DIPLOMA USELESS IN SINGAPORE

Xenthar SG

Originally posted by Gregorsamsa:
lets look at it in this perspective by placing a few assumptions.

1. [b]all employers are looking for fresh grads (ite/poly/uni)
2.based on proportion, there are lesser people going to uni poly ite, in that order
3.Employers are maximising their hiring costs
4. when interviewing the prospective employee, there is nothing to diffeentiate except for their education qualification

So why wouldnt you hire a uni grad?

There are always exceptions and we should never use exceptions because they happen on a low frequency

MBAs cannot be compared to PHds
even so yo have to see what MBAs or PHDs is it confeered by and what discipline is it in.
To generalised, as long as you have money to pay for an MBA
because alot of them its dependent on working knowledge, and management/BA cannot be theorized nor quantified so its very grey plus offering MBA is good Money (The Economist 2004 June)

On another note.

Although i have yet to work, i do know that good work experience(or rather a good CV) helps, and doing well for the interview helps too.

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Yeah well. Their fresh grad is the type that want one to two years experience. Too bad I had to do the stupid NS. Or else I would gotten out two and a half years ealier when the economy was still slightly better. Those guys that time can get $1500. Me not only $1300 and if no experience sorry bye bye.

stupidissmart SG

For the sake of discussion and the title, there is no point in bringing working exp into the picture. It is supposed to be a discussion on Diploma versus Degree, both of which should have the same amount of working exp. IMO working exp will be more important than the educational qualification one had, which is suppose to be for another discussion thread instead.

Ogbunwezeh SG

After reading all the posts u guyz wrote, i feel my future gloomy. Confused

Joshua1975 SG

hmm so plan where to go now and not wait anymore.

Lingos SG

I'm tired of people comparing their pay in this manner. Why don't you look at the economic environment before making blatant misinformed comparisons. I suggest you going overseas, getting those nonexisting high paying jobs. Fork out your taxes living expenses blah blah.. andyou'll end up pretty much around the same figure.

Look, when i used to waitress in Delifrance back in my JC days, i was paid $3.50/hr. The minimum wage i would get here is $10/hr cash in hand (ie no tax declarations, read dodgy). You catch my drift.

Xprobe SG

Totally agree, i did some interviews with 2nd generation chinese immigrants in UK, all prefer to work in restaurants even though have Hons degree from British U, etc.

After work, they drive their BMW M3s and visit casinos and whatever high life there is.

We got to think out of OUR context for awhile, not a lot of people out there pay much attention or emphasis to academic qualifications like us. Again, small islander mentality.

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