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Forum: Many helping hands to support persons with disabilities in lifelong learning

Workers and job seekers get boost from new e2i career centre in Ang Mo Kio, AI workshop series

The new career centre will provide workers with job search assistance and upskilling resources.
The new career centre will provide workers with job search assistance and upskilling resources.

Economic Strategy Review

Workers in Singapore at risk of disruption could be offered ‘career bridges’ into other jobs

Generic of office workers at Raffles Place on May 12, 2026. Can be used for stories on Economic Strategy Review (ESR), economy, workers, workforce. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Generic of office workers at Raffles Place on May 12, 2026. Can be used for stories on Economic Strategy Review (ESR), economy, workers, workforce. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Teaching undergraduates the art of survival in unsettled times

As AI disrupts the jobs market, universities should prepare their students for a world where the script keeps changing.
As AI disrupts the jobs market, universities should prepare their students for a world where the script keeps changing.

Commentary

The fresh grad job is now a third-year job

Singapore’s graduate employment outcomes are strong by many international standards but the latest figures show worrying signs, says the writer.
Singapore’s graduate employment outcomes are strong by many international standards but the latest figures show worrying signs, says the writer.

The next career skill you need to learn? How to drop the bad habits

We often talk about lifelong learning and "upskilling" - but in our 40s and 50s, we must learn to unlearn the bad habits that've followed us in our decades at work, says the writer.
We often talk about lifelong learning and "upskilling" - but in our 40s and 50s, we must learn to unlearn the bad habits that've followed us in our decades at work, says the writer.

Paranoid parenting won’t give your kids an edge in the age of AI

Paranoid parenting is now more rational, given the levels of uncertainty in the economy.
Paranoid parenting is now more rational, given the levels of uncertainty in the economy.

Fixing overqualification requires jobs to grow with people

While generative AI may threaten jobs that are primarily cognitive in nature, jobs which require manual skills or dexterity remain comparatively resilient to automation.
While generative AI may threaten jobs that are primarily cognitive in nature, jobs which require manual skills or dexterity remain comparatively resilient to automation.

Forum: Do more to raise awareness of support schemes for the unemployed

Japan to train 1,000 specialists annually to create live-action content for global audiences

The goal is to increase the export value of Japanese live-action programmes to about 30 times the 2023 level.
The goal is to increase the export value of Japanese live-action programmes to about 30 times the 2023 level.

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