Starting a career
Career Health SG groups programmes and examples by career stage. For graduates, GRIT provides structured co-funded traineeships of 3–6 months; CareersFinder identifies jobs and training to close skills gaps; Polaris volunteer career advisors offer sector knowledge and personalised career planning. The linked graduate stories cover AI exploration, a GRIT-to-tech-sales journey and turning initiative and interests into experience.
Mid-career change and job seeking
CCPs provide structured on-job training for transitions into jobs with long-term prospects across around 30 sectors. Mid-Career Pathways offers full-time 4–6 month attachments for people aged 40 and above, expanding networks and practical skills. SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support provides temporary financial help to involuntarily unemployed people returning to suitable work. Case stories cover banking-to-healthcare, printing-to-AI and research-to-regional-sales moves.
Related topics and services
- A fresh grad who discovered AI through exploration
- A fresh grad’s path from GRIT trainee to tech sales
- How a fresh graduate built experience by taking initiative and turning passion into experience
- From research to regional sales: a lateral move that opened new doors
- She used to lend customers a credit line, now she lends a helping hand to the sick
- More than a decade in printing, now he codes AI
Official documents and references
- GRaduate Industry Traineeship (GRIT) Programme ↗ Government source
- CareersFinder ↗ Government source
- Polaris by Volunteer Career Advisors ↗ Government source
- Career Conversion Programmes (CCP) ↗ Government source
- Mid-Career Pathways Programme ↗ Government source
- SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme ↗ Government source