Starting salary

[sleepy]

This sounds depressing. Got degree but no related job :nailbite:

[lee_yl]

Heard that there is a man power freeze in the civil service. If there is no competition for talent from the civil service, the private firms have no incentives to pay the young grads well.

[hercules]

Think it is normal for some grads not getting a 'normal' salary or even a job at any given time due to personality, luck, etc.


My idea of grads' salary scale is about the below bell curve:

https://s23.postimg.org/7jctmow8r/bell.png\">

The part from the left of the red line may be those kids who may have ended up better (in terms of working experience follow up with pay increment over the years) if they have not chosen the uni route but otherwise.

[sleepy]

My friend’s dh is on contract in a statutory board. Contract for many years liao.

His contract might or might not get renewed. So there’s no job security even in government sector.
According to another friend who is working in another statutory board, after his batch, all new hires are on contract basis.

Are fresh grads on contract too?

[MyPillow]

sleepy:

This sounds depressing. Got degree but no related job :nailbite:

ya lor. i think this is existing situation since our era.
There are also people who are v good in study , love to study/ do research but no interest in working world to do hard earn $ job .

sad to see big uni grads earning less than median range, after spending so many years in study, sigh No LUCK, job mis-match, characters mis-match ...

[lee_yl]

sleepy:

My friend's dh is on contract in a statutory board. Contract for many years liao.

His contract might or might not get renewed. So there's no job security even in government sector.
According to another friend who is working in another statutory board, after his batch, all new hires are on contract basis.

Are fresh grads on contract too?

15-20 years ago when I did my final year project with DSTA, those friends I made there told me they were on contract, renewable yearly.
So contract staff is not really something new.

DH's niece graduating this year with First Class Hons. Before graduating, she already secured a job with the Big Four accounting firms. Guess one needs good Hons and an impressive résumé nowadays to stand out from the rest.

[ntys]

lee_yl:

sleepy:

My friend's dh is on contract in a statutory board. Contract for many years liao.

His contract might or might not get renewed. So there's no job security even in government sector.
According to another friend who is working in another statutory board, after his batch, all new hires are on contract basis.

Are fresh grads on contract too?

15-20 years ago when I did my final year project with DSTA, those friends I made there told me they were on contract, renewable yearly.
So contract staff is not really something new.

DH's niece graduating this year with First Class Hons. Before graduating, she already secured a job with the Big Four accounting firms. Guess one needs good Hons and an impressive résumé nowadays to stand out from the rest.

I think it depends on luck. If you meet a \"gui ren\" things will definitely go smoother!

[kwcllf]

lee_yl:

sleepy:

My friend's dh is on contract in a statutory board. Contract for many years liao.

His contract might or might not get renewed. So there's no job security even in government sector.
According to another friend who is working in another statutory board, after his batch, all new hires are on contract basis.

Are fresh grads on contract too?

15-20 years ago when I did my final year project with DSTA, those friends I made there told me they were on contract, renewable yearly.
So contract staff is not really something new.

DH's niece graduating this year with First Class Hons. Before graduating, she already secured a job with the Big Four accounting firms. Guess one needs good Hons and an impressive résumé nowadays to stand out from the rest.

Not new of course, BUT getting more prevalent nowadays.

[lee_yl]

mjl:

lee_yl:

Comp Sci/Info Comms is in fashion with the Smart Nation initiative and the hype about Big Data and Deep Learning. Hearsay DSO / GovTech offers up to $5K for candidates with good Hons in the relevant field.

Yes, you are right. Not hearsay.

Fewer university applicants list law as first choice, but more drawn to computing.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/fewer-university-applicants-list-law-as-first-choice-but-more-drawn-to-computing?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#link_time=1499341832

[Fairy]

sleepy:

My friend's dh is on contract in a statutory board. Contract for many years liao.

His contract might or might not get renewed. So there's no job security even in government sector.
According to another friend who is working in another statutory board, after his batch, all new hires are on contract basis.

Are fresh grads on contract too?

Yes, i know of this statutory board with many fresh accountancy grads on 11months contract and less than 10days annual leaves! These young staff are told to take a month off and return with a fresh 11month contract. Shocking, but it is real and happening. Why would these young grads agree to work on such unfavourable terms? I was told they had difficulty finding permanent jobs! Such is the employment climate in singapore now. If you have a chance to attend events and workshops organised by wda, e2i, etc for PMETs, you will see many unemployed Singaporeans including those in their thirties.