What Employers Really Want To See (Readiness)

Zarina Bakar, senior career coach with Workforce Singapore (WSG), shares more about how to prepare your resume when applying for jobs.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:30) Why fancy email names are a turn-off, not a turn-on
(1:55) Sharing your work experience: what to include and omit
Use these resume tips in your next job application! We have over 100,000 job opportunities on MyCareersFuture for you.
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How Career Coaching and the New JS Scheme Can Help This Singaporean Find a Job (Tenacity)

In this podcast, Chay, a Singaporean who was recently retrenched from her role as a marketing executive, shares with us how career coaching is helping her find her next job.
She believes that the new SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support (JS) scheme  will be good for those who face sudden news of retrenchment and unemployment, as the financial support alleviates the impact from temporary employment loss while the individual actively looks for the next job.
Listen to the podcast to learn more!
Key highlights to listen to: 
(2:05) How career advisory has helped Chay
(3:05) The SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support Scheme: How does it really help Chay?
(3:35) “Everyone wakes up in the morning and think their career is fine…”
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Using AI for Your Job Search and Salary Negotiations (Readiness)

In the latest edition of our Listen and Learn format, WSG Principal Manager Kelvin Tan shares a selection of a popular piece on CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture with tips on how artificial-intelligence (AI) tools can give you a competitive edge, helping you craft tailored applications that stand out, and get the job and salary you want.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:33) What are the latest AI tools to help with your resume and CV?
(2:10) The pros and cons of using AI tools as part of your resume-building
(4:30) Ethical factors to consider when using AI tools
Need personalised guidance in your job search? Register for a complimentary session with WSG’s Career Matching Services today and get the support you need.
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How to Successfully Request a Salary Increment (Readiness)

In the latest edition of our Listen and Learn format, WSG senior manager Nur Ilham Ismail shares a selection of a popular piece on CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture with tips for mature workers to take the next step in their careers, or shift into an entirely new field.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:17) When is the best time to ask for a salary raise
(6:50) The key factors in negotiating for that increment
(9:35) How to plan ahead for the conversation
Need personalised guidance in your job search? Register for a complimentary session with WSG’s Career Matching Services today and get the support you need.
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Reskilling and Upskilling for the Finance Industry: What Matters Now? (Insights)

The two buzzwords in the finance and asset management industry in Singapore these days: sustainability and digitalisation.
But these two forefronts also need new skills, and some in the industry, or those looking to join it, may find it hard to figure out what's the best way forward in terms of reskilling and upskilling, to stay relevant and employable
Some key questions Singaporean workers have asked include:
What are the new skillsets and mindsets that matter for those working in the finance industry?
"Sustainable Finance"- what's the 101?
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence in the finance industry- are our jobs in peril?
Mid-career switcher- how to get a foothold into the finance industry?
To find out more, CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture spoke to Chiew Chun Wee, the regional head of policy at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), who shared why upskilling and reskilling matters for long-term planning in the finance industry, and some key things to understand on key topics such as sustainable finance and digitalisation.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:20) How technological change affects everyone in the finance industry, and why fighting it leads to "dinosaurs"
(5:00) Generative artificial intelligence will be a game-changer for the finance industry at all levels
(8:29) Quantifying sustainability has to go beyond greenwashing
(9:00) Why Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs) will help mid-careerists who are keen to join the finance industry
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Find out more about WSG's programmes and services to help you in your career:https://www.wsg.gov.sg
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Working Mums: How to Balance Motherhood and Career (Tenacity)

In the latest edition of our Listen and Learn format, WSG manager Aye Aye Mon shares a selection of a popular piece on CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture with tips for working mums on how to manage the delicate balance between work and family.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(2:30) Equality at home is about shared responsibility
(3:38) Don't focus on society's standards, but on your own personal journey
(4:02) How children actually learn good life lessons from having mother's who are working
(6:00) What programmes can help if you're a mother looking to return back to the workforce, and one Singaporean mum's advice about how to succeed at it.
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AI Taking Our Jobs: How Worried Should Singaporeans Really Be? (Insights)

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), some level of anxiety does exist amongst Singaporean workers, as the technology continues to revolutionise and change both how we work, and the jobs available in the marketplace as well.
Some key questions Singaporean workers have asked include:
What does AI mean for middle-aged and/or middle-income workers and jobseekers?
Does AI mean having to learn coding and other high-end technology skills that require specialised training?
How will AI be integrated into our jobs, even for those working in small and medium enterprises (SMEs)?
To find out more, CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture spoke to Justin Chan, a lecturer in communication design at Temasek Polytechnic, who shared about how AI is just the next phase of digital transformation for both Singaporean workers and businesses, and some key things to understand about relearning for it.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:30) How AI can and will be infused into our day-to-day work and business operations
 
(5:30) Being a bao ka liao (do it all) employee is going to be easier with AI
(6:58) AI can help breed a more “it’s ok, just try lah” mentality, which is important for SMEs
(7:41) How Justin created an AI tool that does part of his job.. but why he isn’t worried it’ll make him obsolete
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Why Building Career Resilience Should Be Your New Year Resolution (Tenacity)

Career resilience has been a hot topic for Singaporean workers that arose in 2023 and will likely still be important for many years to come.
But what exactly is it, and why should Singaporean workers be aspiring to make building career resilience their new year's resolution?
For our latest podcast episode, CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture hosts Jana Dawson, the Head of Content and Learning at the School of Positive Psychology in Singapore shares on the “myths of resilience”- how Singaporeans get resilience wrong, and how to really be more resilient. Listen to the podcast below and find out more!
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:58) Fast and Furious' Domenic Toretto vs James Bond: which Hollywood character is the better role model for resilience?
(4:10) Good days vs bad days: How to be resilient despite career ups and downs
(6:32) Learn the 3P's to becoming more resilient, both personally and professionally
(9:10) Going back to school or training courses mid-career: how to survive and excel despite feeling "sian"
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Find out more about WSG's programmes and services to help you in your career:https://www.wsg.gov.sg
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6 Tips Mature Workers Can Use to Reinvent Their Careers (Readiness)

In the latest edition of our Listen and Learn format, WSG senior manager Annie Teh shares a selection of a popular piece on CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture with tips for mature workers to take the next step in their careers, or shift into an entirely new field.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(1:17) Worried about skill gaps? Here's what to do
(4:09) Rebranding yourself- what does that mean, and how to go about it
(5:06) How to convince potential employers that you've got all it takes to succeed as a mature worker
Need personalised guidance in your job search? Register for a complimentary session with WSG’s Career Matching Services today and get the support you need.
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Worried if You Can Reach Your Career Aspirations? Here’s Tips for Singapore’s Broad Middle Workers (Growth)

While it’s certainly great to be reskilling and upskilling with courses that you think will help towards your career goals and aspirations, there seems to also be a growing trend towards more local workers and jobseekers becoming “cert happy”, according to Shane Yan, the co-founder of Growth Beans, a company that provides growth programmes for Singaporean workers to achieve their personal and professional potential.
Being too kiasu about getting certificates and attending training courses for the sake of it, can lead to “death by paper”, as Shane shares in this latest podcast by CareersCompass by MyCareersFuture.
Key highlights to listen to: 
(2:20) What mistakes do Singaporeans make in setting their career goals
(2:45) “Death by paper”- why taking courses for the sake of it doesn’t work.
(5:47) Learn how this Singaporean planned for a career switch to tech, and what kind of courses she took.
(6:53) Being paiseh to network is only hurting your career- here’s why.
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