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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Would like to ask all parents out there, how can we as parents realistically prepare our children to survive in the current/future job market? Based on what I see, singapore job market is getting increasingly competitive and is likely to worsen in the long run. (personally i wont be surprised if our neighboring ASEAN countries catch up with us in 10-20 years time and singapore will lose its competitive edge).
I remembered when I was young, my parents always tell me study hard, otherwise next time no job. However, I think now study hard alone is insufficient, you prob need to be in some niche fields (eg computer programming, medicine etc) to survive
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nurture in them a habit of constant self-upgrade - encourage them to sign up for a diverse range of courses that would really add value to their portfolios, and narrow it down to some of the forecasted hot industries e.g. data analytics, IT, programming etc. Dont go down the narrow path of focusing on 1 niche, but try to make them a master of all trades. That's how we prepare our kids to exceed our mundane mainstream education system, beat the competition, or at least stay competitive.