Singapore Steps Take Tender

The North West Community Development Council CDC supported by SkillsFuture Singapore SSG will be organising the SkillsFuture Festival @ North West in support of the nation-wide SkillsFuture Festival. In line with the theme of Journey to Lifelong Learning which encourages everyone to plan for their career and skills upgrading the festival will reinforce the message with a creative chronological roadmap to walk residents through the 3-steps planning process. The Festival held on 27 July 2019 from 11.00am to 9.00pm at Causeway Point Atrium will be graced by Dr Teo Ho Pin Mayor of North West District. Media arrival is at 11.45am.Participants would be given a Journey Ticket to test their knowledge and collect stamps at the three interactive stationsThe walk-through would conclude at the SkillsFuture Training Booths where residents can experience hands-on demonstrations and sign up for training courses or complimentary teaser courses.Dr Teo Ho Pin Mayor of North West District says The North West CDC has engaged 16000 participants through the SkillsFuture Advice @ North West workshops since end 2017 to share on the emerging economies and future jobs to encourage them to enhance employability and embrace lifelong learning. We are heartened to know that through the feedback collated from the participants 56 cited job-related motivations in starting their SkillsFuture journey such as learn new skills for work learn new skills to find a job plan skills for career change and plan skills for first job while the remaining 44 wanted to learn new skills to keep active. Dr Teo added At this years SkillsFuture Festival @ North West North West CDC is partnering various agencies to offer more than 50 courses in the areas of Life Skills Culinary Skills Information Technology Service Excellence and Tourism to inspire more residents to start their lifelong learning journey to enhance employability and promote active ageing.SkillsFuture Advice @ North West is a community outreach initiative to help Singaporeans better understand the importance of career planning and skills upgrading as well as provide information on various resources and tools eg. MySkillsFuture portal that Singaporeans can tap on to do so. Targeted at all Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents the 1.5-hour complimentary workshop is developed to engage Singaporeans through various interactive activities.