SINGAPORE: Singapore graduates are being considered to be amongst the most ambitious in Asia when it comes to job and salary prospects, an international news website reported on Sunday.
According to a recent poll of 200 students by Singapore employment website STJobs, 70% of all graduates surveyed expect a starting salary of up to 4,000 SGD (£1,800) a month at the very least.
In reality though, a starting salary for a young graduate is closer to a little more than half that amount.
But recent concerns over the outlook for emerging markets and how much of an impact the slowdown in China will have on Singapore’s fortunes are being felt here.
‘The Singaporean students that I teach are very well-prepared for the post-graduation workplace,’ says Dr Hoon Chang Yau, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at SMU.
‘They’re very strategic about finding a job and very pragmatic too.
‘They want a job with security so they’ll look for work in a multinational corporation or a bank.’
