this is just low level thinking by the not so smart.
if i am the boss, i will def go for the sim grad as they are more street smart and entrepruner and know how to get things done compare to the local grads who are more taking exams good.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I think you guys have to be realistic here. It's not that companies purposely discriminate or sterotype SIM, it is because they they know from hiring experience over many years that SIM have a much higher probability of lousy calibre than local uni grads.
Think of it this way, you have 2 position, 10 local uni applicants and 5 SIM applicants. From exp you know local uni 60% chance decent calibre and SIM 10% chance decent calibre. Which hiring manager in the right mind will ignore all the 10 local uni grads and take up the risk of hiring the SIM? Maybe in super boom markets when they cannot find enough local uni grads, but certainly not the current market where the number of local unis scrambling for jobs in good companies exceed the no. of vacancies.
Are there good SIM and bad NUS/ SMU/ NTU? Of course.
Is this fair to the good SIM? Nope.
But put yourself as the boss of an audit firm or hiring manager, if given a choice will you pick a SIM over a SMU if both come across as decent above average during interview? |