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The Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) is on a hiring spree to shore up shortages in many of its agencies, with an eye especially on school-leavers, mid-career workers and those who have recently been retrenched.
It is holding a major recruitment fair this weekend, its first centralized effort in at least eight years.
It is also dangling two new bonuses to sweeten the deal. Senior officers will get a sign-on bonus of up to $4,500 if they are confirmed after a year while junior officers can enjoy retention bonuses of up to $30,000 if they chalk up at least eight years of service.
MHA says there are 1,050 vacancies to fill in six Home Team departments - with 920 of these for junior positions in the police, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), prisons, narcotics, and fire and rescue.
The ministry noted it had not seen a significant increase in job applications for most agencies since the downturn.
But it had also noted the high turnouts at job fairs since job cuts began in late November, said Mr Koh.
Some larger agencies in the Home Team have found it tough in recent years to recruit and retain officers.
At the ICA, for instance, the resignation rate of junior officers rose to 2.94 per cent for the first 11 months of this year, compared to 1.94 per cent for the whole of last year.
Senior officers fared better, with an attrition rate of 3.1 per cent from January to November, compared to last year's 3.65 per cent.
Following several high-profile security lapses this year, Second Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam told Parliament that Home Team officers 'felt overstretched, strained and stressed'.
In the police force, the number of officers leaving rose by 50 per cent from 221 in 2004 to 332 last year.
The bulk of the current vacancies are for the police force, with 470 positions available for junior police officers.
MHA has been trying to leverage on technology or outsource non-core functions to reduce its reliance on manpower.
In the latest hiring drive, there will be no slackening of criteria for potential officers: they must be Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Residents and of a certain physical fitness, among other things.
Starting salaries for a senior position range from about $2,500 to $3,900. For junior officers it is $1,300 to about $2,400.
The fair will be held outside the South Court of VivoCity from 10am on 7pm tomorrow and on Sunday.
Interviews will also be done on the spot.
It is holding a major recruitment fair this weekend, its first centralized effort in at least eight years.
It is also dangling two new bonuses to sweeten the deal. Senior officers will get a sign-on bonus of up to $4,500 if they are confirmed after a year while junior officers can enjoy retention bonuses of up to $30,000 if they chalk up at least eight years of service.
MHA says there are 1,050 vacancies to fill in six Home Team departments - with 920 of these for junior positions in the police, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), prisons, narcotics, and fire and rescue.
The ministry noted it had not seen a significant increase in job applications for most agencies since the downturn.
But it had also noted the high turnouts at job fairs since job cuts began in late November, said Mr Koh.
Some larger agencies in the Home Team have found it tough in recent years to recruit and retain officers.
At the ICA, for instance, the resignation rate of junior officers rose to 2.94 per cent for the first 11 months of this year, compared to 1.94 per cent for the whole of last year.
Senior officers fared better, with an attrition rate of 3.1 per cent from January to November, compared to last year's 3.65 per cent.
Following several high-profile security lapses this year, Second Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam told Parliament that Home Team officers 'felt overstretched, strained and stressed'.
In the police force, the number of officers leaving rose by 50 per cent from 221 in 2004 to 332 last year.
The bulk of the current vacancies are for the police force, with 470 positions available for junior police officers.
MHA has been trying to leverage on technology or outsource non-core functions to reduce its reliance on manpower.
In the latest hiring drive, there will be no slackening of criteria for potential officers: they must be Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Residents and of a certain physical fitness, among other things.
Starting salaries for a senior position range from about $2,500 to $3,900. For junior officers it is $1,300 to about $2,400.
The fair will be held outside the South Court of VivoCity from 10am on 7pm tomorrow and on Sunday.
Interviews will also be done on the spot.
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