Five SkillsFuture Courses Worth Spending Your S$500 Credit On

The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) in 2016 announced that Singaporeans aged 25 years and above will receive an initial credit of S$500 in their SkillsFuture Credit account. The credit can be used for about 10,000 approved skills-related courses across different functional areas in key industries. So Singaporeans have numerous opportunities to upgrade their skills required in their existing fields. Here are the five SkillsFuture credit courses that are worth spending your $500 credit in order to compete in the tough job market in Singapore.

Course 1: Practical Communicative Business English

The ability to communicate effectively is the key to success for business executives. That is why good business English is critical at the workplace. This course has been designed specifically for Singaporean working professionals to communicate more effectively in the workplace. With this course, managers, supervisors and executives can hone their business language skills and practice to enhance their workplace communication.

Course 2: Practical Management Skills

90% of employees leave their jobs because they have a poor manager. With the Practical Management Skills course, managers and supervisors can develop managerial and leadership excellence. They get to learn useful skills and techniques to build productive relationship with their teams. In this course, you will develop a range of practical team building skills and techniques that can help you motivate, delegate and coach your staff with confidence.

Course 3: Building Relations at Work

Productive relationships at work are essential for productivity and career success. So how good are your relationships with your manager, colleagues, and customers? This course will help you build the foundation for a healthy work. In this course, you will learn how to build positive workplace relationships, improve your interpersonal skills, and get your job done and to be more efficient at your work.

Course 4: Innovative Problem Solving and Decision Making

Problem-solving and decision-making are linked together. Both are important for management and leadership positions. You cannot solve a problem without making a decision.You must know the creative ways to address a problem, and how to identify possible alternatives before taking the final decision. By undertaking this course, participants will learn to use the innovation problem solving process to discover diverse solutions and implement the optimal solution, which would ultimately lead to improvements in top line performance of the company.

Course 5: High Potential Leadership Program

To become a strong leader, one needs to develop new skills to influence and inspire people around them. In today’s international business environment, you also need to adapt your skills to lead across cultures and borders. By attending High Potential Leadership Program by SIM Professional Development (SIM PD) in Singapore, you will be able to deepen your ability to lead mindfully, effectively and responsibly in a business environment where uncertainty and pressure are the norm.

If you’ve always wanted to foster your leadership, managerial and communication skills, then put your SkillsFuture credits to use and sign up for any of the aforesaid courses today! These SkillsFuture credit courses will help you achieve more no matter what level you are working at in an organization.

Sheng Li is a Leadership Trainer and his corporate training courses in Singapore are popular for helping individuals develop leadership skills.