The issue of our graduates still being unemployed after months of applying for one. How best do we solve the high unemployment rate among graduates? *** “So after 1 month since my convocation, 3 months since my last exam in…
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When he was Minister of State for Education, Dr Ng Eng Hen said that “Our universities must become engines of growth for our economy.” In 2012, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang reinforced this point saying that our…
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The high number of unemployed graduates, especially Malay graduates is not news in this country. We hear them blaming everything but themselves. But what if the Malays are indeed being discriminated against? “Yeah right,” I muttered at first as someone…
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They’ve sent 20 to 50 job applications but some graduating students are struggling to secure interviews, much less a job offer, amid the Republic’s slowing economy. With the gross domestic product (GDP) projected to grow 1 to 3 per cent…
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After graduating with a second-class upper degree in human resource management, Mr Tan, 30, took some time to land a full-time job and he is currently doing administrative work — buying office supplies and processing claims. “I wished that we…
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