Daily Briefing: Adecco employment agency appointed as first SGUnited jobs and skills placement partner; ACKTEC bags $1.4m seed funding

And selected Caltex stations to offer fast electric vehicle charging.

From ChannelNewsAsia:

Employment agency Adecco Personnel has been appointed to help local job seekers secure opportunities under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package, said the Manpower Ministry (MOM) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) on 22 March.

Adecco is the first such SGUnited Jobs and Skills placement partner, and the appointment will be for one year, said MOM and WSG in a press release.

"With this appointment, local job seekers who require more specialised assistance with their job search will now have an additional avenue to access professional career matching services and opportunities, catered to their skills and aspirations," said the release.

Under the placement partners initiative, selected employment agencies that "have demonstrated the ability to hire fairly" will be appointed to help local jobseekers secure opportunities under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package, said MOM and WSG.

This complements the government's existing job matching efforts and increases overall placement capacity, they said.

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From e27:

ACKTEC Technologies, a Singapore-based immersive learning startup, has raised $1.4m (US$1m) in seed funding from local family office Octava.

SEEDS Capital, EduSpaze, Govin Capital, and a group of angel investors also participated.

The company said the fresh capital will be used to scale its immersive learning content marketplace KQwest across Asia.

Founded in 2018 by Rayvan Ho, ACKTEC specialises in providing digital learning ecosystems, structuring and digitising learning and development content for organisations.

According to the firm, through its immersive learning platform ACKTEC Learn, organisations and institutions can transform their existing L&D content into immersive learning modules utilising technologies such as AR, VR and interactive 3D whilst maintaining a mobile-friendly format.

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From ChannelNewsAsia:

Four Caltex service stations will soon offer fast charging for electric vehicles, in a partnership between SP Group and Chevron Singapore.

The four stations — at 3700 Yishun Ring Road, 78 Changi Road, 100 Jurong West Avenue 1, and 130 Dunearn Road –— will have the chargers installed by the second quarter of this year.

"These Caltex service stations will be equipped with 50 kW direct current (DC) fast chargers that can charge up an EV in 30 minutes, versus a few hours required by the more commonly available alternating current chargers," SP Group and Chevron said in a news release.

Three service stations will be equipped with one 50 kW DC fast charger. The fourth, at Changi, will have two 50 kW DC points that will allow charging up to a speed of 100 kW, provided only one car is using the charging points.

The charging service will be incorporated into the SP Utilities mobile app.

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