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23-05-2012, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
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Life Science Graduate
Hi
I would like to start a discussion on the students who had graduated from life sciences from poly or uni.
I realised there is a strong increase in competition as the technical aspects of life sciences are overriden with floods of foreigners.
This greatly places fresh graduates at disadvantages since no there is always a foreign worker out there who ask for lower pay.
Does anyone experience the same problem?
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23-05-2012, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BubblesAirHead
Hi
I would like to start a discussion on the students who had graduated from life sciences from poly or uni.
I realised there is a strong increase in competition as the technical aspects of life sciences are overriden with floods of foreigners.
This greatly places fresh graduates at disadvantages since no there is always a foreign worker out there who ask for lower pay.
Does anyone experience the same problem?
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I got 2 friends grad with life sci degree from NUS, 5-8 years back,
the male one went into some private research company and then join ministry of health 3 years later.
the female one become an air steward with SIA, finish 5 years bond and then got married with fair rich guy , now a mum of 2 , housewife at home.
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23-05-2012, 05:56 PM
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how does this information contribute to the discussion?
It neither states the salary range nor the problems encounter.
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23-05-2012, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
how does this information contribute to the discussion?
It neither states the salary range nor the problems encounter.
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it shows that people who study life science don't stay in the industry.
this problem existed since 2007. nothing new:
https://forums.salary.sg/education-pe...ead-first.html
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23-05-2012, 09:02 PM
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That said, we now know the government is trying to "groom" finance talents. This is a signal to avoid the finance industry!
Maybe it's better for the eighteen year olds to consider engineering or IT again!
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23-05-2012, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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my 2cents worth of comments.life sci grad here. grad in this jul. honestly its tough when it comes to job-finding. other than sales, research and teaching, i realise i got not many options. and im not willing to do the abovementioned. so im basically screwed even though im 2nd upper. nid advice frm bros here too.
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23-05-2012, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by lmaohaha
my 2cents worth of comments.life sci grad here. grad in this jul. honestly its tough when it comes to job-finding. other than sales, research and teaching, i realise i got not many options. and im not willing to do the abovementioned. so im basically screwed even though im 2nd upper. nid advice frm bros here too.
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What do your seniors say? How about fellow schoolmates?
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23-05-2012, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lmaohaha
my 2cents worth of comments.life sci grad here. grad in this jul. honestly its tough when it comes to job-finding. other than sales, research and teaching, i realise i got not many options. and im not willing to do the abovementioned. so im basically screwed even though im 2nd upper. nid advice frm bros here too.
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govt sector!! lol. some schemes accept all degrees. but increment and progression as slow la. even worse than teaching i was told.
you never try routine labs? like those in pharma or O&G? i was from one.
from my understanding, usually entry level position don't have that many foreigners, except malaysians who graduated from local tertiaries.
but 3 out of 4 of the supervisors/managers in my lab were foreigners.
and just to point out something... it is not true that the people who ask for a lower pay will be the ones hired. usually for MNCs, they have a certain pay scale. so even if you ask for a lower pay than the minimum of the scale, they will still pay at least the minimum.
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17-06-2012, 03:03 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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The question is how interested you are in science? Are you willing to further your education to a PhD?
Is the intellectual pursuit/ challenge is enough to sustain you through long but flexible hours? (I used to work around 80+hr/week)
Do you have a lot of financial commitments? Is the increment of $50++ per annum enough for you?
Can you work in an environment where, your boss hires about 90% of his/her own nationality?
These are not the least of the questions, but let me know if you want to know more. Btw, I worked in research sector for more than 7 years.. seen a little too much.
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