Career Aspiration System

Lifelong Employability

Are you thinking of a single-tracked career? If you are, do be prepared for career challenges in the 21^st Century. Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) who are in single-tracked careers often find themselves out of a job during an economic downturn. How can you be better prepared for such challenges and avoid the problems faced by PMETs? Find out more about Multi-Dimensional Careers with the EPL approach.

The National Efforts

The Singapore Government set up the Workforce Development Agency or WDA to help Singapore workers and primarily PMETs to re-invent their careers. PMETs now have many programs (e.g., career coaching) as well as the funding support to upgrade their skills to match the demands of potential employers. Along with this effort, the e2i, Adapt & Grow and Skills Future were set up to help workers in Singapore stay current and employable.

Lifelong employability is about having the necessary and relevant skillsets, competencies and knowledge to allow you to remain employed in the job market. The EPL career development prepares you for lifelong employment by encouraging you to gain skillsets, competencies and knowledge in 3 different career tracks. This is different from the single-track career development that focuses on competencies and skills in one career form.

As an NTU graduate, you can be better prepared for career challenges and transitions in the 21st Century with EPL career development where you will:

learn to design and take charge of your own career
develop yourself in more than one career dimension
learn how to upgrade your skills and re-design your career to stay relevant.

Read more about the EPL Career Development – the new approach to careers in 21st Century.

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