@mothershipsg: Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung was speaking to over 300 young people at the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum at the NUS University Cultural Centre on Sep. 7. During his speech, he also called on employers to cool the ‘arms race’ over grades and internships and to look at job candidates holistically, beyond academic qualifications. #mothershipnews

Moses :

We are cooked beyond belief

Slade :

You are not cooked if you earn 1.2M per year

MeowMeow :

employer offer below market rate and expect us to be grateful

wutrudoingsss :

You are entering a growing economy, yes. But you are not competitive enough to participate in it (under normal circumstances). To put it simply, more jobs are indeed coming in, with greater pay than ever before, but you are not going to be hired for them.

hondarebel2501 :

thank you, Mr Minister Ong! ps: great sun 🌞 tan...

SentosaLions :

His hair is back, can we know his secret

Eren Yeager :

the next votes depend on the younger generation. Hopefully theyre smart enough as they say

Timothy :

I don’t think we should classify the new world based on two conversations with people. I have had more than 2 conversations with people from different walks of life. If we want to talk about mastery it generalising. Mastery in any industry you can survive so define mastery in a statistically manner

leonthesleepy :

out of touch with their record high salaries

WPCanChangeSG :

Out of touch ministers

Pan Pan :

where's my money??

Santa Lao Ren :

he talked to employers who don't know how to use AI

maestroray :

hahaha then why the news said that singapore is in its highest of retrenchment?

Red_Peppa🌶️♨️🌶️ :

Ah sudah la...

EC :

Who believe?

Small boy :

The whole thing is the most useless hr department trying to proof their worth

xuan 🪼 :

We are cooked ah

sigma :

the upskilling program cannot match the change of demand of skills needed in a global job market

WPCanChangeSG :

ong yew khoon :

Andwe🫩 :

I genuinely don't believe this. The only way I got a job was to lowball myself because I needed to pay bills. My situation should not be normalized even though it is.

annehpundeh :

So many retrenchments in MNCs nowadays lol

Rubbish Bin 垃圾桶 :

Windfall!

EL Doritto :

cooked ? no we are burnt to crisp at this point [Embarrassed]

dessimated :

to the uni grads: the best job is still to be a minister. even MP works for entry-level. don’t bother with MNCs etc