: As pandemic quickens digital shift, Asian workers are pushed to upskill #IndiaNEWS Jaya Latchmi Mutusammy had worked several years in customer service and finance in Singapore, when caring for her

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As pandemic quickens digital shift, Asian workers are pushed to upskill #IndiaNEWS
Jaya Latchmi Mutusammy had worked several years in customer service and finance in Singapore, when caring for her ailing parents and demand for healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic led her to change track, with help from the government.Mutusammy, 47, is among tens of thousands who have tapped the city-state’s SkillsFuture Singapore programme, an education and training initiative for adults that has been rejigged to prepare workers for the pandemic environment.“With my mom and dad in and out of the hospital, I saw how critical healthcare professionals were, and did a certificate course in healthcare support through SkillsFuture and got a job as a clinical assistant,� Mutusammy said.“Then the pandemic hit, and healthcare workers became even more key,� she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “So I did another course in phlebotomy, as I saw drawing blood was a much-needed skill, and I did not want to be left behind.�The coronavirus pandemic upended jobs globally, with unemployment worldwide forecast to be 20.7 crore in 2022 – compared to 18,6 crore in 2019 before the coronavirus hit, according to the International Labour Organization.About half of all workers will need reskilling in the next five years, the World Economic Forum said in a 2020 report, and governments and corporations are crucial in ensuring...Read more

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