SLA-AR2016
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THE LOGISTICS ACADEMY<br />
Career Fairs<br />
The Association supported the<br />
initiatives of the Singapore Workforce<br />
Development Agency (WDA) in its<br />
outreach to the workforce to join the<br />
logistics and supply chain sectors.<br />
The Career Fair in the Heartlands<br />
for Logistics & Supply Chain Sectors<br />
was held on 01 March 2016 at Tampines<br />
North Community Centre. Some 100<br />
ranging from new entrants to mature<br />
job seekers were present to explore<br />
work opportunities. Spot interviews<br />
were conducted on site for various<br />
job openings with five <strong>SLA</strong> membercompanies<br />
namely, A-Sonic Logistics<br />
Pte Ltd, Nippon Express (Singapore)<br />
Pte Ltd, Richland Logistics Services Pte<br />
Ltd, Schenker Singapore (Pte) Ltd and<br />
ST Logistics Pte Ltd. Mr John Iversen<br />
– Council Member shared and gave<br />
a presentation on the nature of jobs<br />
in logistics, career pathway as well as<br />
courses available for upgrading and<br />
enhanced career progression.<br />
On 24 May 2016, Mr Daniel Chew, TLA<br />
Course Convenor of WSQ, addressed a<br />
different group of audience – a total of<br />
80 teachers and students from secondary<br />
students from Broadrick Secondary<br />
and Greenridge Secondary Schools.<br />
They were participating in the Career<br />
Discovery Fair which was an educational<br />
session organised first time by the<br />
Lifelong Learning Institute, a learning<br />
institute of WDA. Logistics station was<br />
part of the many industry stations that<br />
the students attended to gain insights<br />
into various career opportunities<br />
available in Singapore. Mr Chew through<br />
his interactive delivery and simple<br />
illustrations enabled the young minds to<br />
understand the complexity of logistics.<br />
The Career Fair @ Heartlands was<br />
held on 21 June 2016 at Woodlands<br />
Galaxy Community Club by WDA. The<br />
event was part of the Career Series with<br />
an initiative to help Singaporeans adapt to<br />
changing job demands, to reskill, switch<br />
careers or to take on new jobs. Four<br />
<strong>SLA</strong> member-companies namely Sankyu<br />
(Singapore), Katoen Natie Singapore<br />
(Jurong), ST Logistics and LF Logistics<br />
Services conducted spot interviews for<br />
various job openings in their companies.<br />
Learning opportunities through TLA were<br />
also explained to the job seekers.<br />
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