Rating of the Most Attractive Professions in Demand Right Now
Singapore’s labor market is recovering steadily from the global pandemic, and this is not just a subjective opinion. These are findings confirmed by the annual report conducted by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for 2021.
From the report, it can be seen that the total employment rose significantly by 41,400 jobs after falling by 166,600 layoffs in 2020. These figures do not include migrant workers working as personal assistants.
Nearly half of these jobs, 44%, are in new companies. More than half of these jobs are in fast-growing industries: information, communications, financial and insurance, and professional services. By the way, new jobs in the field of service and production have squeezed out vacancies in the field of food and beverage production, and housing maintenance.
In general, there is a stable growth in the creation of new jobs. However, a number of areas, such as air transport services, have suffered greatly from the economic decline caused by restrictions. And the industries most affected were the arts, entertainment and recreation.
Now let’s actually move on to the rating itself of the top 10 vacancies for the administrative and managerial nature. Where available, job title and salary range are also mentioned.
MOM's Best Jobs Ranking for 2021
- Marketing and Commercial Sales Manager – $2,610 to $4,000
- Programmer, web developer and multimedia developer – $5,000 to $8,000
- Operations officer (except for transport operations) – $2,360 to $3,300
- System analyst – $4,500 to $7,500
- Executive director – $2,600 to $5,065
- Business development manager – $5,575 to $9,400
- Electronics engineer – $4,000 to $6,500
- Management and business consultant – $5,865 to $9,000
- Industrial and production engineer – $3,400 to $5,500
- Education and training of specialists – $2,800 to $7,800
For the above positions, applicants noted a large shortage of specialists who meet a number of criteria such as knowledge, work experience, especially for a number of technical vacancies requiring in-depth knowledge of specialized skills.
Minister of Manpower Tan See Leng commented on this observation with the following words: “Employers themselves should invest in improving the skills of existing workers in the long term.”
“For my part, I would encourage all employers to invest more resources in the development of their staff and adopt the principle of “plug, train, play” – added the minister.
As for the labor market of professions not included in the rating, it should be noted that with the increase in the e-commerce market, the demand for logistics professions has increased – in particular, truck driver, van and car drivers.
And with all the TOP 10 can be found below, as well as in the professionals, managers, executives and technical (MPET) TOP, the vacancy and the range of salaries offered will be indicated.
Rating of the Best Vacancies That Do Not Require Qualification Confirmation for 2021
- Builder – $800 to $1,600
- Store sales assistant – $1,400 to $1,850
- Cleaner – $1,400 to $1,700
- Help desk officer, Information clerk – $1,900 to $2,500
- Waiter – $1,700 to $2,200
- Security – $2,200 to $2,600
- Administrator – $2,000 to $2,750
- Truck driver – $2,300 to $3,000
- Assembler of electrical and electronic equipment – $1,200 to $1,800
- Assistant cook – $1,700 to $2,400
If we delve into this topic, then many Singaporeans have clearly identified the reasons why they do not want to get jobs offered. Moreover, Minister Tan is completely on the side of applicants and suggests that companies must make their jobs more attractive. By the way, Singapore government has developed the Service Transformation Program and the Job Growth Program for Service Employers for this purpose.
“I don’t think it will be possible to leave the old way of doing things without thinking about how to continue to innovate and increase productivity through digitalization in some areas of the labor market,” the minister said.
Singapore continues to relax border restrictions, which in turn allows to increase the dynamics of the labor market as a whole. Which in turn will continue to strengthen the country’s economy.
