SINGAPORE – What color must you put on to an vital work occasion? Do you have to use synthetic intelligence (AI) instruments to put in writing your curriculum vitae (CV)? And is whisky a worthwhile funding?
Three younger journalists from The Straits Occasions attempt to discover the solutions to those questions and extra in a brand new video collection on navigating working life as a younger grownup in Singapore.
Referred to as We Strive First, the eight-episode collection explores numerous subjects associated to profession improvement, private finance and life-style.
From Jan 16, viewers will have the ability to entry and watch these movies by signing up for HeadSTart, a weekly e-mail e-newsletter despatched out each Tuesday with ideas and a curated checklist of tales on the right way to develop one’s profession and cash.
HeadSTart, which was launched in Might 2022, received the joint silver in the very best e-newsletter class on the fifteenth version of the Digital Media Awards Asia in October 2023.
It’s curated by enterprise correspondents Cheow Sue-Ann and Prisca Ang, and enterprise journalist Rosalind Ang – who’re additionally the presenters of the brand new video collection – in partnership with ST’s e-newsletter crew.
The movies are a part of a wider effort to have interaction ST’s younger grownup viewers on subjects that matter to them, with different initiatives reminiscent of talks and roadshows within the pipeline.
“Navigating the altering profession panorama will be difficult. How do you ace that interview? What are the job abilities in demand? Is AI going to take over your job?” stated ST affiliate editor Ong Hwee Hwee, who oversees product and viewers development.
“We need to method these points from the attitude of the younger adults, and share ideas and recommendation in a method that they will relate to.”
Within the collection’ first episode, Sue-Ann, Prisca and Rosalind discover out whether it is potential to work from wherever, given the prevalence of distant work following the Covid-19 pandemic. They attempt to get by way of the work day at two co-working areas – with cats and with out – and a hair salon.
The second episode pits Sue-Ann’s self-written CV towards one other written by AI software program. Within the following episodes, Rosalind makes an attempt to alter the way in which others understand her at work, whereas Prisca explores whisky and collectible card investments.
