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On The Fast Track: From OBS Instructor and Beyond

Being an OBS Instructor has its perks. Be it the peace of nature, the camaraderie between colleagues, or the chance to shape someone’s life, OBS gives each Instructor a unique working environment replicated nowhere else.But what about career progression?At OBS, the world is their classroom - harn...

Horizons Broadened, Futures Brightened - An Instructor's Takeaway from OBS

When we’re disconnected from the concrete jungle we call home, we return back to our kampung selves, a tight-knit community helping one another despite the lack of technological advancements. For students passing through the gruelling OBS course, they graduate as future-ready youths, equipped wit...

A Step Closer to My Calling as an OBS Instructor

Why become an Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) Instructor? For many of us, a high-paying job in the finance sector would be incentive enough to slog away despite its tough and competitive nature. And for close to 10 years, 34-year-old Shane was just like that. Wrapping up and selling off his previou...