Top 100 jobs in Singapore (2007)

Officebug where do you work? What foreign bank!!! I'll apply.
Can you also share with me your background like what course you took in school, graduated from, and years of experience.
I'll need your piece of advice

Ronaldo, think u misunderstood me. I am not saying u are GOD but u think u are the best paid guy in the worldwide world that you are in here blasting at every other poor souls in need of advise.

What's so great about 12K or 15K basic? Big deal...I think I am definitely closer to god than you Ronaldo when I fly high as a corporate jet pilot and making a cool high 6 figures annual income is all I care.

Guys do not let this guy run you down with some nasty words. You find your own niche and create the best of what you've got to get your well- deserved job. High income does not equal to enjoying the job. Trust me. You don't want to be working till late night and endless over time meetings to attend as well.

Good luck everyone.

Hi, anyone has a rough gauge of the salary adjustment for this year?

Hi!!Please help.I want to know the job scene for Logistics Industry.I am currently pursuing my Masters from NTU in Logistics.What is the average salary like and are the jobs readily available?

Hi Lawyerguy and Kwel,
4k for lawyers starting pay is pretty low. Hongkong is a great place to compare and they pay between 8k to 12k for lawyers starting pay.

Honestly, given the working hours, I think 8k basic is reasonable. As for Kwel's concern that this cost is "passed" on to consumers, this is not quite true. The correlation is not direct. A junior associate charges 200 dollars per hour billing the client. But this money goes to the firm. So technically if a junior associate works say 20 hours he would have earned the firm 4k. And we certainly work more than 20 hours a month.

So the clients are still getting billed at least 200 dollars per hour to maybe 2k+ for senior lawyers like Davinder (could be more, not too sure). At the end of the day, paying the junior associates more is a drop in the bucket for big firms.

But there is a consolation lawyerguy, the curve for legal pay in Singapore is an exponential curve. When you make equity partner it is actually quite likely that you will earn as much or even more than your international law firm counterparts.

That said, I'm all for higher local pay for lawyers =)

HI ronaldo. Since you are from advertising and media industry, can you tell me where do industrial designers stand, and about how much do they earn mthly? Becoz i am about to pursue this course in nus and will like to know more. it seems like industry designers are totally not mention here. And to my understanding industrial designers also deal with forming product to packaging it. So where should ID be considered under? Another question is that how will people be headhunted? how do companies find out about the talents?

Hi Ronaldo,

May i know which agency you're working in? How come there is a Sales Director position in a media advertising agency? Cos i thought you service clients or pitch for accounts?

Pls enlighten me.. Thanks

Don't get me wrong I have no intentions to " blast" anyone here and I have definitely didn't put anyone down on purpose. I have no malice here but I am stating my truth. If no one believes me, so be it. If people believes me, I also don't really care too. Just as long as my pay check reaches my bank account every month end , I am happy becos I can carry on my spendings and savings.

I didn't say my salary in excess of 12K is great. I just felt its fairly sizable. David, there are definitely merits for being corporate jet pilot as maybe you can get a fatter paycheck. But as the rewards are good, you have a heavy risks too. You can fly and soar the skies like a bird but you can crash like there's no tomorrow too.

Btw I don't have to work late nights as you might have suggested. I usually knock off as I fancy normally 5-6ish pm. Though I am in media, but I control my time well and delegate things FYA properly. More importantly, i make the final decisions.

Good luck to flying the skies, just make sure you don't crash

Cheers!
Ron

Don't get me wrong I have no intentions to " blast" anyone here and I have definitely didn't put anyone down on purpose. I have no malice here but I am stating my truth. If no one believes me, so be it. If people believes me, I also don't really care too. Just as long as my pay check reaches my bank account every month end , I am happy becos I can carry on my spendings and savings.

I didn't say my salary in excess of 12K is great. I just felt its fairly sizable. David, there are definitely merits for being corporate jet pilot as maybe you can get a fatter paycheck. But as the rewards are good, you have a heavy risks too. You can fly and soar the skies like a bird but you can crash like there's no tomorrow too.

Btw I don't have to work late nights as you might have suggested. I usually knock off as I fancy normally 5-6ish pm. Though I am in media, but I control my time well and delegate things FYA properly. More importantly, i make the final decisions.

Good luck to flying the skies, just make sure you don't crash

Cheers!!
Ron

witty -

industrial designers dont fall in media agencies, they should be more in creative or interative design agencies. Being in pure creative/interactive agency is entirely different from media planning agency. Sorry i'm not sure about ID.

As for being headhunted, you can maybe direct your question to David Seah. He's a corporate jet pilot and making a cool high 6 figures annual income is all he care. Considering him being a pilot, he have to be guaranteed a higher package than me, though I also make a 6 figures annual income. But i think 6 figures annual income is no big ****.

Ron