21 February 2021

Last year, fewer students managed to secure a full time job upon graduation.

Around 70 percent of those who graduated from four Singapore universities last year found permanent employment, down from 81.7 per cent in 2019. Additionally, over one in five fresh graduates said they were employed in part-time jobs or traineeships

Nonetheless, those who found a full-time job earned a higher median starting salary of $3,700 last year, compared with $3,600 in 2019, with graduates from computer science, cyber security, and software engineering courses leading the way.

More than three out of four of these graduates in part-time or traineeship roles are participating in the SGUnited Traineeship Programme, a mentorship programme that helps fresh graduates from universities and polytechnics boost their employability when hiring demand picks up after the pandemic by going through an attachment with a company and receiving an allowance.