Dear Singaporean PMETs, Here’s What Budget 2016 is Trying to Tell You
By Peter Lin | MoneySmart – 16 hours agoa
Angel • Report Abuse
Sounds like a broken record...Reply
I think it is important to focus on reason why PMET are not hired?
MOM officer do mystery shopping to understand whats behind that jobbank website...
One can go upgrade the skills many times. We had seen at job interviews, candidates came in with handful of WSQ certificates but for 2 years still unable to find a job...he is in his 40s...
he said companies said he is TOO QUALIFIED..so having upskill may literally hurt your job search opportunities cos HR folks are very quick to use words like too qualified...you deserve a higher position, etc...
HR folks never really read resume and prepare questions accordingly. most of the time they are interested in what have you been doing, why you change jobs, etc...they are not keen on POTENTIAL that is your skill sets may help grow the company. they are also not interested that you have upgraded with multitasking skills like sales, ops , training, hr but they just like to scan and look for that one skill...
Then they tell u huh only 3 years...we want at least 5 years...sigh..
who are training the HR folks? did they attend training themselves. many HR have not even attended training for god knows when...smile..some sitting in the throne for donkey years...blocking talent from entering...
Many also unable to look long term..unable to see competency but just job tasks..
The lower level cannot perform the job, the older ones are over qualified so these jobs are vacant.
PMETs suffer the most cos there is only one manager example for so many people...
I think most have been attending training for the past 5 years...
Perhaps, time to review number of job vacancies in this category? The other option increase lower level job pay to meet needs of the job seeker at least half way...one can also combine job role...now be creative ....sigh
Instead of waiter or captain, termed them service executives etc...
If an air stewardess in SQ can just serve customer like any waiter can but has a global image...why not other jobs...
The reason is they spend many dollars getting that image....
Now think..should your waitress dressed up..hold a tray elegantly hah...woah lau!
This seems to be an accurate analysis faced by many matured PMETs.
It is not under-qualified.
It is over-qualified that pose a problem to matured PMETs.It is just not enough high productivity, high paying jobs that go around in the market and the Economy - to absorb all the unemployed mature PMETs
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Jeremy • 36 minutes ago Report Abuse
Who is driving the HR people ? Or is the HR driving the company ? There seemed that Singapore HR something had gone different direction. First govt talks about there should be employment for those in the middle age and older workers (with skills). But generally, the HR people are just going against the grain. How many HR staff are Singaporeans and foreigners ? What are the age of the HR people ? Why the constantly deny those PMETs of some age ? How was HR taught in the Poly, U, or private instituitions ?
And there are those old HR bosses who prefers to employ young ones only. And there are some I know whom they are retiring but was not asked to extend or asked to leave, and now they resent their bosses !!
And now the talk about PMETs to retool themselves, it has been going on for some time already. Endless courses, the one and only people who gain are the trainers !! and those who venture in training businesses. The govt should already have seen it coming long ago. And why are Singapore behind the curve of the industry ??
My point is not able grumbling but about fire fight. Just the our medical services, delay in building hospitals and found out too late and started to build like mad but lack the training enough medical people.
Ricky L • Remove
Actually Organisation can re-structure jobs in such a manner that can tap the experience and skillsets of the mature PMETs.
Eg. enlarging the scope of a few middle role (average paying) jobs into one job that is suitable for mature PMETs - and reward the mature PMETs according to the deliverable produce. Eg. enlarge a presales ICT job of say network, system, storage, virtualisation, software-defined network into one job.
Or amalgamate a few jobs that cut across various roles into one jobs - eg. pre-sales, project manager, consultant, post-sales into one job (and pay the mature PMETs) higher.
Now the jobs in organisation are very silo, very small role -- that is why the pay is low and does not harness the experience and skillsets and organising capabiliites of PMETs.The problem is hiring managers will always be afraid that the mature PMETs will take away their jobs because of their experience and abilities to handle larger jobs.
This is the real problem faced by mature PMETs - not under-skill.
Thus unless the Economy produce sufficient such high productivity, enlarge jobs ---- the Economy will not be able to find jobs for mature PMETs.Thus hiring managers prefer to hire younger workers or foreigners --- because there is no threat to their jobs (whereas mature PMETs pose such danger).
Talent hiring is a buzzword - when high paying jobs are abundant and when the Economy is booming.
Now, 和尚多，粥少。Everyone is trying to protect their own rice bowl. Talent hiring is out of the windows --- that is why so many mature PMETs are out of jobs.
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Ricky L • a second agoRemove
Unless the Economy is able to generate many high productivity, high value and enlarge jobs ---- else it will not be so easy to employ retrenched mature PMETs.
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And according to SMU’s Prof Koh, this is because the long-term pay-off will hinge on the success of Budget 2016’s economic transformation plan.
“So if we do the transformation right ... we have a larger pool of better-off middle-class workers. And the tax revenue collected can fund the expenditures without burdening the young as everyone is able to work longer, build better careers, and earn higher salaries, as we are worth the higher salaries for having built, created and sustained value,” said Prof Koh.
“I’ll only be concerned about the (fiscal) sustainability if we fail to achieve that transformation as a community.”
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Ricky L • a second agoRemove
Seems like the business and organisation - need to do the business transformation right and the Economy as a whole need to do the Economic transformation right.
And the PMETs also need to do the job transformation right.
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