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Singapore Professionals' & Executives'
Co-operative (SPEC)
SPEC
is founded by
Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) in May 2000.
Launched in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 and 1998,
SPEC helped Singaporean professionals and executives who were retrenched. SPEC
to look for jobs and also helped those whose jobs were affected by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (Sars) scare in 2003 and the rapid restructuring of the economy.
SPEC
strives to create a “harbour of lives and opportunities” for Singapore’s
professionals, managers, executives, businessmen and self-employed (PMEBS). A
new economy co-operative, SPEC aims to be a dynamic and efficient source of help
for its members to thrive and seek gainful employment.
SPEC’s
vision is to achieve connectivity with its members, thus enhancing and enriching
social capital in Singapore for the progress and prosperity of their family and
workplace. Our co-operative values are based on self-help, self-responsibility,
democracy, solidarity, and ethical values of honesty, openness, social
responsibility and caring of others.
Looking
ahead, SPEC helps to ensure that Singapore’s professionals and executives in its
fold can find comfort and support not just during times of uncertainty, but also
to meet the challenges of the new economy.
Overview of
Services@SPEC:
- Portable
medical insurance
- Legal
advisory services
- Employment
services
- Employment
contract vetting services
- Job/career
counselling services
- Work-life
advisory services
- Business
consultancy services
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Consultancy/management services (for SMEs)
- Corporate
placement services
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