Career Services

NUS-ISS goes the extra mile when it comes to empowering individuals through their skills and careers. Our case management solution offers students personalised and effective career guidance. Through initiatives such as attachments, projects, career fairs, we create opportunities for graduates and professionals in transition to connect with potential employment.

List of companies participated in
career fairs and workshops:

Consulting Services

NUS-ISS tailor our consulting services based on a deep understanding of your organisation, as well as the business and technological landscape it is situated in. Through a unique train-and-mentor model, we work with you to inspire and drive practical innovation.

Here is an overview of the eleven projects that NUS-ISS supported through our consulting services in 2018.

• National University of Singapore BPR Consulting

  NUS is undergoing an organisation-wide process improvement that will impact the entire organisation. Led by the NUS’ Organisation Excellence Transformation Unit (NUS-OE), the initiative is aimed at enhancing the skillsets of the project teams and key stakeholders involved in redesigning processes and managing the changes. This BPR Consulting project allows for the various process owners to consult our lecturers during their study of the as-is and to-be processes.

  Prof Christopher Chia
  Director, Organisational Excellence Transformation Unit (OETU)
  Office of the President,
  National University of Singapore

  “NUS embarked on a journey of Organisational Excellence (OE) a year ago. About 200 staff from Corporate functional and Faculty units were nominated to attend a LEadership Accelerator Programme (LEAP). LEAP comprised a series of leadership and management modules conducted by the NUS Business School and an accompanying Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) series of courses conducted by NUS-ISS over the last year.

  The series was so popular that a number of NUS units jump started their own OE activities, resulting in a run on the available places on the entire season of BPR programmes. The NUS-ISS consultant built up rapport with the participants through regular consulting efforts, guiding different teams through various stages of the BPR process. This included advising the teams on the optimal ways of laying out “as-is” and “to be” diagrams, allowing rapid ways of establishing quick wins, some of which were quickly deployed. Consulting efforts based on experience and candid advice helped cement a solid foundation for NUS Organisational Excellence efforts, with BPR used as one of the key tools used in process improvement.”

• National Library Board Advisory to BPR Task Force

  For this project, our advisors contributed to the development of the staff at NLB’s Public Library Services (PLS) group. The aim was to help them improve the core PLS operational functions to anticipate and meet PLS’ dynamic and diverse needs for the digital future. The role included advising on NLB’s business processes and systems during the BPR study.

• Public Transport Council Touchpoint Pilot Study on Whole Journey Experience
  of Public Transport Commuters (Bus)

  The PTC collaborated with NUS-ISS on a pilot research study to measure the general public transport commuter’s experience with the public transport system in Singapore. A multi-method research design was used, with online questionnaires and focus-group discussions providing a rich web of information to illustrate the complete journey experience.

• Ministry of Health of Singapore i. Intelligent Gait (iGAIT) Assistive Device for Elderly Patients with Walking Dysfunctionalities

  Together with Lions Befrienders and NUH, NUS-ISS developed the world’s first intelligent Gait Assistive (iGait) device for elderly patients with walking dysfunctionalities arising from medical conditions such as Parkinson Diseases or advanced age. This three-year project is funded under the Enabling Innovation Grant, Ministry of Health, Singapore, with a total of 50 subjects to be evaluated with this device.

  ii. Consulting Services to MOHT Transformation

  As part of the manpower build up plan to support key programmes within MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT), NUS-ISS provided Fellows and Team Resource to assist with developing programmes for the Integrated General Hospital Programme and Integrated Health Promotion Healthy Campus Initiative.

  Winston Chin
  Director (Programmes),
  MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

  “The goal of MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation’s ‘Integrated Health Promotion’ programme is to create, within cutting-edge Healthy Precincts, an integrated, whole-of-ecosystem approach to health promotion, including encouraging active community participation and leadership in promoting community members’ health. MOHT has started work with the development of two Healthy Precincts, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) campuses.

  To kick off this project, NUS-ISS worked closely with MOHT to train and mentor a group of NUS and NTU students in conducting a thorough environmental scan of both campuses, and generating novel ideas for creating healthier communities and ecosystems on campus. The students performed exceptionally and the results of their work provided a strong foundation for subsequent development of the project.”

  Mr Lim Cher Wee,
  Chief Operating Officer,
  MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation

  “We love working with Tamsin, Sudha and their team. We have had a few collaborations so far, and the project outcomes—including co-learning and co-creation of ideas—are valued by stakeholders whom we serve and partner. We look forward to more collaborations with the team over the coming months.”

• RGA Reinsurance Health Behavourial Change Research

  NUS-ISS undertook a comprehensive research to understand the opportunities for sustainable consumer engagement, with a view to relationship building and nudging healthier behavioural choices. The insights gained were used to facilitate the design of a digital prototype model of engagement.

• SG Enable SG Enable: TOTE BOARD – Enabling Lives Initiative i. Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

  Since 2015, NUS-ISS has been supporting SG Enable in delivering the TOTE BOARD—Enabling Lives Initiative (TB-ELI). Through bespoke training programmes and mentoring support, the NUS-ISS team guided potential grantees in the design and implementation of impact-focused programmes to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities and their caregivers.

  ii. Social Outcome Measurement Toolkit

  NUS-ISS has worked closely with SG Enable and TOTE BOARD to design and build the first social outcomes measurement toolkit for Singapore. Following its ministerial launch in October 2017, the NUS-ISS team has delivered training workshops and mentoring grantees in the application of the toolkit to assist them in measuring the social outcomes of their projects.

  iii. Development of a m-Health Hand Rehabilitation System for Stroke Patient Recovery

  NUS-ISS collaborated with Stroke Support Station to develop the world’s first intelligent and automated hand rehabilitation system for stroke survivors. The system focused on fine motor skills and retraining the user to regain hand functionality and perform everyday activities. The project is funded under the SG Enable Grant for Enabling Lives Initiative over three years, with a total of 90 subjects involved in the study.

• SingaporeDesign Council Designing Inclusive Museum Experiences

  Under DesignSingapore Council’s Innovation By Design programme, NUS-ISS is supporting the National Heritage Board, through the National Museum of Singapore, to understand how best to design inclusive, accessible museum experiences. Through research, design workshops, and assessment activities the project team will help the National Museum of Singapore to frame its design requirements and set out a roadmap to deliver great museum experiences for all visitors.

• Association of Information Security Professionals Review and update of selected module of the Qualified Information
  Security Professionals’ (“QISP”) Body of Knowledge (“BOK”)

  NUS-ISS assisted in the update of three modules in Emerging Technology (Cloud Computing & Data Analytics), and Cybersecurity (Blue Team). The institute also reviewed the entire finalised BOK for consistency and relevance.