Our Poll Results: 45% Fresh Graduates Jobless
April 17th, 2009
In the graduate employment survey conducted by Salary.sg, 45% of the respondents indicated that they are without jobs.
In this jobless group, 60% are actively looking for a job, while the remaining are not.
The poll was conducted over about 10 days with a better-than-expected 439 responses.
As for the 55% (or so) with jobs, the median income is between $2,001 and $3,000. Not too bad.
Contrast our survey results with those (overly) positive-looking ones from the 3 local universities.
Note: Figures do not add up to 100% due to rounding.
. reasons are obvious if you scroll down this forum –...
true Says:
April 17th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
it’s true. i’m watching the tv show on 8 now, also talking about jobless grads. tragic.
results is biased Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 9:41 am
idle grads got more time to do surveys
haha Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
haha… how true
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wiseinvestor Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
wa got 20% of fresh graduates with more than $4000 in these times.
figures look correct Says:
May 19th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
hey, check out the figures from MOE at http://www.salary.sg/2009/graduate-employment-surveys-published-2009/ . The median salary for many grads are already close to $3500
asad Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
i am a fresh grad and my major is BIS (business information systems )and i was ranked 4th among bis grads and i’m still jobless
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Joe Says:
June 17th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I think the govt should close down all engineering faculties in NTU and NUS. Grads from these faculties are not landing jobs. Even, if they do get a job, most probably it is crap job.
I was a Electrical/Electronic grad from NTU. You know what my employer asked me to do?
Strip wire, pull cables, solder component to pcb, and all the other crap jobs deemed more suitable for technicians.
I know I’m a fresh grad. But, please don’t insult me like this. At the very least, they could let me handle a small part of a design project, like design a small portion of a pcb (of course with guidance from seniors). Actually, I did request. But, my foreign boss just ignored me.
Peers from US engineering faculties are doing must more value-added jobs than me.
I feel very sick here. I want to migrate.
poor joe Says:
June 17th, 2010 at 11:25 am
maybe they treat you like an apprentice. you know in kungfu movies, the apprentice has to sweep the floor, serve tea and do all sorts of mundane and even humiliating work before he gets “promoted” to be an actual kungfu student. you are the apprentice now.
forever apprentice Says:
June 18th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Open your eyes, & see if u are not apprentice forever
Joe Says:
June 21st, 2010 at 9:10 am
I have been an “apprentice” for 3 years already. Is that normal?
jobless man Says:
January 31st, 2012 at 4:00 pm
it ok liao if u hv job …
hv no ppl offered me ..the toLd me tat your qualification too high …After i no job