How Career Connect Can Help You

In today’s highlycompetitive working environment, developing your competitive edge is not optional — itis essential. This is furtheramplified bythe rise of artificial intelligence in the near future. According to an article written by Forbes, 47% of employment opportunities will be taken over by machines within the next two decades. Fret not — at Career Connect, we strive to help future graduates like you to remain relevant in the workforce by providing you with the necessary skills. We hope that these skills, coupled with your education, will open doors for future employment and help you realise your aspirations regardless of the working environment.

Monthly career preparation workshops, also known as the Hire Me Series, are conducted for students as part of the Project 1095 experience. This series consists of a myriad selection of workshops such as:

• Networking Skills • Résumé and Cover Letter Writing Skills • Basic and Advanced Interview Skills • Assessment Centre • Professional Image • Communications and Presentation Skills • Managing Personal Finance • Profiling: Understanding Yourself and Suitable Career Paths

To further support students in developing their skills, Career Connect also organises many skillsbased workshops at a discounted rate such as: • VBA Microsoft Excel and Data Analysis • Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator • Digital Marketing and UX/UI • Fintech Certification Course, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence

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Unlocking Doors — Career Competitive Edge At Career Connect, we strongly believe in instilling our students with relevant skills via career- and skills-based workshops to prepare them for a dynamic working world.

Fintech Certification Courses by Ping An Academy Jointly offered by SIM GE and OneConnect Financial Technology (Ping An Group), the Introduction to Fintech course was launched in March 2019 as part of a 3-course series, which also consists of the Blockchain Developer course and Artificial Intelligence course. Participants were exposed to an introductory but extensive exposition ofthe Fintech industry and were encouraged to share their views openly with the class after each discussion. They also had an eye-opening experience at the headquarters of OneConnect at Mapletree Business City where they experienced the latest Fintech applications. On the final day of the courses, participants had to pitch an “ideal” Fintech solution, using the tools they have learnt, to a panel of judges who played the role of a client company. Through these presentations and class discussions, OneConnect eventually offered outstanding students with internships, which may eventually lead to fulltime employment with the company.

Building Bridges — Networking with Professional Connections Career Connect provides students and graduates the platform to meet industry leaders and build meaningful professional relationships via career events and company visits.

Career and Internship Fairs Career Connect’s highlight of the year is the various Career & Internship Fairs that are held throughout the year. The annual DREAMS: Career & Internship Fair in February saw a plethora of companies brought together to meet promising graduates for job opportunities. KPMG, Cognizant Technology Services, HAYS, SATs and Marriott International were among the 110 participating companies with over 1,200 students attending the event. In the second half of the year, we had the IGNITE Career Fair with 72 participating companies, such as Singapore Airlines, FDM Group, Changi Airport Group, Procter & Gamble and Shopee with over 700 students participating.

A Confluence of Influence — Zeles Roadshow & MOU What creates influence? What makes something influential? How does it inspire you? And how does the same thing inspire someone else? The mind can go offinto so many tangents that it can become lost from the original intent. What is a confluence? Aconfluence is a meeting point, a converging and a gathering at one point. This is the perfect word to describe what happens when we “meet” an influence. With a need to instil civicconsciousness in studentsand to provide a wellrounded educational experience, Career Development took a leap of faith with a vision to influence and inspire our students. A milestone in Career Development was marked by a Memorandum of Understanding, signed between SIM and Zeles Network Ltd in the presence of representatives from nine partnering NGOs, such as AMKFSC Community Service, MINDS’ Me Too! Club and New Hope. Zeles is a social network enterprise that has 70 non-profit organisations and social enterprises under its wing. Training will be provided by the NGOs to students before they embark on their volunteering activities.

Young Graduate Career Forum In conjunction with the SIM GE EDGE Award Ceremony, EDGE Award recipients were invited as panel speakers for the Young Graduate Forum. Students in attendance asked questions and gained substantial insight into the panel speakers’ Class to Work experiences. The key message of the forum: “a degree alone is not enough to guarantee a job but rather developing a wide range of skills and attributes is important and that the EDGE award validates our qualities to employers, giving us an advanced standing compared to other candidates in the highly competitive job market”.

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Company Visits • Mandarin Hotel Learning Journey Glamorous! Luxurious! With award-winning restaurants, including Chatterbox, home of the legendary Mandarin Chicken Rice, and two Michelin-star Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro, it is none other than the Mandarin Orchard Hotel. 40 students embarked on their journey to the Mandarin Hotel in the heart of Orchard Road. The students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the back office of the hotel and explore the different facilities of the hotel. Participants who had this opportunity gained deeper insight into the hotel industry through the engagement session. • Sembcorp Marine Learning Journey Travelling deep into Tuas, our students embarked on a learning journey to understand how Singapore’s biggest shipyard operates. Students had the opportunity to see how rigs, floaters and ships are built from scratch as well as the maintenance work for the ships. They also went on an exclusive bus tour to witness unique sights around the entire shipyard and had the chance to learn more about the marine industry through engaging interactions with the Sembcorp professionals. • Kuehne + Nagel Learning Journey Organised by the Supply Chain Career Chapters, students were exposed to the rich background of the world’s No. 1 global seafreight forwarder and the world’s No. 2 global air cargo forwarder. Participants had the opportunityto touraround the various sections of their multi-storey warehouse and learned how their Warehouse Management System keeps their operations running smoothly and their inventory in check. They were also given access to K+N’s state-of-the-art innovation centre where they were awed by the various high-tech robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) equipment designed for the future of the logistics industry.