Published on 06 Sep 2018

​SSS in the News | Big study to find out how workers can be matched to future jobs

The Straits Times, page A6


A wide-ranging study will be underway in the coming months to find out how Singapore's workers can be matched to future jobs, as digitalisation and disruptive technology have changed the way businesses operate. Announcing the initiative, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng said findings are expected to be ready a year from now. NTU professor of economics Chew Soon Beng added that “people feel threatened by technology, but you have to give them hope as well... If employees are learning while they are working, that is the best."
 
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