| Singapore | 11 Oct 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Students should not be too picky when they are out hunting for a job, advises a Singapore minister.
Talking to more than four dozen fresh Sikh graduates, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said job seekers must be flexible and be prepared to switch careers when needed.
“You’re just sitting there waiting for the perfect job, but what if it doesn’t come? Will you just sit there? The longer you stay out of employment, the harder it is to come back,” he said, according to a report in The Straits Times.
The minister was speaking at the annual organised by the Young Sikh Association, Singapore (YSA) and the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board’s Sikh Centre.
The event aims to recognise the academic achievements of Sikhs, including those who pursue post-graduate studies and continuous learning.
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It is an important platform to engage Sikh graduates and to impress upon them the need for them, as educated individuals and professionals, to contribute to the Sikh community and the Singapore society, according to YSA in a statement for a similar programme last year.
It is also an opportunity for them to develop networks with their fellow graduates and professionals.
Last year, the guest of honour was then Singapore’s new acting Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung. See here.
Oxford University economics and management graduate Navjeev Singh said Mr Lim struck a chord with him when he counselled “passion, aim, and positivity” for success in the workforce.
“Paper qualifications can only get you through the door. fter that, it’s how you adapt to new situations around you that is most important,” the 24-year-old, who is starting a career in the civil service, was qouted in the same report.
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