Skillsfuture Pdvl Course May 2026

Today, Kenny drives from 7 AM to 3 PM, Monday to Friday. He makes roughly 30% less than his executive salary, but his stress levels have dropped 90%.

“I don’t answer to a boss. I don’t sit in pointless meetings. I meet people—tourists, night shift nurses, late-night office workers. Every passenger is a different story.” skillsfuture pdvl course

“The instructor, Mr. Raj, didn’t treat us like kids. Half the class were former managers, technicians, even a chef who lost his restaurant during COVID. Raj told us: ‘You aren’t just drivers. You are mobile business owners.’ That changed my mindset.” Today, Kenny drives from 7 AM to 3 PM, Monday to Friday

Kenny used his (the $500 top-up provided by the government) to cover the entire cost of the $350 course fee. He didn’t pay a cent out of pocket. I don’t sit in pointless meetings

“I sent out 40 resumes. I got three replies. All of them said I was ‘over-experienced’ or asked for a salary I couldn’t live on,” Kenny recalls, sitting in the driver’s seat of his silver Hyundai Ioniq. “At 52, you aren’t ‘retraining.’ You’re just ‘expensive.’”

“Honestly, if I had to pay cash, I might have hesitated. $350 feels small, but when you just lost your job, every dollar feels like a boulder. SkillsFuture removed that friction.”