Serious Sinkie Civil Serpent Earning 60K Per Annum Turn Jobless PMET at 26!

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26-year-old local PMET struggling with unemployment after attending 5 interviews out of 100 applications

Post Published: 21 June 2017
Author: admin
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Dear Gilbert,

I’m a 26-year-old local university arts degree holder with 3.5 years of working experience. I resigned from the public service about 2 months ago as I felt that there were not much learning opportunities and was too stagnant and bureaucratic. I was earning a comfortable salary of about $60k per annum but decided to quit without securing another job as I was confident of my abilities and experience.

Since my resignation, I have applied to close to 100 jobs in the private sector that are related to my degree and were invited to only 4-5 job interviews. Is this normal? Also, I have had no job offers so far even though my asking pay is about 50k per annum, which is more than 10% pay cut.

I have many graduate friends in similar scenarios where they are either working temporary/contract jobs, underpaid, or unsuccessful in seeking alternative employment despite having both relevant education and experience.

Many have resorted to becoming property/insurance agents or just signing on with the various uniformed groups where jobs are easier to get. Do we have too many graduates as a result of the blind paper chase and education system?

Are our jobs being taken by foreign talents? The future seems bleak for young Singaporeans.

Regards,
Jane

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