Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower and SkillsFuture Singapore enter Partnership with Jobstreet by SEEK to advance Career Health Movement

This partnership marks a significant step in advancing Singapore’s career health movement and includes introducing SEEK Pass, a secure platform for verifying work credentials. SEEK Pass empowers job seekers to securely verify, store, and share their work credentials, enhancing their visibility and enabling better job matching in Singapore.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Jobstreet by SEEK in Singapore are pleased to announce a partnership to advance career health, starting with the launch of SEEK Pass, which enables candidates to securely verify and share their work credentials.

Advancing Career Health 

The Career Health SG initiative seeks to empower workers to achieve their career aspirations and develop resilient and fulfilling careers, as well as enable employers to access a wider pool of talent through skills-first hiring and investments in human capital development. The initiative helps workers and employers to stay competitive, and enjoy greater agility and resilience, which is a key part of the refreshed social compact as articulated in the Forward SG Report. Career health is key in an increasingly competitive labour market, with Jobstreet recording a 146% increase in job applications per ad in 2024 compared to 2023, and amidst disruptions and new opportunities brought about by technological advances.

The Singapore Government seeks to partner players in the labour market ecosystem to advance the Career Health SG initiative. This includes online employment marketplaces that facilitate job matching, such as Jobstreet. Jobstreet seeks to continue to be a leader in innovations that bring greater value to jobseekers and employers on its platform. MOM, SSG and Jobstreet have thus entered a partnership to advance the Career Health SG initiative.

Transforming Digital Credential Verification

The partnership includes introducing SEEK Pass. By providing job seekers with the ability to showcase verified credentials and employers access to trusted, pre-verified information, SEEK Pass aims to position job seekers and employers for success.

SEEK Pass will allow candidates to draw on their Careers & Skills Passport (CSP), which was jointly rolled out by MOM and SSG in November 2024. The CSP contains skills, employment history, education and certifications records from Government sources. As MOM and SSG gather user interactions and feedback, the CSP will be enhanced with more features and more comprehensive data over time.  For a start, the integration between SEEK Pass and CSP will cover employment history. More details on CSP will be released by SSG at a later date. Jobstreet will also be partnering Accredify, to further extend SEEK Pass capabilities by enabling the verification of educational qualifications from participating universities. This added feature enhances both the hiring process and job opportunities, allowing candidates to stand out in a competitive market while enabling employers to streamline hiring through trusted, pre-verified information.

"With the surge in job applications in 2024, SEEK Pass addresses the need for efficient hiring processes and empowers candidates to stand out," said Vic Sithasanan, Managing Director, Jobstreet by SEEKin Singapore. "Our collaboration with MOM, SSG and Accredify ensures SEEK Pass is tailored to Singapore’s unique needs and complements innovations like Career Hub, our learning and community platform for career growth and upskilling."

First launched by Jobstreet’s parent company, SEEK, in Australia, SEEK Pass achieved notable success with 80% of employers finding pre-verified candidates helpful for faster shortlisting. Now customised for Singapore’s labour market, SEEK Pass incorporates local insights and partnerships. "SEEK Pass transforms how candidates showcase their qualifications, delivering maximum value to both job seekers and employers," said Xavier Russo, General Manager, SEEK Pass.

“The Ministry of Manpower recognises the value of partnership with labour market players to advance the Career Health SG initiative. While the government has a role to play in strengthening the data infrastructure and creating the enabling conditions, we rely on partners like Jobstreet to build upon these to develop new tools and services or enhance existing ones to better meet the needs of workers and employers,” said Kenny Tan, Deputy Secretary (Workforce), Ministry of Manpower.

“SkillsFuture Singapore’s partnership with Jobstreet will further enable Singaporeans to actively plan their careers based on an assessment of their own skills. We look forward to leveraging the expertise and reach of private partners like Jobstreet to expand the SkillsFuture movement, and promote skills-first hiring practices” said Tan Kok Yam, Chief Executive of SkillsFuture Singapore.