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Hiring with less risk using job schemes

Skills training, conversion partly funded by govt widen firms' options.
By Leila LaiLynette Tan
The Business Times
Hiring with less risk using job schemes
Further support enhancements for the Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI), including an extension of the hiring period to September 2021, were announced during the recent Budget 2021.
2 Mar 2021 - 05:50

Singapore

COMPANIES in Singapore are leaning on job schemes to reduce the risk of hiring during a pandemic, even as they seek talent to develop new capabilities and grow their businesses beyond the crisis.

These schemes include the Professional Conversion Programmes (PCPs), where

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