THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is taking the job market by the horns, offering some 2,000 positions at a three-day job fair in Ngee Ann City, which runs until tomorrow.
The positions are in the uniformed branches, either in the combat or service support vocations. They include divers, pilots, commandos, guards and armour personnel.
Military planners hope the sluggish job market would make a career in the armed forces an attractive option.
Besides school leavers, whether from the Institute of Technical Education, junior colleges or polytechnics, the military's recruiters are also keeping an eye out for people wanting a change from the norm.
One of them is Captain Jackson Tean, who traded his business suit for army fatigues in 2004, after realising that he was more suited for the military.
Before signing up, Capt Tean, 33, was an engineer with technology giant Hewlett-Packard and a business development manager with a home-grown textile company, Oceanic.
'It dawned on me only during my reservist training that I'd rather be out on the ground than be chained to the desk,' said the combat engineer, whose mid-career switch drew doubts from puzzled friends.
