In 2001, I was a regional channel sales manager. I worked in a corporate environment, looking after regional sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. When the Asian Financial Crisis happened around that time, I ended up being retrenched by the company. I wasn’t alone, and a lot of my friends were also laid off, due to changes in management and office politics.
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I joined the finance industry fresh out of school, which can be a challenging first job. Nonetheless, today I’m a financial planner specialising in holistic planning for clients; and also in Employee Benefits and Total Risk Management for corporate clients. In 2021, I would have been working in this industry for 11 years already.
Not long ago in 2019, it was reported that around 40 per cent of Singaporeans were seeking a career change. The Workforce Singapore programme, which caters to career-changes, had only 1,300 placements in 2016. By 2020, the number had risen to 4,500.