During the recession last 2009, lots of workers in Singapore and even the whole world lost their jobs. Companies are retrenching or even closing that time. Big and small, they started to bend down on this traffic event in our society.
With lots of this company closing down, lots of employees also became jobless and unemployed. Unemployment surge and job openings become lesser and lesser leaving a tough competition on the market.
Some individuals opt to have an upgrade on their skills by learning new language. Aside from English that is the national language in Singapore, they also try to learn languages like Tamil, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and other languages that they want. Though English is the official language in Singapore, other countries doesn't use it that much. Communications then becomes a big issue especially if you have daily conversation and correspondence to them. And the only solution to this is to learn their language.
On this global market, it is an advantage and asset to a company if you can communicate in the customer using their local language. Gap is removed and communication flows smoothly. It also differentiates you from the rest of other applicants vying for the position. Being a competitive employee with a good market value also helps you land a good job and a good opportunity in the future
Enrollment cost is may be expensive but the end result outweighs it. The government that time encourages their citizen to boost their career thru various career enhancement programs. They even offer to shoulder part or full cost of the program to convince their local citizens to follow their advice.
Boosting your career thru studying other languages is a good deal for yourself. Just be careful to choose the right language school for your needs.