Graduates will be able to apply for traineeships under the SGUnited Traineeships Programme from today, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Facebook yesterday.

And to make it easier for students to search for the traineeships that suit them, a Virtual Career Fair for traineeships will be held later this month.

"To ensure that our graduates have a meaningful traineeship experience, we work closely with interested host organisations to put in place traineeships with clear development plans, before these traineeships get approved by Singapore Business Federation (SBF), our programme partner," said Mrs Teo.

There has been very encouraging interest, she said, with over 1,000 organisations stepping forward so far to offer over 11,000 traineeships.

The vast majority are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as Carousell, Yang Kee Logistics, Spic & Span and SGAG Media. There are also large companies like United Overseas Bank, Singtel, DBS and Baxter Healthcare.

"Our graduates can look forward to traineeships across familiar roles in the areas of marketing, finance, sales support, supply chain and quality assurance and also more niche ones such as sports nutrition, social work, venture capital and 3D printing," said Mrs Teo.

"A good number of traineeships are in areas such as security penetration testing and operational risk analysis, which are aligned to our plans in the various sectors' ITMs (industry transformation maps), giving these trainees a good head start for the future economy," she added.

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