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Employers in Singapore are focusing on more than just qualifications when hiring

The Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) Job Vacancies 2018 report released yesterday (19 March) highlighted that employers are increasingly looking beyond academic qualifications, when hiring PMETs.

In fact, the proportion of PMET vacancies not focusing mainly on academic qualifications rose from 42% in 2017 to 52% last year. Instead, employers hiring for these positions placed more importance on relevant skills, work experience, soft skills and the right attitude than on qualifications. For instance, in hiring systems analysts and commercial and marketing sales executives.

 

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42% of job vacancies were for new roles

Apart from the above, Singapore's employment landscape saw a total of 63,300 job vacancies last year, with newly-created positions comprising 42%.

These positions were commonly in the social and personal services, manufacturing, information and communications, and community sectors.

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Survey coverage and methodology

The survey covered private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees and the public sector comprising government ministries, organs of state and statutory boards. A total of 15,900 establishments employing 2,110,400 employees responded to the survey, yielding a response rate of 86.0%.

It was conducted using mail questionnaires. Respondents could submit their returns online, by post, email or fax, with clarifications made over the phone.

Photo and infographics / MOM

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