Recapping our Top Articles from 2023
As we enter the final stretch of 2023, we recap our top articles from this year. 🥁
1. What are Occupational Progressive Wages
Part of our Employer Resource Pack for Singapore’s Progressive Wage Model (“PWM”), we share about how the PWM extended beyond identified industry sectors to cover specific occupations (Drivers and Administrators in this instance), regardless of the employer’s industry classification.
Training is a key component of PWM and OPW frameworks, helping workers to be more skilled and productive to justify the increased wages over time. Otherwise, these mandated wage increases will not be sustainable and may result in unintended effects on employers and employees, making everyone (including customers) worse off.
Read it again here: https://arclab.io/blog/what-are-occupational-progressive-wages
2. How can AI be used for training
Our 2nd other popular article of 2023! With the explosion of ChatGPT and Generative AI these past 12 months, we discuss the role of AI in employee training.
Human society has undeniably been greatly impacted by AI entering the public consciousness. The easy user interface has also resulted in tons of “AI” startups creating apps for consumers and businesses, with many not more than merely a user layer built on top of Large Language Models (“LLMs”) of the AI leaders, most prominent of whom is OpenAI.
For now, trades-based work especially in blue-collar and deskless vocations remain relatively insulated from AI (ChatGPT isn’t likely to help you repair your choked sink, for example). This makes it even more important for employers of deskless blue-collar workers to upskill them to “stay ahead”, and build productive and profitable businesses and pay justifiably higher wages to their workers. In fact, AI can be deployed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of workforce training.
Read it again: https://arclab.io/blog/ai-for-training
3. ArcLab Malaysia 1-month Anniversary – a KL Travelogue
Rounding out our Top 3 is our CEO James’ travelogue of the first month after we officially launched ArcLab Malaysia.
We’re humbled for the opportunity to set up shop in Kuala Lumpur, being now closer to the businesses we have been serving since 2022.
We now also have the opportunity to get to know more Malaysian businesses and make greater headway in helping employers upskill a workforce that is 10 times larger than Singapore’s.
ArcLab Malaysia Boleh!
Read it again here: https://arclab.io/blog/arclab-1-month-anniversary-upskill-deskless-workforce-kl-travelogue
Thank you for reading!
We’ll be back with even more resources and updates in 2024.
We’ll work hard to empower even more businesses in our core markets of Singapore and Malaysia to upskill your workforce fast and easy, and keep you updated on our plans to serve even more markets in 2024 and beyoned.
We hope you continue to find our articles and resources valuable as you upskill your workforce to be more productive for your organisation, this year and next.
Best wishes for 2024!