CAREERS: Boosting the Singaporean core
Career switch helped manager, 56, move forward after retrenchment
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Mr Tim Tan found a job as an operations manager at 3D Metalforge, which specialises in 3D metal printing, in February. He was retrenched from an oil and gas firm just over a year ago, and sought help from Workforce Singapore's Careers Connect. This involved consulting a career coach and attending workshops, where he met a consultant who referred him to prospective employers.
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Calvin Yang
For more than 27 years, Mr Tim Tan worked at an oil and gas multinational corporation, rising to the position of production and planning manager. Just over a year ago, the 56-year-old was retrenched following the firm's restructuring.
His worry about getting another job at his age mounted as job applications he sent out, one after another, were rejected.
