Empower ISSUE 6 JULY 2018
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spexBusiness eNewsletter emPOWER ISSUE 6 JULY 2018 Photos courtesy of Philip Au/ Sport Singapore Photos courtesy of Eugene Lim/ Sport Singapore Presidential Cheer to Team Singapore In this issue… On 5 June, President Halimah Yacob paid a visit to Team Singapore athletes from swimming (including Olympic champion Joseph Schooling), boccia, Presidential Cheer to Team pencak silat, water polo and sailing, who were preparing for the 2018 Asian Singapore Games to be held in Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September, and the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta from 8 to 16 October 2018. Update on Job Placements New Athlete Life Team Lead New spexBusiness Partners spexEducation-In-Focus Networking Session OSIM Sundown Marathon President Halimah also broke fast with various athletes and officials Swissotel Vitality Week who will be travelling to the Halimah autographed a plaque and quadrennial Games in Indonesia. MILO with Joseph Schooling encouraged the athletes to bring Before taking her leave, President sporting glory to Singapore. Athletes-In-Action Sport has the power to bring people from all walks of life Athletes-In-Focus together, and President Halimah rallied for all GetActive! Singapore Singaporeans, together with her, to cheer on our athletes! Upcoming Events emPOWER (Issue 6) JULY 2018 Update on NEW Job Placements No. of Athletes Emplaced A total of 213 athletes have been emplaced with our 53 59 spexBusiness partners on various employment terms. 19 27 24 23 Together with our spexBusiness partners, we will continue to support our Team Singapore athletes with their career 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 transition into the workforce. Total number of jobs placed from Jan-Jun 2018 New Team Lead for Athlete Life With the recent re-organisation, Peggy is now with the Events and Fans Development team. We thank her for her passion and commitment in setting up the spexBusiness network, and wish her all the best in her new role! SSI’s Athlete Life team now welcomes a new team lead – Mark Richmond. A well-recognised personality, Mark has been at the forefront of Singapore’s sports broadcasting and journalism for 31 years now, covering major Games like the Olympics and major sporting events like the World Cup. Mark hopes his interactions with local and international athletes past and present will serve him well in this new SSI’s Athlete Life Team (L-R) Zulhilmi Karim, Beena Doshi, Apple Tan, role and that he continues to grow working with the Mark Richmond, Sheryl Lim, Alice Wong, Bernard Lim current and next generation of athletes and partners. Familiar Face at the NEW spexBusiness Partners Athletes’ Centre As of July 2018, a total of 58 partners have joined our spexBusiness Network to support our athletes in their Dolly Lo, more affectionately known pursuit of sporting excellence and prepare them for a as Aunty Dolly, is now working part- successful career transition for life after sports. time with SSI. Dolly has been a Please welcome our new partners! “constant figure” in our sporting scene with her immense support for our Team Singapore athletes. Like a mother-figure, she will be attending to our athletes at the centre to provide advice and care to them. Do say hi to her when you see her at the centre! New and Improved how well each athlete f i t s p e c i f i c j o b Rightspot Features requirements. After gathering feedback from spexBusiness partners users, Rightspot has improved its can headhunt and send features and ease of use. interview invitations to One key feature is Rightspot’s shortlisted athletes even Talentspot, which allows before they apply. spexBusiness partners to view Get matched now at Team Singapore athletes ranked by rightspot.co/signin! emPOWER (Issue 6) JULY 2018 spexEducation-In-Focus… SSI-RP Certification in Athlete Life Coaching Athlete Life Coaching is a specialised field of counselling that helps athletes proactively plan for all other areas of their life while they pursue sports. Athletes will be better guided on decisions for major timelines and milestones as they continue With athlete life coaching guidance: to progress and develop their best potential in sport. • Athletes will receive timely support in Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Sport Institute have come making important decisions along their sport together to offer the Athlete Life Coaching course that aims to development pathway. equip sport practitioners with the necessary skill sets to effectively • Athletes will stay longer in the sport and be and holistically manage athletes whom they mentor and guide. more likely to reach their best sporting achievements. The course to be launched soon in September is targeted at • There will be less talent attrition which will personnel who interact frequently with athletes, usually student directly impact the talent pool available for life officers from institutes of higher education, sport coaches, development to the higher levels of teachers managing Sport CCAs and NSA staff. achievements. NUS – New spexEducation Partner Please welcome NUS as they join our group of esteemed spexEducation partners who have “NUS is very supportive of our nation’s athletes. As a world- demonstrated their unwavering support through class university, we embrace the unique talents and aspirations of our student-athletes. We continually strive to flexibility, understanding and openness! provide them a conducive environment that facilitates them NUS continues their many ongoing athlete friendly to excel in both their educational and sporting pursuits. Our practices, such as facilitating athletes to: student-athletes also help to strengthen our increasingly vibrant sporting community in the university and build a • take multiple leave of absence to facilitate their formidable spirit of cohesiveness among our students.” sporting aspirations. Mr Lawrenz Sim, Head of Sports & Recreation, NUS • customise academic study loads that integrate • proactively arrange to consult lecturers for missed with their major games’ preparation campaigns. lessons. • upload online lectures they missed for access • proactively plan for potential clash of tests/exams with anytime. major games and arrange to reschedule them. spexBusiness Networking Session: Connecting Athletes with Partners On 20 June 2018, Team Singapore part-time and full-time) from athletes got to engage with our the network, and also provided spexBusiness partners (Adecco, a platform for our spexBusiness DBS, Fullerton Health, Grab, partners to meet athletes from KPMG, Rightspot, Robinsons, various disciplines to shortlist SMRT and Swissotel) to learn potential candidates to join more about each other. them. Athletes get to meet with p o t e n t i a l e m p l o y e r s , understand their business from sport into the board room. needs and see how they can fit Our spexBusiness partners also gained in and bring useful skills learnt insights into each athlete’s sporting aspirations while juggling their sporting, work and study commitments as well as The networking session was their own personal life. organized for Team Singapore Do look out for the next session and athletes to seek flexible work join us at our networking events! opportunities (such as internships, emPOWER (Issue 6) JULY 2018 OSIM Sundown Marathon Team Singapore marathoner and Olympian, Neo Jie [ T e a m S G ’ s ] Shi, was invited to take part in the OSIM Sundown pres ence at Marathon team challenge alongside three of her local races like training mates from the ActiveSG Athletics Club. these can be Appreciative of Jie Shi’s participation in the an inspiration marathon, Lynn Tan, Deputy Managing Director of and motivation OSIM, said: “[Jie Shi’s] rise from a recreational runner to to a l l t h e Olympic marathoner in five years is one that truly inspires amateur and Jie Shi (in yellow) with her running mates from the us, and hopefully, our runners as well, showing them that a recreational ActiveSG Athletics Club (L to R) Mary-Lisa Chua, Belle Tan and Faith Lee healthy and active lifestyle is within everyone’s reach.” runners, [and] Taking part in the race as a national athlete, Jie Shi in a way, motivate them to give their best.” shared similar sentiments. She said: “I hope that “It’s always a very fun thing to attend these races, to get to mingle with friends, and others [in the] running community,” Jie Shi expressed. “I was slightly faster and I felt more in control compared to the last race I did in April. It actually has me feeling more motivated to train harder for future races,” Jie Shi shared, discussing how her first race in months had left her feeling upbeat on her chances of notching strong performances soon. “I’m confident that I will be getting back in shape, and hopefully aim for a better timing [later this year],” she Jie Shi (center in yellow) with race organisers and spexBusiness partner stated. We look forward to Jie Shi’s performance in the next OSIM OSIM Sundown Marathon! Swissotel Vitality Week MILO Gao Kosong As part of the I n s p i r e d by S w i s s o t e l T h e President Halimah Stamford’s Vitality Y a c o b ( i n h e r Week, a week- previous query of long campaign w h e t h e r MILO t h a t a i m s to existed in a zero- advocate the importance of well-being, health, sport sugar form), Nestle and wellness, our Team Singapore paddlers Aaron Yeo President Halimah making the first cup Singapore unveiled of MILO Gao Kosong at the event with and Jamien Wong were invited for a friendly game of on 19 June a new Nestle’s MD Rajiv Deraniyagala table tennis at the hotel lobby with the guests and new variant of local flavour – MILO Gao Kosong – the management of Swissotel The Stamford.