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Workforce Singapore

Government agency in Singapore

Field	Value
agency_name	Workforce Singapore
logo	Workforce_Singapore_Logo.png
logo_width	250
formed	(as Workforce Development Agency)
(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
website
agency_id	T08GB0060H

(as Workforce Singapore)

Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore. It was originally founded in 2003 as the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). In 2016, the WDA was renamed the Workforce Singapore Agency, and some of its functions were transferred to the new SkillsFuture Singapore Agency.

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.

References

"Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act 2003 (No. 14 of 2003)".
"ATS Resume Checker".
(17 September 2003). "A stat board just for workers". The Straits Times.
"Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Bill - Singapore Statutes Online".
(12 June 2020). "SSG and WSG Programmes and Initiatives".

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