Diploma holders lip lai(come in)!!!!!

Itachi SG

Care to share share some experience regarding the diploma u r holding on to..?

Is it useful to you..? did you get a job that you all along wanted? or did u ended up jobless still?

Is it true that not all diplomas are useful? Almost all the schools claimed that their diplomas are of high demand.. true..?

im having hard time confirming the course that im going to choose for the JAE thingy.. have to get ready real soon. JAE is approaching. I dun wanna end up regretting for choosing the wrong course and worse still, ended up getting a useless diploma. I hope i can get into a course that i can have passion for..

Thanks in advance.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Haven't graduate yet. Surprised

meltz SG

IT dip here ..... study the course u like ..

not going for course that u think is good for the market ..

if not u sure suffer ...... Mr. Green

Fatum SG

think very very carefully about what you're really interested in ... don't go chasing the latest "fad" because people say the prospects are good ....

I did manufacturing engineering at SP ... and ended up studying computer science and economics at the uni ... a wasted detour ... so don't just close your eyes and tikam ...

monkeybusiness SG

there are many cases of ppl working in a sector tat is totally irrelevant to wat they study Smile

The man who was death SG

Best is study what u are interested in lor.

shinta SG

frenz from the dip i was in, graduated and work in a different area of expertise

financial services accounts

Laughing

Itachi SG

that means that kind of job dun require the ppl to have specific diploma..?

BadzMaro SG

Coz diploma’s now can be as good as degree holders. In terms of practical.

sohguanh SG

Coz diploma's now can be as good as degree holders. In terms of practical.

To be truthful, unless you are into R&D or teaching, basically theory are not so much needed. Cuz you learnt to function it rather than create it IMO. Tat is why some private companies prefer engage Poly than Uni graduates due to the nature of the job scope. They feel poly can do more whereas Uni graduates tok more than they use their hands Mr. Green

Btw I am a use hands Uni gradudate. I dun like toking but no use hands do ppl

strikefreedom SG

it pretty common that ppl dun work in the field of their study anymore for example:

engineering grad working in finance sector is pretty common too cos if you read books abt financial analysis on the stock market, you will find that they are using engineering techniques to analyze them since the flow of stock market can be represented as a "signal" in engineering term.

thoreldan SG

I have a dip in IT but did not went into IT straight after I ORDed.
Went back to the IT line almost 3 yrs later (+2.5 yr NS = 5.5yr out of IT!!)
Here I am now doing a job i have passion in.

As someone else mentioned, get a course you like instead of one that is in market demand...cuz you never know what the job market is like few years down the road.

ditzy SG

My friend got diploma in engineering, she do FnB now. Laughing

Chelzea SG

Nvr learn econs huh,job discrimination in certain industry for females,ppl think dey nt as productive mah Smile

Tier SG

studyed Communication Design. quite a lot of jobs but you must have a great portfolio~ now working as in house graphic / product designer lo but I also dun like la, quite a boring job. hope can study mass communication at SIM next year~

Chelzea SG

NIway wen u poly ppl say poly is hands on rite,but for Business courses hw to hands on huh? Cool

Chelzea SG

UPZ

sohguanh SG

but for Business courses hw to hands on huh?

Business then is see how you use your mouth earn money for company lor. If mouth good enuff can get a lot of sales. If mouth no good then no sales then company sack you lor simple? Mr. Green

thoreldan SG

Originally posted by sohguanh:
[b]but for Business courses hw to hands on huh?

Business then is see how you use your mouth earn money for company lor. If mouth good enuff can get a lot of sales. If mouth no good then no sales then company sack you lor simple? Mr. Green [/b]

yeah...business is more on soft skills (communication skills/presentation/people management) liao as compared to technical skills

Robotics999 SG

A diploma by itself is practically useless now a days... go for a degree next bah...