Headstart On Record Podcast
Will AI steal Singapore jobs? What young workers need to know
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Find out how to choose the right employers, training and career paths to ride the wave.
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Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
We are in the thick of it. Artificial intelligence (AI) has already taken root in our personal and professional lives, and is set to reshape society even more.
How best to set ourselves up for success for the years to come? What is the support at hand to help us make better career choices?
In this episode, host and ST correspondent Tay Hong Yi chats with Mr Dinesh Vasu Dash, Minister of State for Manpower, as well as for Culture, Community and Youth.
MOS Dinesh shares more about who the hotly-scrutinised and recently launched Graduate Industry Traineeships (Grit) are meant for, and why it has taken the form it has.
Joining the discussion is Ms Elsie Ng, director for talent solutions in Singapore for professional networking platform LinkedIn. She shares how both employers and workers are reinventing themselves for AI.
Highlights (click/tap above):
2:28 How exposed is Singapore to the AI wave and what support is there at hand?
5:43 What prevents people from taking the first step in upskilling?
9:17 How have skill requirements changed in recent times?
17:36 What happens to those who find their efforts aren’t enough to keep up?
24:47 Grit is meant for those who can’t directly enter growth sectors
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Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis, Lynda Hong & Joanna Seow
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