More job-seekers approached Singapore's Community Development
Councils or CDCs for help last year.
According to the latest figures released by the People's
Association, some 38,000 job-seekers applied for employment
assistance at the CDCs, a jump of more than 50 per cent from
2008.
And of these, more than half of them managed to land jobs -
close to 60 per cent more than in 2008.
The CDCs say this success came about after they stepped up their
placement effort and training support.
The Councils had also worked together with the Workforce
Development Agency to put in more resources to ensure that service
levels did not drop.
In line with these, the CDCs organised nearly 500 recruitment
events last year- about 200 more than in 2008.
Mayor of South West CDC, Amy Khor, says the councils will continue
to organise more targeted job fairs which were found to be more
effective.
They'll also look into developing employment assistance packages
for different groups of job seekers such as mature workers, women
and ex-offenders.
--938Live