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Career Conversion Programme

CCP Guides

Notes on the Career Conversion Programme, written for Singapore employers deciding whether it is worth applying.

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Career conversion programme for SME professionals: 3 months of support, S$3,500 floor, 31 December 2026 end

Career Conversion Programme for SME Professionals: What It’s Worth to Employers

15 min read

Updated 19 September 2026. The Career Conversion Programme for SME Professionals pays up to 70% of a new mid-career hire's fixed salary for three ...
CCP employment gap rule: a two-year career break can unlock 90% salary support capped at S$7,500

CCP and a Career Break: The Gap That Helps You

14 min read

A continuous two-year employment gap lifts the CCP conversion test and can move the funding to 90% capped at S$7,500. The candidate you were about ...
CCP grant disbursement cash flow: hiring before the approval letter risks about S$15,000 unsupported salary

CCP Grant Disbursement: When the Money Arrives

13 min read

CCP salary support starts after the approval letter, not when you hire. On a S$5,000 salary, hiring first carries about S$15,000 of unsupported pay...
CCP resubmission after rejection: five repairable causes, four fatal, and no restart of the approval window

CCP Resubmission After Rejection: What Can Be Saved

14 min read

A rejected CCP application is usually survivable. Five common causes can be repaired, four cannot, and the 3-month approval window does not restart...
Attach-and-Train CCP compared with Place-and-Train and Job Redesign: an attachment with no employment contract

Attach-and-Train CCP: The Mode Where You Hire Nobody

13 min read

Attach-and-Train is the CCP mode with no employment contract. You host the attachment, you are only encouraged to hire after, and it is still full-...
SWDA’s HR Jobs Transformation Map: 27 roles, 8 high impact, 16 medium, 5 emerging

CCP for HR Roles: Which of the 27 Actually Convert

13 min read

SWDA has mapped 27 HR roles and already sorted them: 8 high-impact at Associate and Executive level, 16 medium-impact at Manager and Head level, an...
Grant for hiring older workers Singapore: 90% capped at S$7,500 versus the standard 70%

The Grant for Hiring Older Workers in Singapore Pays 90%

12 min read

The government grant for hiring older workers in Singapore sits inside the Career Conversion Programme. It pays 90% of monthly salary capped at S$7...
Hiring a relative under CCP: SWDA’s four exclusions, from shareholders to anyone related to the decision-maker

Can You Hire a Relative Under CCP? The 4 Exclusions

15 min read

SWDA excludes four kinds of person from CCP funding: shareholders, anyone related to the person deciding the application, immediate ex-staff, and a...
CCP application deadline: 13 weeks before the start date against a 12 to 15 week approval

CCP Application Deadline: 3 Months From Day One

14 min read

SWDA requires a Place-and-Train application to be approved within 3 months of your new hire's start date. Approval runs 12 to 15 weeks in our own s...
Place-and-Train versus Job Redesign: the three CCP modes for Singapore employers, new hires against existing payroll

Place-and-Train vs Job Redesign: Which CCP Fits You?

13 min read

Place-and-Train vs Job Redesign is not a choice you make — it's a fact about the person. Hiring someone new puts you in Place-and-Train. Someone al...
CCP salary support bands for Singapore employers: 90% capped at S$7,500 and 70% capped at S$5,000

CCP Salary Support: What "Up to 90%" Really Pays

14 min read

CCP salary support pays up to 90% of a mid-career hire's salary — but 90% is a ceiling, not a rate. SWDA names one band outright: candidates aged 4...
Why CCP applications get rejected in Singapore: the 8 published eligibility criteria

Why CCP Applications Get Rejected: 8 Failure Points

12 min read

CCP applications get rejected at 8 failure points — one for each eligibility criterion the government publishes. 4 cover your company, 4 cover your...
Agape Ko, Founder and Business Grant Consultant

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Agape Ko

Founder and Business Grant Consultant, CCP Consulting

  • Certificate of Employment Intermediaries (CEI), CEI-24-11-0027
  • Member of BNI Singapore
  • Registered in Singapore · UEN 202635653K
  • Career Conversion Programme applications for Singapore employers
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