Which courses hardest to find jobs?

December 27, 2015

Only 3 in 10 poly mass comm graduates found jobs?

According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2015 – the course with the worse percentage who were able to get full-time permanently employed for polytechnic fresh graduates, was “Advertising & Public Relations; Communications & Media Management; Mass Communication; Mass Media Management; Media & Communication; Media Studies & Management; New Media”, at only 34.4 per cent.

Real salary growth -15% over 7 years?

The median gross monthly starting salary was only $1,875 in 2014, which is a real salary growth of -15.2 per cent over the seven years (inflation 25.5 per cent), compared to $1,700 (all graduates) in 2007.

Only 4 in 10 ITE (Business & Services) graduates found jobs?

The course with the worse percentage who were able to get full-time permanently employed for ITE fresh graduates, was “Nitec (Business & Services) – Service Skills”, at only 44.8 per cent.

Real salary growth -6% over 7 years?

The median gross monthly starting salary was only $1,460 in 2014, which is a real salary growth of -5.5 per cent over the seven years, compared to $1,217 (all graduates) in 2007.

Only 6 in 10 BSc graduates found jobs?

The course with the worse percentage who were able to get full-time permanently employed for university fresh graduates, was “Bachelor of Science”, at only 61.4 per cent.

Real salary growth -16% over 7 years?

The median gross monthly starting salary was only $3,000 in 2014, which is a real salary growth of -16.4 per cent over the seven years, compared to $2,750 (all graduates) in 2007.

Huge influx of foreign workers?

To what extent has the huge influx of foreigners to an estimated non-Singaporean share of the total workforce to 48 per cent now, and our liberal foreign labour policies contributed to the above?

Leong Sze Hian

 

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Leong
Leong Sze Hian has served as the president of 4 professional bodies, honorary consul of 2 countries, an alumnus of Harvard University, authored 4 books, quoted over 1500 times in the media , has been a radio talkshow host, a newspaper daily columnist, Wharton Fellow, SEACeM Fellow, columnist for theonlinecitizen and Malaysiakini, executive producer of Ilo Ilo (40 international awards), Hotel Mumbai (associate producer), invited to speak more than 200 times in about 40 countries, CIFA advisory board member, founding advisor to the Financial Planning Associations of 2 countries. He has 3 Masters, 2 Bachelors degrees and 13 professional  qualifications.