By Ramesh Subbaraman
NTUC’s e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help students get into jobs they are trained in, and excel in the careers they choose to pursue.
This will be done through a series of career-related events, career preparation seminars/workshops and career advisory services.
The MOU took place at the opening ceremony of the ITE Career Fair 2014, held on 30 and 31October 2014. The Fair attracted 88 organisations offering 4,000 job vacancies from seven sectors and close to 10,000 students from various ITE colleges.
Career Guidance
e2i’s Chief Eexecutive Officer Gilbert Tan explained: “This MOU signifies three things. One, we work with ITE on better career guidance for the students. We start them early, we guide them early… a lot of downstream issues like going to the wrong course can be avoided.
“Number two, there is better access to Place and Train programmes. Today, we have got close to 100 Place and train programmes. Thirdly, we will be working with ITE and the industries to provide the pathways.”
Career Coaching
For the first time, students also had the opportunity to tap on e2i’s career coaches’ expertise at the Career Fair, and will be able to do so subsequently at ITE campuses. This will allow students to have ready access to personalised coaching advice and resources for job search, skills development and career decisions.
Source: NTUC This Week
