Our impact
Generation Singapore is a registered charity committed to supporting people facing barriers to employment into life-changing, otherwise inaccessible, careers through a unique model of profession-specific bootcamp training with extensive wrap-around and holistic support.
Since our launch in 2018, we have supported over 1,200 graduates across several sectors. We are part of a global Generation network that has supported over 100,000 people, delivering broad, deep and durable social impact.
How we work Our Methodology
Find & Nurture
We find and nurture unemployed and underemployed people, who have been referred by one of our partners, met us at an event, or read about us online.
Select Diverse Groups
We then select diverse groups of learners who are motivated to seek life-changing work, yet facing barriers they are struggling to overcome.
Deliver Profession-Specific Training
1-3 month, full-time, profession-specific, ‘bootcamps’ with experts teaching key skills, mindsets, behaviours and employability needed to thrive in entry-level roles.
Wrap Around Support
Provide extensive wrap-around support, mentorship and employability coaching support across 1:1s and group sessions during the programme and 6 months after.
Job Interview & Employer Matchmaking
Confirmed interviews with our employer partners who are looking to hire diverse talent for given professions & 6 months of 1:1 job placement support and matchmaking
Track
Our activity and learners’ progress into roles and through time in their careers, to understand our impact and highlight where we can improve.
Data at the center
With over 40 million data points and growing, we understand the full employment journey for graduates and can continually improve our approach.
Our Impact in Singapore
We define our impact as as advancing on three dimensions simultaneously.
Breadth
Our annual and cumulative volume of graduates:
graduates since launching in 2018
Depth
Our employment and income outcomes within six months of program completion
of graduates placed in jobs within six months of graduation from programme
Durability
Sustained employment, income, and well-being outcomes over time per different country economy type
of alumni have enough for daily needs
of alumni had an increase in wages in past twelve months of graduation from programme
Who We Serve in Singapore
Female
with 1 or more dependents
don’t have university degree
can’t meet daily needs or save consistently
We believe that great employees are identified through their skills, rather than their demographics.
Our learners have a diverse range of profiles by age, education, ethnicity, gender and income.
Generation reverses pervasive unemployment
72% of Alumni globally are in a role that is related to their Generation training, which positively impacts career growth and financial health.
Our graduates find employment quickly…
of our learners were employed pre-Generation
of our graduates are working within 6 months of graduation (75% at three months)
…and stay employed for years
Graduates make strong progress on their economic mobility journeys
We want to see our graduates in jobs that provide stable, living wage incomes, and we see strong progress from different starting points. Here is the global accumulated data for high income countries
Our graduates are earning salaries they use to make ends meet and for education, housing, healthcare, and more
As we advance all of these dimensions, we can start to create systemic change
We seek to change the way employers hire, and we support them to hire from a nontraditional talent pipeline. We look at the percentage of entry-level positions filled by Generation graduates in a given city and profession to understand if we are changing the employment landscape. We call this “impact share”.
Rome, Italy
Jr. Full Stack Java Developer
Kerala, India
Retail Sales Associate
Nairobi, Kenya
Digital Customer Support
São Paulo, Brazil
Jr. Full Stack Java Developer
Sydney, Australia
Cloud Support practitioner
Dublin, Ireland
IT Support Specialist
“A job is never just a job. It is about dignity, empowerment, and a sense of purpose. At Generation, we help individuals achieve economic mobility and improve their quality of life through employment. As we do so, we help employers connect with untraditional hires to diversify their pool of value-adding talents.”
On-the-job performance keeps employers coming back
employers have hired our graduates
would definitely hire Generation graduates again
of employed graduates hired in the last 12 months were hired by repeat employers
View the results of our Alumni survey
Each year, we survey thousands of Generation graduates who are 2-5 years post-program to understand how they are doing and what impact Generation continues to have on their lives.
2023 Alumni Survey Results
With 45+ million data points globally, we keep data at the core of everything we do
Our data set is unique in the global workforce space — not only does it span the learner journey from application to training to up to six years post-Generation, but it covers 47 professions and 17 countries, and includes both human observation and digital trace data.
Pre-program
- Socio-Demographics
- Education and employment history
- Financial well-being
In-class
- Attendance and engagement
- Competence and performance
- Program feedback
- Risk assessment
On-the-job and Alumni survey
- Employment
- Income and savings
- Personal well-being
- Career growth