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Continuous effort to help youths navigate their careers
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and People’s Association (PA) have supported over 10,000 youths through 56 programmes to navigate their careers in the last two years via the collaborative career support initiative, named “Todo Todo”. Todo Todo, which includes different programmes such as Todo Todo Skills Marketplace and Todo Todo Learning Journeys, is designed to help youths explore their career options, keep abreast of industry changes, equip themselves with relevant skills and step into meaningful careers.
The Todo Todo career support initiative, was first launched by NTUC and PA in North East district in Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on 30 April 2017 to help youths get a head start in their careers. It has since been rolled out to the GRCs in the North East and South West districts, providing exciting learning opportunities to help youths achieve greater clarity in their career pursuits.
With the support of Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC), the fourth instalment of Todo Todo Skills Marketplace @ Central Singapore, was held at the Bugis+ shopping mall, where Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Ms Grace Fu, lend support to the event as Guest-of-Honour.
Gearing up for Industry 4.0
While youths are generally digitally-savvy, it is imperative for them to remain nimble, stay ahead of the curve, acquire new skills and seize new opportunities in industry 4.0 (also commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution). As such, the masterclass held during Todo Todo Skills Marketplace @ Central Singapore introduced new key concepts such as Big Data and Cloud Computing, allowing youths to learn about the potential and impact of Industry 4.0 through case studies of smart manufacturing and products.
For the first time at Todo Todo Skills Marketplace, learning partners – Nanyang Polytechnic, Dioworks (e-learning design company), U Leap by NTUC and e2i (Employment and Employability Institute), Gen Infiniti Academy and Lifelong Learning Institute were present to showcase the future of learning, from bite-sized learning to project based e-learning and personalised learning curricula. These would help youths pick up new and practical skills to prepare them as tomorrow’s workforce.
As part of the holistic suite of Todo Todo Skills Marketplace @ Central Singapore programmes tailored to their needs, youths would also get to meet prospective employers and hear first-hand from established names in the Financial Services, Infocomm and Technology, Logistics and Retail sectors on the latest developments and career opportunities awaiting the youths. These speakers included representatives from Maybank Singapore, Tata Consultancy Services, Shopee Singapore, Quirk and Shalom Movers. For those who require more personalised career guidance, career guides from various industries were on-site to offer pro bono career mentorship sessions to help youths navigate their career pathways throughout the 4-month journey.
Mr Thiang Soon Jie, a business undergraduate in RMIT University, is one of the many youths who seized these opportunities even before stepping into the workforce. He embarked on several Todo Todo Learning Journeys, which sparked his curiosity in discovering new technologies. This led him to internship opportunities at Bosch Singapore and Nielsen where he had a glimpse of the emerging technologies – the Internet of Things, Autonomous Driving and Data Analytics.
Minister Grace Fu said, “As Industry 4.0 unfolds, there will be changes to the way we work. Job skills that are required today can be very different from those held by previous generations. Our youth can use platforms like Todo Todo to get equipped with the relevant skills for the workplace. We will continue to support our youth in seizing opportunities, and forming a community that supports one another in today’s competitive global environment.”
Mr Desmond Choo, Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC and Executive Secretary of Young NTUC added, “Todo Todo Skills Marketplace tackles the core of a central younger Singaporean worker uncertainty — landing a job in a competitive but highly diversified market. This uncertainty is compounded by higher rate of skills erosion. The Todo Todo Skills Marketplace can help to strengthen skills to jobs search nexus and provide the blueprint for upgrading opportunities for our youths.”
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