PAP's govt excuse for allowing CECA FTs is bulls**t when there are local talent like this

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Have the PAP government checked whether local graduates were given the opportunities in the first place?
Or do the HR (from CECA country) prefer to hire from their home country, home town, alma mater, home village?

At 28, computer engineer manages her own team in Singapore bank​

Ms Michelle Tee has been the bank's application developer tech lead since July.PHOTO: CITI SINGAPORE

Prisca Ang

Nov 2, 2021


SINGAPORE - Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university in 2016 under a technology analyst programme.
But her leap of faith paid off as she picked up key concepts along the way and was eventually promoted several times to manage her own team at the age of 28 - after just five years of working there.
Ms Tee heard about the programme at a career fair while she was studying at the National University of Singapore.
"I learnt that the technology analysts go through a period of intensive training during the orientation before being assigned to their roles in Citi. This gave me the confidence that I would be able to adapt well to the job," she said.
She also familiarised herself with technologies used within the bank, and developed soft skills like networking and presentation, during the two-year programme.
The bank takes in about 150 young people for its full-time analyst and summer analyst programmes every year. Most of the analyst hires are Singaporeans from local universities, it said.

Ms Tee has been the bank's application developer tech lead since July. Her team automates the end-to-end foreign exchange trading flow, from when a client is interested in getting a price to when the trade is settled in their account.
"We regularly connect with our product team... We then proceed to analyse the work required before we even get around to building and rolling it out," she said.
Technology is interesting because it is like magic, said Ms Tee, who also hopes to develop her skills in cloud adoption and building micro-services.
"You can build anything from lines of code. Technology in banking is even more interesting because we are using technology to enable people in their daily lives."

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

If only the PAP government, the Ministry of Manpower and local employers have placed emphasis on training the local workforce decades ago, there would not have been such a big influx of FTs, unhappiness with the government at ground level, and better jobs and higher-paying jobs would go to Sinkies.

Quotes:
"DBS is currently upskilling over 4,300 Singapore employees in emerging areas such as data and analytics, and machine learning."

McKinsey: "Employers are mitigating the talent mismatch by working with universities to prepare students for tech roles, encouraging upskilling among non-tech professionals, and setting up learning facilities to equip tech professionals with cutting-edge capabilities..."

OCBC: "The bank has certification pathways which allow staff to pick up skills and knowledge in areas like data and analytics, and risk, regardless of their backgrounds."

UOB: "UOB's initiatives to grow talent include its flagship Better U training programme, under which more than 15,000 staff have already completed foundational modules. They are encouraged to go on to pursue specialised learning tracks in areas such as artificial intelligence, data analytics and project management, which we have launched progressively over the last two years,"..."

Singapore banks hiring thousands in fast-growing areas like tech, wealth management​

Singapore's largest bank has seen "an increase in hiring demand" for this year. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Prisca Ang

Nov 2, 2021

SINGAPORE - Hiring is under way this year for thousands of jobs in the banking sector - a bright spot amid the economic uncertainty - especially in fast-growing areas like technology and wealth management.
Major lenders in Singapore told The Straits Times that they are tackling the stiff competition for workers to fill in-demand jobs through various initiatives to boost talent.
Ms Susan Cheong, talent acquisition group head at DBS, said: "The past 18 months has seen an unprecedented pace of digital adoption among consumers, and we now operate in a reality where financial institutions need to first and foremost be technology firms.
"We have gradually shifted the texture of our workforce over the years, and we now have twice as many technology engineers as bankers."
Singapore's largest bank has seen "an increase in hiring demand" for this year. It is on track to recruit over 500 wealth planning managers this year and more than 300 people here for permanent positions in data and technology between this year and 2022.
It will also hire nearly 300 young graduates by the end of this year. The latest hires are on top of 2,000 people it recruited last year.

The bank has launched career outreach programmes to connect with tech talent pools in Singapore. These include DBS Women in Tech, which has seen nearly 200 jobs being offered across two editions of the event.
DBS is currently upskilling over 4,300 Singapore employees in emerging areas such as data and analytics, and machine learning.
Management consulting firm McKinsey's expert associate partner Gaurava Sahi said banks here are currently looking for three distinct skill sets - in technology, analytics and traditional relationship management across all tiers of financial management.
"Singapore is still developing its technological talent pool to fill new and emerging roles, especially in integrated technology roles like full-stack software engineers and business analysts with deep domain knowledge in tech and analytics," he said.
Employers are mitigating the talent mismatch by working with universities to prepare students for tech roles, encouraging upskilling among non-tech professionals, and setting up learning facilities to equip tech professionals with cutting-edge capabilities, he added.
Meanwhile, OCBC Bank is set to hire 3,000 full-time staff and interns here this year, it said, without giving a breakdown. It has filled about 90 per cent of these roles. This is in addition to more than 3,500 people it hired here last year.
Mr Ernest Phang, OCBC's head of corporate services under group human resources, said: "We are still hiring fresh graduates and experienced professionals... across the group in areas such as wealth management, corporate and commercial banking, governance and data and technology, as we continue to build up our digital capabilities."
The bank has certification pathways which allow staff to pick up skills and knowledge in areas like data and analytics, and risk, regardless of their backgrounds.

UOB is on track to hire over 1,500 people by the end of this year. It said that about 95 per cent of employees across its global network are local, and it aims to maintain local employee representation above 90 per cent.
Mr Dean Tong, UOB's head of group human resources, said the bank sees sustained demand for tech talent across industries as technology plays a crucial role in driving transformation.
UOB's initiatives to grow talent include its flagship Better U training programme, under which more than 15,000 staff have already completed foundational modules.
"They are encouraged to go on to pursue specialised learning tracks in areas such as artificial intelligence, data analytics and project management, which we have launched progressively over the last two years," said Mr Tong.
Standard Chartered Singapore said 1,800 roles have been filled by internal and external hires, including early and mid-career trainees, this year - a 72 per cent increase from last year.
Ms Charlotte Thng, StanChart's head of HR for Singapore, Australia and Asean markets, said more than 1,200 new hires in recent years are in "future growth areas" like digital banking, data solutions and analytics.
"In terms of skill sets the new hires bring, we see an uptake in areas such as app development and engineering, relationship management as well as project and change management skills," she said.
Ms Thng added that 30 per cent of reskilled employees have taken up new roles within the bank.
Citi Singapore expects hiring across the bank to increase by more than 30 per cent year on year by the end of this year. It had an 8,500-strong workforce last year.
The bank has more than doubled its wealth management roles this year and has seen a 10 per cent increase in tech hires.
Mr Joel Fastenberg, Citi's head of human resources for Singapore and Asean, said: "Finding qualified talent for in-demand roles will always be highly competitive, with both local and international banks competing for same talent."
The bank has had to be innovative in recruitment, he said, citing outreach sessions for women, including those who previously left the workforce and want to return, and students reading non-banking or finance academic majors.
"These efforts widen the net by intentionally targeting individuals who may not be considering banking or technology as a career."

 

[mojito]

Some body got to the liver food to the master race u know.

 

[laksaboy]

It was never about talents, but population number.

Totalitarian regimes have no innovation or creativity, they can only reliably grow the economy through infrastructure spending. But building plenty of infrastructure is pointless if there is no corresponding increase in population.

 

[blackmondy]

Let's see how long she can remain there with her position.

 

[bobby]

Let's see how long she can remain there with her position.

Exactly...especially all her big bosses are CECA.

 

[tobelightlight]

being a tech lead below age 30 is impressive. I am so proud of her.

 

[millim6868]

Slowly foreigner at the top will get ride of her,then takeover wat she had setup , then ceca will hire ceca to takeover her position n manage it easily

 

[birdie69]

Exactly...especially all her big bosses are CECA.

Her CECA superiors are faked talents, after theyl learnt then bring in their own CECA kaki to kick her out, no more threat

 

[Rogue Trader]

Feel sorry for her. Have to dodge rape attempts every single day working there

 

[JHolmesJr]

Maybe Im cynical but they hire one local to use as a poster child and then hire
a few hundred from their own kind.

Old trick.

 

[laksaboy]

Feel sorry for her. Have to dodge rape attempts every single day working there

Indeed. She better be accompanied by a female buddy whenever she visits the office toilet.

 

[blackmondy]

She has that jiuhu look. Can anyone confirm if she came out from a sinkapore cheebye ?

 

[rushifa666]

Indeed. She better be accompanied by a female buddy whenever she visits the office toilet.

Fresh pussy is like blood to the shitdogs

 

[blackmondy]

Fresh pussy is like blood to the shitdogs

I doubt it's fresh anymore. I'm sure that's some curry flavor emanating from that abalone by now.

 

[myfoot123]

She will end up as grab deliverer, if a certain CECA took over the HR and replaced her.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Foreign Tenants have no Talent...

 

[zeebjii]

She has that jiuhu look. Can anyone confirm if she came out from a sinkapore cheebye ?

Even her surname sounds jiuhu.

 

[eatshitndie]

by age 36.9 she'll be ousted by ceca usurpers. such is the fate of the sinkie pmet worker.