Top 100 jobs in Singapore (2007)

Hi there, everyone here sounds so experienced I feel kind of intimidated :P

I'm graduating from the US next February - trying to decide between a job in the US, Malaysia, or Singapore. Although the obvious choice would be the US, but I miss home (Malaysia) and yet I crave for an opportunity to do MORE and of course, earn more! My parents didn't pay a sh*tload of $$$ for me to earn a starting salary of RM2k...

I'm a Marketing major with an Associate's Degree in Fashion Merchandising. I have a 4.0 CGPA (Summa Cum Laude) and am a member of two honors societies. I also have several awards and certs under my belt. I did an internship at an international Fashion company's headquarters in New York last summer.

I'm aiming to work for a multinational FMCG or Retail group. What would a reasonable starting pay be like?

Thanks in advance!

Girl at Crossroads
Its not clear to me whether you are graduating from business school or an undergrad program; Assuming that you are an MBA, I would say that for Singapore, you should be looking at around 70K S$ a year.

Hey girl, you should just join me - I can pay you 80K a year - but are you worth it? Like the rest of the BS'ters here who can't walk the talk.

Oh! Sorry I didn't specify. I'm an undergrad who will graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and an Associates Degree in Fashion Merchandising.

Hi All,

I am 29 this year and have been teaching in one of the polytechnic for coming 3 yrs. My pay is around 5.3k. I teach part-time in some university programmes and my gross monthly add up to $7k. I have a passive income of $3k from my rental and all these sum up to $10k but I just don't feel good. I am looking for a career which can offer me $8-9k in basic.

My specialization is in IT but my passion is in Finance, Foreign exchange (FX) trading. I have been reading FX and tried trading using Saxo platform. I think that I am good as I can make $6k a week using $2k as capital. (Some might wonder why don't i trade for myself. As i have mentioned, i am interested in pursuing a career in FX) I am wondering what does it take to apply to a bank and join them as a FX trader.

Anyone can advise?

GAC
I am more fmailiar with the opportunities/pay for MBAs. From what i've seen, your best bet would be to look to join a graduate progran at an MNC of your choice. Typically these are 12- 18 month programs where you will work in different functions/locations of the company; at the end of which you integrate as a manager, usually on a fast-track of some sort. In Sgp you would probably get around 3- 4k a month. Of course this will increase significantly once you complete the program.

To Career Switch,

Your 30% return is definitely unsustainable. You are taking waaaay too much risk. My advice? Dont quit your day job.

Howcome Says:

June 28th, 2008 at 7:32 am
This is the internet mah- people can say anything one lah. People kena rubbed in a bad way by Ronaldo also can invent anything just to put him down.

-->I think this website would then be more appropriately named www.salarybs.sg

The occassional banter and digs are fine but when everybody's ********ting it becomes a real problem. So far the comments have been quite interesting and informative

Hi all.
Can anyone advice on which School would be best to do part time degree in business/accounting in SG, recognized by most company and reasonable Course Fees. Seem that out there are part time degree which only take 2 yrs to complete, where as some take up to 3yrs.

Now adays with a degree, then will be able to get higher pay and more job opportunities.
In a few years time the 4th university would be set up, by then degree holder will be everywhere.

So maybe it's time to up grade.
Really considering taking up a part time degree.

@DP, yeah I agree... it is a good website, that's why I keep coming back. But this ronaldo and his opponents are obviously cowcrapping lah... maybe should have a separate site for boasting their imaginations at salarybs.sg