{"id":37502,"date":"2026-03-19T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37502"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:50:37","slug":"the-cv-trap-why-singapore-must-hire-for-potential-not-pedigree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37502","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;CV trap&#8217;: why Singapore must hire for potential, not pedigree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>If the city-state is to turn AI into a national advantage, companies must rethink how they evaluate talent<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">THERE is a quiet, polite crisis unfolding in Singapore\u2019s talent ecosystem. It does not make headlines; in fact, it is routinely dressed up as prudence, rigour and sound governance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">But our systematic preference for people who look right on paper over unconventional talent that can help solve for the future is one of the more consequential stewardship challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\"><a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/singapore\/budget-2026-highlights-ai-champions-foreign-worker-policy-tweaks-more-cdc-vouchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budget 2026<\/a> carried a clear message about Singapore\u2019s next growth chapter. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong placed artificial intelligence (AI) at the centre of national strategy, announcing sector-focused AI missions and a new National AI Council to drive them. The ambition is explicit: Singapore must not merely just adapt to disruption, but lead it. <\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-btg-newsletter-component\" data-section-name=\"newsletter\" data-section-label=\"decoding asia 2\" class=\"track-impression border-t border-gray-175 py-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. <span class=\"inline border-none p-0 font-lucida text-inherit text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal !-tracking-5% text-verticals-btblue !underline outline-none\">Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter.<\/span> Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/cv-trap-why-singapore-must-hire-potential-not-pedigree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the city-state is to turn AI into a national advantage, companies must rethink how they evaluate talent THERE is a quiet, polite crisis unfolding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}