In a tight labour market, having the right set of skills is necessary. However, to stand out amongst all the many applicants, you will often need something more than just the right knowledge and skills.
As the world becomes more interconnected than ever, and jobs become increasingly globalised, overseas work experience is increasingly valuable. Not only does overseas exposure help you build a global, giving access to new job opportunities and resources, but it also allows you to learn new skills and gain a different perspective, demonstrating adaptability, flexibility, and cultural intelligence.
However, overseas work experience isn’t something that comes easily without access to an international network. Fortunately, young talents in Singapore can tap on the Singapore Global Executive Programme (SGEP) to increase their overseas exposure and job experience at the same time.
What Is The Singapore Global Executive Programme (SGEP)?
The Singapore Global Executive Programme (SGEP) is a talent development programme to help selected high growth companies with global ambitions build a pipeline of young local talent to take on regional or international leadership roles.
Local high-growth companies selected for SGEP can benefit from dedicated HR expertise, including benchmarking data that can help strengthen their human resource capabilities and talent management practices, support in their branding and outreach efforts to attract higher quality talent with exciting career opportunities and support in developing career pathway for young talents and building in-house HR team to implement these in-house talent development programmes.
For young talents, SGEP offers the opportunity to hone industry expertise quickly in a structured manner and immersion in new cultural environment with in-market exposure.
SGEP Is For Young Local Talent Including Existing Employees
To be eligible for Singapore Global Executive Programme (SGEP), the young talent must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident. They must also be a fresh graduate or existing employees with less than three years of work experience.
Most importantly, they need to possess an entrepreneurial spirit and have the passion and ambition to bring Singapore to the international stage.
Young talents that fit the above criteria may reach out to Enterprise Singapore or relevant companies for more information.
SGEP Enables Young Talent To Work Overseas With Funding Support
Under the SGEP, young talents will be offered a structured career progression pathway, including job rotations to core functions through a management associate or graduate programme. They will also gain access to overseas work experiences and receive mentoring from company leaders.
Participating companies will also provide an overseas package for overseas job postings. This covers the cost of living allowance, accommodation, and airfare and more.
Additionally, young talents will also be offered the opportunity to undergo an internationally recognised executive education programme during their employment.
Companies Already On The Singapore Global Executive Programme (SGEP)
Currently, 6 companies are already on board the SGEP. These are high growth local companies with global ambitions ready to expand and develop their young local talent.
AEM: a semiconductor and electronics test solutions provider and global leader in test innovation. They have global presence across Asia, Europe, and US, including manufacturing plants located in Singapore, Malaysia (Penang), Indonesia (Batam), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), China (Suzhou), and Finland (Lieto), and a global network of engineering support, sales offices, associates, and distributors.
Castlery: a digital-first lifestyle brand with international markets contribution close to 80% of revenue. They deliver to 54 metropolitan areas across the US, Australia and Singapore.
Commonwealth Capital: a Singapore-based investment company with a end-to-end portfolio in F&B, covering farm to fork. The group focus on the food vertical chain, including Barramundi farming, meat production, bakery, ice cream, ready-to-eat products and warehousing and logistics services. In total, they manage over 300 retail points in 13 countries.
Durapower: a closed-loop, end-to-end energy storage solutions provider for electric mobility and renewable energy applications and leading innovator of Lithium-Ion cell technology. They have global presence spanning 23 countries and 48 cities including Europe, China, India and Southeast Asia.
Rigel: a sanitary brand powered by smart technologies that designs, manufactures, sells and markets eco-friendly and smart restroom products. They have presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and China and have two manufacturing plants in Luzhou and Ningbo, China.
Sing Fuels: a global energy company that provides bunker trading services, energy trading services and logistics services to the shipping community. This includes marine fuels, risk management, cargo trading and base oils products. Their global presence includes Singapore, Dubai, Greece, London, South Africa and the US.
While the SGEP is not open for public application, interested local companies which fit the profile may wish to reach out to Enterprise Singapore for more details.
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