NTUC and its 12 social enterprises offer 1,200 jobs at fair

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NTUC and its 12 social enterprises offer 1,200 jobs at fair
Posted: 11 May 2009 2058 hrs

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Lim Swee Say


SINGAPORE: Another 1,200 jobs were offered at a fair on Monday. It was organised by the labour movement and its 12 social enterprises. Over 800 applications were received so far.

More than half of the vacancies were from NTUC First Campus Co-operative, which specialises in childcare. Over three-quarters of its 660 positions offered were for teaching positions.

NTUC First Campus will also arrange a day for applicants to visit its centres to help them get a feel of the job.

NTUC and its social enterprises such as NTUC Income, NTUC Eldercare and NTUC Foodfare currently hire 12,000 employees, 95 per cent of whom are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents.

And the labour movement promises to hire even more locals.

NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say said the labour movement was now waiting to see if the positive signs seen in the second quarter could carry into the third quarter and beyond.

He stressed the labour movement does not believe the recession is ending soon, despite some experts saying that the economy may have gone through its worst patch.

Mr Lim said: "We continue to see job losses in USA. We continue to see unemployment rates going up in USA. While the world may be starting to gamble with their money in the stock market, here in Singapore, we cannot afford to gamble the job of workers. What we have to do is to continue to stay on course. We continue to commit to this policy of retrenchments as a last resort."

- CNA/ir

 

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The storm isn't over yet, says labour chief
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SINGAPORE: Labour chief Lim Swee Say has warned workers to brace themselves for a possible second wave of retrenchments.

He was speaking to reporters at a job fair on Monday.

"I think the first quarter was very bad for the manufacturing sector. The second quarter, we saw some positive signs. The question is, whether these positive signs can last through the third quarter and beyond. We are holding our breaths in looking at what's happening in the second quarter. But our greater concerns are the third and fourth quarters," he said.

Some 9,000 workers in the manufacturing sector lost their jobs in the first quarter, mainly from the electronics industry with the unemployment rate rising to 3.2 per cent.

Mr Lim stressed that the local labour movement does not believe the recession is ending soon, despite some experts saying that the economy may have gone through its worst patch.

"We continue to see job losses in USA. We continue to see unemployment rates going up in USA. While the world may be starting to gamble with their money in the stock market, here in Singapore, we cannot afford to gamble the job of workers. What we have to do is to continue to stay on course. We continue to commit to this policy of retrenchments as a last resort," he said.

He added that these gloomy times also present the best opportunity for businesses to expand.

Not only is it now more cost effective to do so, Mr Lim said, the recession has also made it easier for companies look out for suitable candidates to join their payroll.

- 983LIVE.

 

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NTUC and its 12 social enterprises offer 1,200 jobs at fair
Posted: 11 May 2009 2058 hrs

Photos 1 of 1

Lim Swee Say


SINGAPORE: Another 1,200 jobs were offered at a fair on Monday. It was organised by the labour movement and its 12 social enterprises. Over 800 applications were received so far.

More than half of the vacancies were from NTUC First Campus Co-operative, which specialises in childcare. Over three-quarters of its 660 positions offered were for teaching positions.

NTUC First Campus will also arrange a day for applicants to visit its centres to help them get a feel of the job.

NTUC and its social enterprises such as NTUC Income, NTUC Eldercare and NTUC Foodfare currently hire 12,000 employees, 95 per cent of whom are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents.

And the labour movement promises to hire even more locals.

NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say said the labour movement was now waiting to see if the positive signs seen in the second quarter could carry into the third quarter and beyond.

He stressed the labour movement does not believe the recession is ending soon, despite some experts saying that the economy may have gone through its worst patch.

Mr Lim said: "We continue to see job losses in USA. We continue to see unemployment rates going up in USA. While the world may be starting to gamble with their money in the stock market, here in Singapore, we cannot afford to gamble the job of workers. What we have to do is to continue to stay on course. We continue to commit to this policy of retrenchments as a last resort."

- CNA/ir

Please lah,1 jobfair the media must trumpet must let the whole world know,as if worried that people don't know he is working like that,but is he really working,more like talking cock shouting silly slogans than working on real problems.Somemore paid millions to talkcock the best job in the world.LOL !