{"id":2312,"date":"2023-05-31T19:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1060383-4052188.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2023-06-01T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T02:49:57","slug":"singapore-to-launch-compass-for-ep-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/singapore-to-launch-compass-for-ep-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to launch COMPASS for EP applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2312\" class=\"elementor elementor-2312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14ea1614 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14ea1614\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-280712e8\" data-id=\"280712e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10583e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10583e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To ensure that Singapore attracts high-quality candidates to seek work in here, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be introducing the Complementary Assessment Framework (COMPASS) from 1 September 2023 to assess the eligibility of all Employment Pass (EP) applicants.<\/p><p>The two-stage COMPASS assigns points on the applicants\u2019 individual and firm-related attributes across 4 foundational and 2 bonus criteria. Applicants and firms will be awarded points for each criteria to and are required to accumulate at least 40 points to pass COMPASS. The criteria are explained in the table below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996b77a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"996b77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>COMPASS scoring table<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a170b19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a170b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1088\" src=\"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compass-scoring-table.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2316\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compass-scoring-table.png 841w, http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compass-scoring-table-232x300.png 232w, http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compass-scoring-table-792x1024.png 792w, http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compass-scoring-table-768x994.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" style=\"width:100%;height:129.37%;max-width:841px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44bd12e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44bd12e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Applicants can make up the 40 points required through any permutation of the 6 criteria.<\/p><p>The Shortage Occupation List recognises EP holders in occupations that require highly specialised skills that are currently in shortage in the local workforce. The Strategic Economic Priorities Bonus recognises firms participating in a list of eligible programmes in line with Singapore\u2019s strategic economic priorities. These are firms undertaking ambitious investment, innovation, and internationalisation activities in partnership with economic agencies, or firms endorsed by National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as strong partners on company and workforce transformation activities.<\/p><p>Applicants and firms can approach <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1060383-4052188.cloudwaysapps.com\/payroll-hr-services\/outsourced-hr-and-payroll-services\/\">HR &amp; payroll services Singapore<\/a> providers to assist them in their application or provide advice on the assessment criteria.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ec9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f9ec9dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-center tab-contact-btn\"> <a class=\"default-btn red\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1060383-4052188.cloudwaysapps.com\/contact-us\/\">Get In Touch<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ede61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2ede61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To ensure that Singapore attracts high-quality candidates to seek work in here, the Ministry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-business-updates-in-singapore","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/webpreview.sg\/mms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}