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Fixing overqualification requires jobs to grow with people
That starts with a focus on skills, rather than paper credentials.
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While generative AI may threaten jobs that are primarily cognitive in nature, jobs which require manual skills or dexterity remain comparatively resilient to automation.
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Every debate about employment in manpower-lean Singapore rightly focuses on whether we’re realising the full potential of every individual. That logic recognises that the population is ageing, workforce growth is slowing and every additional worker is hard to come by.
This same conversation played out recently with the release of complementary reports by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the National Trades Union Congress on “overqualification”, as two key findings were actively discussed.
