Background
The Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore (IBF) is both a recruitment partner for financial industry members and a certifiable source for financial practitioners seeking to re-skill for expanded roles in growth areas. Under Careers Connect, IBF provides personalised career advisory for Singapore residents exploring the financial industry.
With the challenges posed by the pandemic, IBF needed to continue fostering talent for the industry — including collaboration with Singapore Global Network (SGN) and the Economic Development Board (EDB) to attract overseas Singaporeans to return home. Most participants were not ready for face-to-face interactions, making a digital-first solution essential.
Solution
After consulting with the SeeMeCV development team, IBF created a Virtual Career Fair solution easily replicated and configured for specific event objectives and partners.
Key features:
- Fully branded platform enabling practitioners, training partners, and financial institutions to network, apply for jobs/courses, and attend interviews
- Real-time data accessible to IBF and partners, with adjustments made on the fly
- Integration with IBF's existing software solutions
- Chatbot integration to streamline customer service and improve response times
Business Impact
IBF's standout feature was the embedded webinar streaming within the fair environment — combined with integrated video chats — keeping attendees and exhibitors continuously engaged in a seamless experience.
"The platform has allowed us to quickly put together virtual career fairs with very short runways."
"VCFs offer good value for money and the platform's features were aligned with our business needs. We liked the ease of use and implementation, along with the easy-to-read data analytics dashboard."
Following this success, IBF upgraded from a single virtual fair to a subscription plan enabling multiple virtual events throughout the year.
