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Me & My Career: She left comfort zone in banking to pursue passion in nursing
This is a series in which individuals share their career journeys and provide an inside look into their jobs and industries. In this interview, we look at healthcare.
Ms Vivian Leong Wan Yee works as a senior staff nurse in a renal medicine ward at Singapore General Hospital.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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Revamped Job Redesign Reskilling (JRR) Programme for Singapore s hotel industry Details Published: 15 March 2021
As a start, 200 existing hotel workers can look forward to taking on enhanced careers in the industry, through the JRR Programme; the list of whitelisted roles available for a quicker application process includes digital marketing executives, safety and security officers, and more.
Singapore s hotel industry will now be receiving more targeted support under Workforce Singapore s (WSG) Professional Conversion Programme (PCP), as part of the revamped and enhanced Job Redesign Reskilling (JRR) Programme for the Hotel Industry.
Through this, WSG, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU) will continue supporting job redesign projects rolled out in tandem with hotels adoption of technology.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced during the Committee of Supply (COS) debates in Parliament on Friday (Mar. 5) that the ministry will be taking steps to invest in building a future-ready healthcare workforce.
One of these steps is to increase the salaries of staff working in the public healthcare sector and in publicly-funded community care organisations.
Base salary increase by 3% to 14% for public healthcare sector
The monthly base salaries of nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs), pharmacists, and administrative and ancillary staff will be raised starting from July 2021, Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon announced on Friday.
MOH highlighted in a media briefing that the salary adjustments are not to recognise the healthcare workers efforts in fighting Covid-19, as those have been recognised many times.
4,500 jobs, skills opportunities in social service and early childhood sectors: Masagos
SINGAPORE Some 4,500 jobs and skills opportunities will be available across the social service and early childhood sectors, and for persons with disabilities by end this year, said Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli on Friday (5 March) in Parliament during the ministry s Committee of Supply debate.
Together with the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is developing 1,200 job and skills opportunities in the social service sector. This spans roles in corporate and professional functions, for both fresh graduates and those in mid-career.
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