“In this recession, we expect more Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians, or PMETs for short, to be adversely affected than in the previous recessions. This is partly due to the increasing number of PMETs in our labour force.

Compared to less-educated and lower-income workers, PMETs generally have more resources, and are more able to cope with the challenges. There are, however, some who may still require assistance in job search and training. The Government will lend these PMETs a helping hand.?/span>

- Acting Minister for Manpower, Mr Gan Kim Yong, in a recent speech.

With this in mind, South East CDC has collaborated with JobsDB.com to organise monthly PMET workshops (starting from January 2009) for various jobseekers who are presently unemployed or vulnerable employed.

The workshop sessions are presented by experts in their respective fields, and cover a diverse range of useful career-related topics such as motivation for a positive mindset, personality analysis; resume writing and job interview skills, and business dressing and communication skills.

At the end of the workshop, a job opportunity session will be held for the participants to interact face to face and apply for job positions with various hiring companies present.

On 14, 15 and 16 January 2009, Chiang Wen-Wei, Steven Seek, M.D. of JobsDB Singapore, Wong Kok Wah and Audrey Quek presented to 38 CDC members from all the 5 Community Development Councils (CDCs) on a diverse range of useful career-related topics such as motivation for a positive mindset, personality analysis; resume writing and job interview skills, and business dressing and communication skills.

On 20 January 2009, Steven gave an insightful overview of the current employment market and highlighted opportunities, trends and challenges. The participants later had a chance to network in a rewarding and enriching job opportunity session with hiring managers and HR representatives from ?