Eight in 10 servicemen retiring from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) take only six months on average to land a new job.
This is according to the Defence Ministry (Mindef), which released the statistics for the first time and has a career transition centre to help outgoing employees.
Every year, about 100 to 200 regulars - in their mid- to late 40s - retire from the SAF. Among them, six in 10 get help from Mindef's Career Transition Resource Centre (CTRC).
Set up in 2009, the centre vets resumes, organises networking sessions and career workshops and offers one-on-one career counselling, among other services.
This is according to the Defence Ministry (Mindef), which released the statistics for the first time and has a career transition centre to help outgoing employees.
Every year, about 100 to 200 regulars - in their mid- to late 40s - retire from the SAF. Among them, six in 10 get help from Mindef's Career Transition Resource Centre (CTRC).
Set up in 2009, the centre vets resumes, organises networking sessions and career workshops and offers one-on-one career counselling, among other services.
NEED TO ADAPT
'You cannot be pulling rank here and ordering people around. You have to be independent, learn to do everything yourself and work as a team.'
Former army logistics executive Jaya Sanger, who now works for Singapore Customs
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Former military aircraft engineer Gopakumar Nair, who now works for A*Star, on the similarity between a military job and a civilian one