Another NIM Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management student got Full Time Job with Employment Pass!

Thida Khin

Reservations Manager

Yadanar Travel Pte. Ltd

Employment Pass

My name is Thida Khin. I am from Myanmar. Before I came to Singapore, I have worked in Qatar Hotel. But from that time, I was interested in Singapore Tourism & Hospitality Management Industry. When I went back Myanmar from Qatar, it made me want to study about Tourism and Hospitality Management in Singapore. That’s why I chose Nanyang Institute of Management Diploma in Tourism & Hospitality Programme which can give me better future and opportunities in Singapore.

I am more and more interested and keen to work in Singapore Tourism and Hospitality Industry when I was studying in NIM. NIM trained me not only in theory, but also attachment for 6 months in Yadanar Travel Pte.Ltd.

Now I have graduated Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management and my attachment company offered me as a Reservations Manager with Employment Pass.

I would like to say thank you to NIM for giving me a very good future in Singapore.

I will recommend NIM to all the prospective students who really want to study Tourism and Hospitality Management because the knowledge that NIM gives it to us is really helpful in our career life.

Congratulations to Htaik Ohnmar Myint!

Htaik Ohnmar Myint

Supervisor, Concierge, The Central Shopping Mall

My name is Htaik Ohnmar Myint and I am from Myanmar. I have graduated Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management from Nanyang Institute of Management, Singapore in 2008. After I graduated, I was offered Full Time job with Skill Pass in Singapore Retail Industry. I was fully used my knowledge where I gained from NIM, that’s why I was invited to be a Supervisor at Concierge of The Central Shopping Mall by Manager in 2011. Now I am holding Skill Pass and my company offered me S$1800 for my salary.

I believe I got all these good opportunities because of NIM. I have gained a lot of knowledge concerning about Singapore Tourism & Hospitality Industry during my study period in NIM.

In future also if somebody asks me I will recommend Nanyang, where all teachers are initiative, helpful, and motivate the students for bright future.

I am not going empty handed from Nanyang Institute of Management but carrying treasury of knowledge which will be helpful in my work place. I am very satisfied with my school which trained me to possess all good opportunities in my future. Thank you very much.

NIM student getting S-pass ~~ Congratulations to Tarlochan!

Another of our Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality student getting S Pass (Skill Pass). He's now working in a Korean Company as a Marketing Representative!
Well done Tarlochan!

His Testimonial:

Hi I am Tarlochan Singh Cheema from Patiala, Punjab!

Choosing to come to Nanyang Institute of Management was one of the best decision I have ever made in my life. It is real good size classroom atmosphere, so you get a lot of individual attention from the teachers and you get to work with other students. You will not be ignored by your teachers.

Teachers helped me greatly because they have experience in the field. They bring real life examples and real life scenarios to the classes and to our conversations. They help us prepare for situations that we could possibly go through in future.

This is the beginning of my professional life.

Strengths of NIM's Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Strengths of NIM's Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

It provides industrial relevant curriculum taught by industry specialists. And it has advanced suite of training facilities.

This Programme focuses on a broad framework in providing students with fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge of the tourism and hospitality industry.

Modules are

1. Introduction To Tourism & Hospitality
2. Service Quality Management
3. Hr Recruitment & Performance
4. Tourism Operations Management
5. Global Distribution System (Amadeus)
6. Hotel Operations Management Applications (Opera)
7. Hospitality Operations Management l
8. Food & Beverage Management l
9. Industrial Attachment*

Among all these modules, Nanyang is the only school which provides Amadeus & Opera System in Diploma Level.

Because of these two modules, our students are much easier to get industrial attachment than the other students.

Our Lecturers are well-experienced in these two systems and train very well to our students so that the students can work skillfully once they start step into their attachment.

That’s the one of our student effectiveness to our industrial partner and it become popular among our competitors.

What is OPERA?

OPERA Reservation features are integrated with other functionality such as profiles, cashiering, and deposits. This property management software module offers a complete set of features for making and updating individual, group, and business block reservations, including deposit handling, cancellations, confirmations, wait listing, room blocking, and sharing.

Therefore, all of the 4 stars to 6 starts hotels are using this system in order to serve their customers faster and better. So, these hotels hire the people who only know how to use efficiently OPERA software. That is the reason why Nanyang students are getting higher chances to get the full time job in Hotel Industry.

What is Amadeus?

Amadeus is a leading transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, providing transaction processing power and technology solutions to both travel providers (including full service carriers and low-cost airlines, hotels, rail operators, cruise and ferry operators, car rental companies and tour operators) and travel agencies (both online and offline).

The Amadeus system processed more than 670 million billable travel transactions in 2009.

Most of Travel Agencies use this system, and students can get a better opportunity if they know how to use this system and it is really helpful to Nanyang Students to get the full time tourism industrial jobs.

S'pore needs foreign talent to stay competitive

Thu, Feb 24, 2011 my paper

By Kenny Chee Closing Singapore's doors to highly skilled foreigners will cause the country to lose its edge to other cities globally, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. "We will lose our edge not just to obvious competitors l ike London, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco, but also to new competitors like Shanghai," said Mr Tharman. Cities like Shanghai are attracting "significant numbers of talented Asians and Westerners", he added at a post-Budget dialogue with about 200 union leaders at the NTUC Auditorium. Mr Tharman was replying to a question by Mr Wilfred Thiang, a corporate-communications manager of the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union, on why the foreign-worker levy hike was not imposed on highly skilled foreigners working here as well. Mr Thiang said such foreign talent would compete for jobs with tertiary-educated Singaporean professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs), and he asked if more could be done to help Singaporeans. Following last Friday's Budget statement, the Manpower Ministry said on Monday that the hikes would affect lower- to medium-skilled foreign workers holding S Passes or Work Permits. The levy does not apply to higher-skilled foreigners, such as Employment Pass holders, who draw a fixed monthly salary of more than $2,500. Mr Tharman said Singapore has to be a global city, which does not just drive economic growth but also creates good-quality jobs for Singaporeans, including PMETs. The Budget has tried to help PMETs by significantly increasing subsidies to help them upgrade, he said, adding that the subsidies are for all forms of training, such as short Workforce Skills Qualifications courses, as well as diplomas and degrees. The high subsidies would also be the same for PMETs at any point in their careers, Mr Tharman said, adding that this is "a shift in policy". Subsidies have also been increased for younger Singaporeans in the lower- and middle-income groups, to help them further their education, he said. Mr Thiang agreed with Mr Tharman's points, but said that an issue Singaporean PMETs would have is whether there can be a right balance and mix in the highly skilled foreigners working here, such that Singaporeans can still be employed and yet benefit from the knowledge the foreigners bring to the country. Sources: http://www.asiaone.com/News

Diploma in Construction Engineering

S’pore Jobless Rate Lowest in Three Years

By Channel NewsAsia, Updated: 29/04/2011

SINGAPORE: Singapore's total employment grew by 23,700 in the first quarter of this year, thanks to the healthy economic expansion. This is according to preliminary estimates released by the Manpower Ministry on Friday.

Still, the increase is lower than the seasonal high of 33,900 in the fourth quarter last year and the 36,500 gains in the first quarter last year.

Last year's strong showing was supported by the strong hirings arising from the integrated resorts and the recovery from the 2009 recession.


The bulk of the employment gains in the first quarter or 22800 Jobs came from the services sector. Construction added 1,100 workers, while manufacturing employment declined by 500, lower than the contraction of 1,200 in the preceding quarter.

In the same period, some 2,600 workers were retrenched and 400 had their contracts terminated prematurely, resulting in a total of 3,000 workers made redundant. This is compared to 3,190 redundancies in the preceding quarter.

The manufacturing sector reported the largest number of redundancies affecting 1,600 workers. Services laid off 1,000 and construction displaced 400 workers.

The overall unemployment rate fell to 1.9 per cent in March 2011 from a seasonally adjusted 2.2 per cent in December 2010, reflecting the tight labour market here.

"The three-year dip in unemployment signals the tight labour market shows no signs of abating. Companies will need to ensure they have robust, planned people strategies to help deal with the strengthening market, which is proving to be the biggest human capital challenge currently facing Singapore's economy," said Ms Karin Clarke, Randstad Regional Director for Singapore & Malaysia.

Analysts said the services sector has benefited from Singapore's strong reputation as a regional centre for multinational companies - with the financial services, oil & gas and healthcare sectors pushing hiring demand.

"There will be continued competition for talent as companies seek to employ the best people to drive their business forward in 2011," said Ms Clarke.

Among the resident labour force, the unemployment rate declined to 2.7 per cent from a seasonally adjusted 3.1 per cent in the same period.

Both the overall and resident unemployment rates are the lowest in three years. An estimated 57,100 residents were unemployed in March 2011 on a seasonally adjusted basis.

-CNA/ac/cc

New programme ~~~~ Diploma in Construction Engineering

Great News!

Nanyang Institute of Management is going to conduct New Programme Diploma in Construction Engineering.

Students who study Diploma in Construction Engineering will learn methods to build projects (in both Construction and Design) by effectively controlling the project cost and duration, while meeting safety, quality, environmental and other criteria. Established methods are taught in variety of courses while graduate students have the opportunity to assists in evolving new ones.

Course Objective

The Diploma in construction Engineering is a 24mths full-time programme that aims to equip participants with the skills and knowledge to:

• Keep abreast with the current reinforced concrete construction technologies in the industry.

• Perform and supervise effectively the various types of reinforced concrete works on site.

• Plan and schedule reinforced concrete works effectively to achieve high productivity and minimize delay.

• Perform simple designs relating to reinforced concrete construction.

• Manage the safety aspects of reinforced concrete construction

• Apply the management and financial know-how for business.

Entry Requirement

12 years Formal Education / Matriculation

(A good pass in Mathematics)

IELTS 5.0 or equivalent

(or)

3 GCE ‘O’ Level

English Language (EL 1) - Grade 1 to 7

Mathematics - Grade 1 to 6

Any relevant subject - Grade 1 to 6