Jobs Nearby: From Interest to Passion
On the afternoon of 16 September 2014, the NYP Entrepreneur Club invited Mr Joseph Tan to share his entrepreneurship journey with us. Joseph was an economist. He graduated from University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Economics. He started his career with Standard Chartered Bank followed by Fortis Bank and his last role was chief economist of Credit Suisse. He spent most of his career as a banker and earned about $1K per day. However, he chose to give up his banking career to start a social enterprise. Joseph is the founder of Jobs Nearby , a newly established geo-location job search portal that seeks to provide employment solutions for the labor demographics of the 21st century. At the portal, job seekers can search for a job using their postal code, landmarks, MRT stations and even road names in Singapore. This helps job seekers to find jobs near their homes. The new portal was set up in collaboration with the South West Community Development Council (CDC). It was laun...