Singaporeans Mindset Is The Reason For Talent Shortage.

I agree with Ravi Veloo that the key to solving the problem of talent shortage in Singapore lies in the changing of people’s mindset. Singaporeans have a very narrow mindset in my opinion. They are not open to what is around them and rarely see things in multiple or broader perspectives. This leads to problems such as talent shortage.

One issue would be the viewing of certain types of talents as superior to others. For instance people believe that being a doctor is superior to being an architect. Thus many parents send their children to learn medicine, leaving very few students in other fields such as architecture. This leads to a shortage in talent in such fields and with a lack of such talents a country will not be able to function well as it does not have enough of a talent range.

Another issue would be that, Singaporeans fail to realize or explore their full potential. Once they pick up a profession, they stick their mindset to just that profession. They only concentrate on it alone and judge themselves only by how well they do in that particular profession. This leads to a limited range of exposed talent among Singaporeans with much talent hidden deep inside many of them.

Moreover they believe that only a particular skill is needed for a certain profession. For instance a software engineer believes that only knowledge in software is necessary for that job. He does not realize that by having other skills he would be able to do his job better and will be more employable.

Singaporeans also see talent as something that a person is born with. Yes this is true in certain cases, but they fail to realize that talent can be nurtures with a bit of effort and an open mind. Thus, we have a limited array of talent in Singapore.