Agency Name: | Workforce Singapore |
Formed: | (as Workforce Development Agency)[1] [2] (as Workforce Singapore) |
Headquarters: | 1 Paya Lebar Link, #08-08 PLQ 2 Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore 408533 |
Chief1 Name: | Mr Chew Hock Yong |
Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
Chief2 Name: | Dilys Boey |
Chief2 Position: | Chief Executive |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of Manpower |
Agency Id: | T08GB0060H |
Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore.
During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents lost their jobs due to the closure of businesses, Workforce Singapore played a vital part in career-coaching the people of Singapore into transitioning into essential industries. For example, it helped by organising resume-crafting services both over the phone and in person with unemployed job-seekers, and it had a website that consolidated career resources, training programmes, as well as job openings.[3]