SINGAPORE — By the end of 2021, six months before graduating from the National University of Singapore, Mr Ho Jia Hau had already sent out 10 job applications without securing any offer.
This compounded his initial worries over his employment prospects because he had heard that his seniors had difficulties getting hired during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He ended up picking one that offered the highest pay, with a package that was “25 per cent more" than his own expectations, which he based on previous years' median pay figures. Her starting pay was about the same or slightly above average compared to her peers in the industry, she said. That year’s survey showed that slightly less than seven in 10 graduates held full time jobs within six months of completing their final examinations. And 11.3 per cent were involuntarily in part-time or temporary employment.
“Definitely, there’s that fear of whether you have to settle for a part-time job, because of the economic uncertainty,” he said.Only 0.8 per cent of those polled from his batch were involuntarily in part-time or temporary employment within six months after their final exams. This was down from 3.0 per cent for the 2021 cohort.
Mr Choo added that full-time employment figures were “more important” as these jobs offer better training and mentoring than freelance jobs.
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