Maximise Your otential

P-MAXA Place-and-Train Programme for

Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians

SMEWorkshop

SMEWorkshop

PMETWorkshop

Age Management

Workshop

SME with newly hired

PMETs

P-MAX

SMEWorkshop

Non-hiringSME

SME with newly hired

Older Workers PMETs

P-MAX LITE

P-MAX FOR OLDER WORKERS4

Job Placement Services Workshop Training

Coaching & Implementation Assistance Grant

Upon completion of workshops, Programme Managers will conduct a follow-up with SMEs over 6 months. Assistance Grant will be disbursed upon successful completion of the 6-month follow-up and retention of

newly hired PMET.

P-MAX CONCEPT FLOWCHARTS

Completion of HR toolkit over 6 months

Completion of HR toolkit over 6 months

Completionof Simplified HR toolkit

Successfulcompletion

of HRtoolkit

Successfulretention of

PMET for6 months

Successfulcompletion

of HRtoolkit

Successfulretention of

Older Worker for 6 months

Application of age

managementpractices

One-off $5,000

Assistance Grant

One-off$5,0005

AssistanceGrant

Additional one-off $5,000

Assistance Grant for SMEs with newly-hired Older Worker

Age Management

practices

Match job-seeking PMETs into hiring SMEs

SMEs to implement the practices taught at the Workshops.

SME workshops to learn progressive HR practices

PMET workshops to learn how to better acclimatise in SMEs

Age Management Workshops to pick up Age Management

Practices

4For P-Max for Older Workers, PMET must be a Singapore Citizen aged 50 or above.

Job Placement Services

Workshop Training

Coaching & Implementation

Assistance Grant

HIRING SMESSMEs who have hired or recently hired a PMET can tap on the following P-Max programmes:

NON-HIRING SMESSMEs with no immediate hiring need but would like to pick up progressive HR practices can tap on the following P-Max programme:

Our P-Max Programmes consist of the following components:

5Companies that have completed P-Max/Max Talent previously will only receive $5,000 under P-Max for Older Workers.

PMETWorkshop

1Upon successful retention of the newly-hired PMETs for at least 6 months after completion of both the SME and PMET Workshops and endorsed by Programme Manager. 2For P-Max for Older Workers, PMET must be a Singapore Citizen aged 50 or above.3Companies that have completed P-Max/Max Talent previously will only receive $5,000 under P-Max for Older Workers.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) form 99% of all enterprises in Singapore. In today’s highly competitive business environment, a critical success factor include the recruitment and retention of talent.

P-MAX is a programme under the Workforce Singapore’s (WSG) Adapt and Grow initiative that aims to:

• Help SMEs to better recruit, train, manage and retain their newly hired Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs)

• Enable SMEs to establish better communication channels between supervisors and staff and to adopt progressive Human Resource (HR) practices (e.g. goals setting, performance management) for newly-hired PMETs within their SMEs

• Assist newly hired PMETs to better acclimatise to the new SME work environment and to encourage better retention of PMETs in SMEs

ABOUT P-MAX

Non-hiring SMEs keen on improving HR practices

Up to 90% funding support from WSG

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P-MAX LITE

SMEs hiring PMETs or recently hired a PMET in

the last 3 months

Up to 90% funding support from WSG

One-time $5,000 Assistance Grant1

P-MAX

SMEs hiring PMETs (Age 50 & above) or recently hired a PMET (Age 50 & above) in

the last 3 months

Up to 90% funding support from WSG

One-time $10,000 Assistance Grant1,3

P-MAX FOR OLDER WORKERS2

> P-MAX OPTIONS

WHO IS IT FOR?

ASSISTANCE GRANT

WORKSHOP FUNDING SUPPORT

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

> For PMETs

WORKSHOP

> TRAINING SUPPORT

• Be a Singaporean Citizen or Permanent Resident who is keen to pursue a full-time career in an SME7

• Possess educational qualifications that are Diploma or higher, or employed/have prior work experience in a PMET position

• Completed National Service for a minimum period of 12 months or graduated a tertiary institution

• Be registered or incorporated in Singapore

• Be made up of at least 30% local shareholding

• Have an annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million or employment size not exceeding 200 employees

• About to hire or hired a PMET within the last 3 months (i.e. 90 days) prior to enrolment into programme, offering a gross monthly salary of at least $2,5006

> For SMEs

ASME SNEF / SMF / SPA / WAF / U SME (An initiative of NTUC)

Some of the curriculum covered in the P-MAX workshop to build Human Capital capabilities are:• Managing workplace relationships• Goals setting• Performance management

1 AGE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP8-DAY

1 SME WORKSHOP-DAY

3 PMET WORKSHOP-DAY 2 PMET WORKSHOP

-DAY

8For P-Max for Older Workers only. The Age Management Workshop through SPA/WAF/USME will be conducted by SNEF.

With support from WSG, the following Programme Managers have been appointed to administer their respective programmes under P-MAX.

6Not applicable for P-Max Lite7For P-Max for Older Workers, PMET must be a Singapore Citizen age 50 or above.

The HR toolkit was especially useful in demonstrating to us how a simple but formalized system of effective goalsetting can assist in quicker on-boarding of a new hire. We noticed that with a more developed learning path, our new hires could understand their job roles and performance indicators quicker, especially through meaningful interaction during the structured monthly reviews with their supervisor. It has helped us train an employee who could be more independent and self-driven to achieve their set KPIs.

Ms Luann LeongBusiness Development Manager

Ferrara Asiapac Pte Ltd

The P-Max workshop introduced me to the DISC Personality test, which gave me a better understanding of mine and my supervisor's working and communication style. This allowed for better synergy at work! Setting of KPIs with my supervisor also helped me to focus and zoom in on my core job scope, allowing me to prioritise my time at work and continually improve along the way.

Ms Jovin TayOperations Executive

Edith Patisserie Holdings Pte Ltd

TESTIMONIALSSME EMPLOYER

PMET

ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (ASME)Tel: 6513 0349 / 0350Email: pmax@asme.org.sgWebsite: www.pmax.sg

SINGAPORE NATIONAL EMPLOYERS FEDERATION (SNEF)Tel: 6827 6977Email: p-max@snef.org.sgWebsite: www.p-max.sg

SINGAPORE MANUFACTURING FEDERATION (SMF)Tel: 6826 3051 / 3076Email: p-max@smfederation.org.sgWebsite: www.pmaxsingapore.com

SMEs or PMETs who require more information on P-MAX can contact the following appointed Programme Managers:

HOW TO APPLY

SINGAPORE PRODUCTIVITY ASSOCIATION (SPA)Tel: 6745 5833Email: p-max@spa.org.sgWebsite: pmax.spa.org.sg

U SME (An initiative of NTUC)Tel: 6213 8850Email: p-max@ntuc.org.sgWebsite: www.pmax-usme.sg

WORKFORCE ADVANCEMENTFEDERATION (WAF)Tel: 9779 8008Email: pmax@waf.org.sgWebsite: www.pmax.waf.org.sg

Workforce Singapore1 Marina Boulevard #18-01 One Marina Boulevard Singapore 018989

Tel (65) 6883 5885 PRINTED IN AUGUST 2019