TalentLink

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Jobs outside the country

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online resources

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Active career advise and career matching

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

Yes

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

LinkedIn, TalentConnect, Glassdoor

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Job opportunities upon/nearing graduation

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Interview skill for both offline and online (video introduction) and how to avoid job scams

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

LinkedIn and Coursera

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

NA, can handle it myself

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online.

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

The details and numerous offer the real world has to give.

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

ECG talks but mainly online.

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

candid interactions with employees

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

Yes

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

careeer centre

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

career fair, meeting with potential mentors and employers.

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

From peers

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Workshops to prepare for interviews, to speak with alumni on a smaller scale. Wish that the office will not focus on just helping the first class honors candidates only...

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

friends, online forums

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Internship, job opportunities

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Emails

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Regular career fairs, helping with interview questions, obtaining referrals for job placement, pair students with job opportunities, guiding students to landing their first job, more slots for internship opportunities e.g Group internship.

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online and through reading up on career.

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Career programs that are initiated before university for participants at secondary/JC/polytechnics/ITEs/Private Institutes to join

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Didn\'t get at all.

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

More overseas internships listings

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online mostly

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Different industry trends such as demand and supply statistics

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Word-of-mouth from people working already in the said industry

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

mentors who i can ask advice/resources from!

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

online/social media

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

More opportunities

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Researching online

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Hope that my university could also give us psychometric test to do. Compare the test results with our area of interest before letting us connect with people of these fields.

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online research and talking to connections

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

More networking opportunities that can be done digitally

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

Yes

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Campus career roadshows, linkedin, word of mouth

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Basic career coaching services that are not influence by unconscious bias i.e. study field A must work in field A

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

youtube has great sources. Speak to recruiter on linkedin

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

List of companies with open roles, mentorships and more insights on the industry I am interested in

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

on different career service platforms

In response to "What resources do you wish your university career office could have provided?"

Personalised information about my career path

In response to "Do you think the university career office has met all your career development needs?"

No

In response to "Where do you get information and resources for your career development?"

Online

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

What is the specific value add of the comprehensive psychometric test and the curated career readiness training plan? Does the team envision the career mentors providing assurance that the mentees will land a job? How is the team\'s proposal different from existing mentorship schemes? Also, more fundamentally, if the intent is to help or enhance university career offices and the people who work within them, the current solution which operates largely outside the ambit of these offices doesn\'t address the challenge identified.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

To everything AI-driven, I always wonder if there will be a human that still evaluates the results before the match is eventually done?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

The idea is good and I think there\'s another thing that you can add for this platform. First, you can make a discussion sessions from fresh graduate employees to give their struggles to find their first job and how to tackle it. Second, you can help them to compare job scams in Singapore and how to deal with that. Third, you can develop a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) about getting a job we want with it\'s plan B until Z for the worst case. No matter what happens, we have to pay our own bills right?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

From the information you guys have given , it definitely seems very solid and clear. The 3 main pillars really addresses the issue thats being tackled. I would really love to see this in the long run! And mentorship for people who are taking completely different path than others ( GAP year and etc.). It would be also great if you guys have mentors who have take down a similar path and who can reassure us.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Interesting idea, perhaps the tough part is how the university will see value in this and will it add more work to them.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

psychometric tests are helpful for students to understand ourselves and how to select jobs that suit our personality and character. However I think most people don\'t know what they want to do even at the graduation stage, or have grandiose ideas of what a graduate\'s role is. The need to \"fast track\" this through mentorship is not really helpful for the students\' expectations at workplace... for example, my team once had an intern not liking to do the grind work, but wanting only to do the exciting things like deals. The idea that a mentor will solve their job search problems is a bit one-sided ... maybe the training plan should also help students reframe to think of how they can contribute, what can they do to best help the organization and not \"what\'s in it for me, only\".

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Reach out and work with universities , do talks and introduce more to students

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

It can start from secondary school as even choosing courses to enter can also be difficult for students as they have not been exposed to the interest (field of study) they are keen on and might not be sure what field of study is relevant to their interest. E.g. It is very difficult for students to know they like Accounting, Programming, Engineering when they did not take the subject in school and it is like a new field to them. I also think the allocation of E.g. engineering slots in school does not match the ability of the students. Some students might be bad in maths but they got the slot as the other fields are filled. I like the idea of Training Plan and mentors for students as I think it will be helpful for them to know what they will be doing and how the mentor experience can help them in their career early. Can share more on Training Plan and what are the programmes available.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Career Initiative Programs should have been executed before Pre-University so that students can better select courses which suits them based on their career path. It\'s more ideal that way since there have been statistics that graduates (or even PMEs) have made career switches and mostly due to the difference in individual skills and career requirements.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Work with industry players as part of their community service programme to run these mentorship programmes

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Work with government backed agencies such as workforce Singapore

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

This is a good idea to get students to initiate their career planning. Psychometric test - will be ideal if it is certified or supported by a recognized institute so users can support their job applications with this Career mentorship - there’s a lot of opportunities for a win-win situation - mentees can land their preferred roles and mentors can find mentees who suit a vacant role in their company. Suggest to have an in-app community for open sharing to expose both parties to a wider range of topics and experiences.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

1) Psychometric test can help individual understand more about themselves. How would psychometric test give 100% accuracy when human learn and changes? 2) Career coaches advice in university is outdated. Their techniques are not up to industry standard. How do you ensure career coaches are upskilled?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

I think talentlink can improve by partnering with a wider range of industry partners as well as having more job opportunities. One way to improve the platform offerings will be to have career coaches as well to assist in students\' interview preparations, especially during the pandemic, in the form of virtual interviews and how to excel in them.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Provide more details about how the psychometric test will be conducted? This is an interesting path to follow as its not quite used by recruitment firms professionally. Yet, it can be really helpful for job-seekers too. Why limit usage to students? Could open up to job-seekers across ages.