The global epidemic has amplified the importance of career services as jobs and organisations are impacted by the aftermath of the pandemic. Our career consultants doubled down on initiatives to help and support our students, alumni and all executive programmes participants seeking career-course advisory and job placement to tackle economic and national challenges.
| SGUnited Skills Programme Pathways |
|---|
| Data Science - Graduate Certificate in Analytics Project Management |
| Digitalisation - Professional Diploma in Digitalisation |
| Digital Solutions - NUS Certificate in Digital Solutions Development - Foundation |
| Artificial Intelligence - Graduate Certificate in Intelligent Reasoning Systems |
| Smart Health - Professional Diploma in Smart Health Leadership |
| FullStack Software Development - Professional Diploma in FullStack Software Development |
| Programmes | Runs |
|---|---|
| PCP for Business Analytics Programme Analysts | 2 |
| PCP for Data Analysts | 2 |
| PCP for Full Stack Developers | 1 |
On 19 October 2020, we organised a roundtable with four Chief Human Resource Officers from Keppel Corporation, Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP), Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) and Singtel to share what organisations have learnt from the pandemic, as well as how digital transformation has changed the way companies hire and develop talents.
Read MoreAn intensive 1-month programme in collaboration with Centre for Future-ready Graduates, specially created for NUS fresh graduates actively searching for a full-time job. In 2020, we guided and propelled 15 fresh graduates on their career journey as they actively look for jobs to begin their new career journey.
Read More"A key takeaway for me is that collecting data is just the beginning of a successful project. An action I will apply right away is to tidy my online portfolio, brushing it up and making it more presentable to ensure my marketability to employers!"
"It dawned on me that picking up hard skills like photoshop is truly critical and I am motivated to do more self-learning by watching available online videos to add to my portfolio, while finding a job in the near future."
"The networking skills helped me to leverage more on Linkedin, it gave us the confidence to message anyone."
In 2020, Career Services organised a total of 15 events comprising of Recruitment Sessions, Speed Interviews and Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) Information Sharing Sessions. These events were attended by about 60 companies and 600 participants including NUS-ISS Graduate Programmes students, Executive Education Programmes participants and PCP applicants.
As part of NUS-ISS’ Virtual Learning Festival themed Empowering Skills & Career Transformation, we also held 5 Career Development Programmes for Future Artificial Intelligence Engineers, Digital Business Analysts, Data Scientists and Data Analysts, Software Developers and Digital Health Practitioners. There were several Professional Conversion Programmes sharing sessions for both individuals and employers too with the highlight being a panel session on talent acquisition and development in the new normal with guest speakers from Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD), Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP) and Shopee.
Talent Acquisition and Development in the New Normal Redefining Talent Pathway for Digital Age Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) for Digital Product Managers