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SINGAPORE – Singapore-based technology company Sea Limited, the parent company of e-commerce platform Shopee, will recruit and train around 500 Singaporeans over the next two years as part of a new partnership with the Singapore Development Authority. Infocomm Media (IMDA).
Successful applicants will receive training in areas such as coding and data analysis through courses and on-the-job exposure, and will comprise 400 entry-level job applicants and 100 mid-career hires with more than three years of experience.
Sea Chairman and Group CEO Forrest Li and IMDA CEO Lew Chuen Hong signed a memorandum of intent on Friday (October 2) for the company-led training initiative, which will be the most big in IMDA’s TechSkills Accelerator program.
Sea said all suitable trainees who complete the six-month training will be employed in technical roles at its various business entities, such as Shopee and Garena, the company’s gaming division.
Available roles include software engineers, business analysts, and user experience designers. Trainees will also receive a monthly salary while undergoing training and will be mentored by a mentor within the same department.
“In terms of working with the industry to create job and training opportunities, our focus has really been how we can help Singaporeans participate in these opportunities and reap the full benefits,” said Communications and Information Minister S. Iswaran , Friday at the Shopee. Building in Science Park.
He added that employers in the tech sector are “very willing” to partner with the government in this effort, but their main challenge is finding Singaporeans who have the necessary skills or are willing to commit to learning.
This is where initiatives like Sea’s company-led training come into play, to develop Singapore’s core in a technology sector that is growing and growing rapidly, Iswaran said.
Job seekers can find more information and apply on the Sea and Shopee career websites.
Shopee’s regional operations chief and personnel team leader Lim Teck Yong said the most important quality the company looks for in potential hires is passion and a willingness to learn.
This can be demonstrated by having previously taken courses in the relevant technical fields, for example, or by showing great interest and knowledge in Shopee’s operations and how they could be improved, Lim said.
Business analyst Estelle Sim, 29, joined Shopee last December after four years in the architecture field. She spent the six-month company-led training period completing two courses in data analysis and Python coding.
“The course on data analysis taught me to develop hypothesis-based questions when analyzing data,” said Ms. Sim.
“I also learned how to leverage data analytics to make decisions and recommendations, which are essential to my role as a business analyst.”
Shopee was one of the companies that began offering training courses in August for mid-career job seekers as part of the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Program.
The program aims to provide 14,500 internships and training programs for job seekers to gain industry-relevant work experience while they wait for permanent employment.
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