SIM-UOL fresh grad starting pay

To all UOL sim students,

My background, bcs in acc and finance, fch, UOL SIM. I landed a job last year in the finance/banking industry for 4k flat. That obviously did not come with just my SIM results.

I interned in every holidays/vacations i had during poly and university. My last year in uni, i was juggling studying and internship at the same time which allowed me to intern for an extended period of time.

My advice to all uol grads/ students if you are looking to clinch a decent job, it doesnt come naturally, you have to put in the effort to achieve that. I will not deny or glorify the private degree, as you should expect, the stigma is real in the industry for private unis. As an individual, I would deem myself a confident individual and do well in interviews; the only difficulty is clinching an interview in itself. Im able to leverage on my internship/contract experiences and my contributions during my stint to prove myself that i am worthy of their hire.

If you are an uol grad that didnt do much internship at all and have troubles looking for a job, I am sorry to say that your competition is harder than it already is. The only corrective action u have at this moment is to not expect so much in a job and to just start somewhere. With effort and meaningful value, money will naturally come afterwards.

If you have sufficient internship/relevant experience, well done, you won 20% of the battle to go above the majority private uni students that were too lazy to do anything with their time during their holidays. 70% of the battle now is to clinch an interview, be selective and try to focus your scope on sth related to your experience so that firms believe you stand a chance. Draft a cover letter. Imo, it is easy to draft a cover letter if you want the job bad enough; if it is difficult for u to do a cover letter, you know what it means.

Clinching the interview, DO NOT portray yourself in a way that speaks lowly of your internship experience (even though it may be), speak of yourself as an equal footing to the contributions of a full time employee. Describe your relevant experience and how it will benefit the interviewing employer. SPEAK CONFIDENTLY. Show that youre an analytical and logical person.

My job hunting experience was definitely not a pleasant one as you may or may not have expected. I started job hunting ever since November as an undergraduate, interviews only started coming in in Feb-May. Had to juggle between interview schedules and exam period, that was one of the challenges as well. There were 2-3months of no replies even though i put in so much effort in finding and applying. So my point here, is to keep on applying and not give in.

I will not entertain any questions that will digress about my background/industry/company i belong to. I will also understand and expect ppl who doubt my post content, id just say, my post were not for them to read, it is however, for incoming/ongoing/graduating uol students.
I would not have spend the effort to type this post just for some pointless purpose. I hope this post help the relevant parties that are worried.

- Graduate2018

Originally Posted by Unregistered

To all UOL sim students,

My background, bcs in acc and finance, fch, UOL SIM. I landed a job last year in the finance/banking industry for 4k flat. That obviously did not come with just my SIM results.

I interned in every holidays/vacations i had during poly and university. My last year in uni, i was juggling studying and internship at the same time which allowed me to intern for an extended period of time.

My advice to all uol grads/ students if you are looking to clinch a decent job, it doesnt come naturally, you have to put in the effort to achieve that. I will not deny or glorify the private degree, as you should expect, the stigma is real in the industry for private unis. As an individual, I would deem myself a confident individual and do well in interviews; the only difficulty is clinching an interview in itself. Im able to leverage on my internship/contract experiences and my contributions during my stint to prove myself that i am worthy of their hire.

If you are an uol grad that didnt do much internship at all and have troubles looking for a job, I am sorry to say that your competition is harder than it already is. The only corrective action u have at this moment is to not expect so much in a job and to just start somewhere. With effort and meaningful value, money will naturally come afterwards.

If you have sufficient internship/relevant experience, well done, you won 20% of the battle to go above the majority private uni students that were too lazy to do anything with their time during their holidays. 70% of the battle now is to clinch an interview, be selective and try to focus your scope on sth related to your experience so that firms believe you stand a chance. Draft a cover letter. Imo, it is easy to draft a cover letter if you want the job bad enough; if it is difficult for u to do a cover letter, you know what it means.

Clinching the interview, DO NOT portray yourself in a way that speaks lowly of your internship experience (even though it may be), speak of yourself as an equal footing to the contributions of a full time employee. Describe your relevant experience and how it will benefit the interviewing employer. SPEAK CONFIDENTLY. Show that youre an analytical and logical person.

My job hunting experience was definitely not a pleasant one as you may or may not have expected. I started job hunting ever since November as an undergraduate, interviews only started coming in in Feb-May. Had to juggle between interview schedules and exam period, that was one of the challenges as well. There were 2-3months of no replies even though i put in so much effort in finding and applying. So my point here, is to keep on applying and not give in.

I will not entertain any questions that will digress about my background/industry/company i belong to. I will also understand and expect ppl who doubt my post content, id just say, my post were not for them to read, it is however, for incoming/ongoing/graduating uol students.
I would not have spend the effort to type this post just for some pointless purpose. I hope this post help the relevant parties that are worried.

- Graduate2018

Very inspiring. I think the internship importance needs to be drilled all UOL students.

From 1st year you must start to prepare already.

I graduated from UOL in 2012. I was offered a role before graduation with a salary of less than 3k. My main priority was to pay up my study loan as soon as possible.

With close to 3 + years of experience, I managed to join a top MNC as an experienced hire in 2016.

I have good bosses and colleagues, work life balance and overall job satisfaction.

Many factors come into play with regards to planning your career path.

There is always a price to pay with regards to obtaining higher salary. Always remember to strike a balance and not be focus solely on salary alone.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I graduated from UOL in 2012. I was offered a role before graduation with a salary of less than 3k. My main priority was to pay up my study loan as soon as possible.

With close to 3 + years of experience, I managed to join a top MNC as an experienced hire in 2016.

I have good bosses and colleagues, work life balance and overall job satisfaction.

Many factors come into play with regards to planning your career path.

There is always a price to pay with regards to obtaining higher salary. Always remember to strike a balance and not be focus solely on salary alone.

Definitely agree with you. I have been working for a year now, and the amount of effort put in have to commensurate, if not speak louder than the compensation u receive.

My post of course, relates to the graduates that are willing to put in the time and effort to focusing on their career and nothing else such as myself. Learning the ropes from somewhere before moving onto a successful role in an enriching environment such as the quoted poster above works as well.

Much respect to you sir and congrats for ur achievement thus far.

- Graduate2018

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how would you expect someone from SIM to understand basic demand and supply concepts? they are bad in comprehension and learning thats why they are in SIM in the first place LOL.

Did you get dumped by a UOL girl and had to resort to come here and piss UOL folks to smoothe your fragile sore ego?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Did you get dumped by a UOL girl and had to resort to come here and piss UOL folks to smoothe your fragile sore ego?

Typical from an UOL student.

You can't formulate your argument properly so you had to use a sexist statement to fight your battles.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Typical from an UOL student.

You can't formulate your argument properly so you had to use a sexist statement to fight your battles.

You are a presumptuous loser. Your disgraceful behavior that is putting local uni grads like me in bad light .

You can't get a proper job in real life and had to resort to bashing UOL people to satisfy your fragile ego

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are a presumptuous loser. Your disgraceful behavior that is putting local uni grads like me in bad light .

You can't get a proper job in real life and had to resort to bashing UOL people to satisfy your fragile ego

stop pretending to be from a local U. UOL sucks and you know it.

btw, please read your own post again.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

stop pretending to be from a local U. UOL sucks and you know it.

btw, please read your own post again.

Stop disgracing the local uni grads. You are a loser and you know it.

Please read your own post again

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Stop disgracing the local uni grads. You are a loser and you know it.

Please read your own post again

again, what i've said. read your own post again please.