Companies Selected for Career Trial Programme

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower since 2019 (a) how many companies have applied to be host companies under the Career Trial (CT) programme; (b) how many have been selected as host companies; (c) what are the main reasons for rejection; (d) how many CT invitations have been sent to jobseekers; (e) how many jobseekers have commenced the CT; (f) how many were eventually employed after the CT; and (g) how many stayed on the job for at least three months.

Dr Tan See Leng: From January 2019 to June 2023, close to 3,000 companies applied to be host companies under the Career Trial programme of which about 2,100 were selected. The main reasons for not being selected were (a) incomplete applications, (b) lack of response to clarifications, and (c) poor placement outcomes for previously hosted Career Trial participants. Host companies can decide how they advertise the Career Trial opportunities to jobseekers. Workforce Singapore does not track whether host companies invite jobseekers to apply for Career Trial.

Over the same period, about 3,800 jobseekers commenced Career Trial attachments and 2,500 were employed after their attachment. Of those employed, eight in 10 remained in employment after three months.