Overview
What is The Institute and Industry Partner Programme (IIPP) About?
- The Institute and Industry Partner Programme (IIPP) is a collaborative initiative between our institute’s undergraduate trainees and graduate alumni and industry partners, supported by government initiatives from Enterprise Singapore (ESG), Workforce Singapore (WSG), and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).
- Our industry partners include small medium enterprises (SMEs), non-profit organisations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs).
- Government initiatives include the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), Career Conversion Programme (CCP), and SkillsFuture Singapore Funding.
Key Objectives and Outcomes of This Partnership Programme
- These outcomes can be achieved through outsourcing projects to our undergraduate trainees, led by veteran industry practitioners and/or employing our competent graduate alumni as full-time employees.
- At the same time, our undergraduate trainees get hands-on applied learning through work exposure on real-world outsourced projects, while our graduate alumni contribute to the economic growth of the company and society at large through meaningful employment.
Who Can Participate In This Programme?
Become a Client Project Partner
A Client Project Partner outsources their business projects to undergraduate trainees who are led by veteran industry practitioners (Project Mentors).
- As a Client Project Partner, you can outsource your business projects at a fraction of the cost of commercial agencies and freelancers.
- Through regular interactions with our undergraduate trainees, you may assess that the skill sets of one or more of the trainees may be suitable for a longer-term arrangement as a freelancer or a full-time employee at your company. You may then offer a longer-term arrangement separately.
- You will need to furnish a project brief document detailing the details of the project(s) you wish to outsource.
- You will be required to attend an initial briefing and project proposal session to review and kickoff the project timelines and deliverables.
- You will be required to commit to regular meetings with our undergraduate trainees and project mentors to appraise the project deliverables.
How Do I Become a Client Project Partner?
Simply fill up this form to apply to become a Client Project Partner.
Become a Hiring Partner
A Hiring Partner selects from a pool of competent graduate alumni to interview and offer full time employment.
- Save on training and upskilling costs. Our graduates go through top quality training with hands-on application to prepare them for real world situations.
- Hire competent candidates with real work experience.
- Save on recruitment fees.
- Sign up for our mailing list and receive the latest job candidate profiles from our graduate alumni database.
- Choose suitable candidate(s) and schedule interview(s).
- Complete hiring process and update our career service centre for record purposes.
What Are The Next Steps?
Simply fill up this form to apply to become a Hiring Project Partner.
Become a Project Mentor
A Project Mentor or project advisor is a veteran industry practitioner who provides personal and professional guidance to undergraduate trainees throughout the entire duration of their capstone projects.
- As a Project Mentor, you will provide guidance to a small group of mentees throughout the duration of a capstone project.
- There may be actual clients who outsource their projects to the institute depending on the programme requirements. Your role will be the project lead.
- Your primary role will be to ensure your mentees successfully achieve the programme objectives.
- Mentoring gives you the opportunity to engage with aspiring individuals who were once in your shoes starting out. This may help you to gain new perspectives and fresh ideas.
- Through mentorship, you get to also strengthen the lessons you have learnt and solidify the experiences you have acquired.
- As a mentor, you are given the chance to change the lives of those you mentor and build the leaders of tomorrow.
How Do I Apply?
Simply fill up this form to apply to become a Project Mentor.
Become a Programme Facilitator
A Programme Facilitator is an industry expert who imparts his/her wealth of knowledge to programme trainees through modular bite-sized training sessions.
- Keeping current to the latest ongoing developments in industry trends and being an active practitioner.
- Conducting training and assessment.
- Reviewing trainee feedback and making improvements to instructional delivery methods on an ongoing basis.
- If you are passionate about teaching, conducting training is a great way to contribute back to society.
- You get to learn as you teach. Through questions asked by your trainees, you may realise that there-in lies deeper knowledge within you that you had never realised you possessed and vice versa.
- Training gives you the opportunity to network with like-minded industry professionals who may have synergy with your current and future endeavours.
- Not to mention expanding your network in both a personal and professional setting.
How Do I Apply?
Simply fill up this form to apply to become a Programme Facilitator.
Enrol as a Programme Trainee
A Programme Trainee is an aspiring industry professional or a career seeker who seeks to upgrade his/her portfolio and acquire industry-relevant skills to be job-ready.
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If you are a career seeker or industry professional, these programmes will enable you to build a portfolio through real-world projects and equip you with practical knowledge and skills that you can apply on the job.
- Upskill yourself through structured modules and bite-sized learning.
- Apply your learnings immediately to real-world projects with the guidance of mentors.
- Build a portfolio where you can showcase your expertise to potential employers.
- Funding support is available through supporting bodies such as SkillsFuture Singapore, MOE, and NTUC.
- Post-programme support is available in the form of complimentary ask me anything sessions with industry experts, an insider community where you can post questions and challenges faced on the job, and career advice and job placement assistance via our career service centre.