Originally Posted by simpl3pl4n (Post 123893)

hi, first time applying to govt, clueless here. need you guys' help to understand what should be my expected salary in the civil svc.

i'm female, first class hons, overseas grad (not world top uni but good recognised uni), no ns. graduated in 2017 but spent 2017-2019 completing my bar exams and pupillage (full-time). i did a law degree but do not wish to practice now.

i went for IRAS panel interview last wk for a tax officer position (job posting states "open to any degree but law degree preferred"). 3 hours after interview, HR called me and said interview successful and that panel would like to offer. HR also asked me what's my expected salary but did not tell me how much i would be offered.

can someone tell me what should my expected salary be like for IRAS? am i regarded as a fresh grad or will my pupillage be regarded as working experience?

thank you so much in advance for your help!

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 123895)

Hi I was in a very similar position to yours, save that I am male, I did not get a FCH, I joined another Stat board.

I got the sense that they did not regard my 2 years of pupillage as working experience, though they did not state it explicitly. I was offered $3.7k as a starting salary. With my NS included I feel I should have pushed for $4k starting but I did not do so out of ignorance at the time.

Given that you have a FCH, but have not done NS. I would ask for $4k or a little bit more if I were you. Good luck!

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 123895)

Hi I was in a very similar position to yours, save that I am male, I did not get a FCH, I joined another Stat board.

I got the sense that they did not regard my 2 years of pupillage as working experience, though they did not state it explicitly. I was offered $3.7k as a starting salary. With my NS included I feel I should have pushed for $4k starting but I did not do so out of ignorance at the time.

Given that you have a FCH, but have not done NS. I would ask for $4k or a little bit more if I were you. Good luck!

Originally Posted by simpl3pl4n (Post 123902)

Thanks for your reply! very helpful :)
May I ask $3.7k is inclusive of NS? And which year was this?

Originally Posted by simpl3pl4n (Post 123903)

Thanks all for your replies! :) really helpful else I was rather lost haha.
I just spoke to the HR officer, she said they’re looking at 3.5-3.6k range and she explained that for IRAS it’s a 15 months package, so she said based on that it’s a higher monthly quantum. Hmmm....
She said they’re submitting for approval and will email me formal offer by end of this week or early next week.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 123877)

I'm a 30 year old male with NS working at a SB drawing about $4600. The ceiling of my pay scale is approx $5600, which means I am on a mx12 equivalent pay scale? Am I doing in line with the average?

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 123907)

Hi friend, I think I know the stat board you are in. CEO's surname starts with L? I am in another stat board, same age as you and drawing 1k++ more. I can only say that some agencies pay more than the others.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 123909)

Hi friend, I'm not in the SB I think you're thinking of which rhymes with Busy Eh! However, my SB does attract people with similar skill sets due to the nature of the work.

Are you a scheme common to many at your SB? Is the scheme you're on a specialist one with narrowly defined criteria to join? E.g. at least second upper class honors from one of the 3 universities in Singapore in the relevant field of study.

Do you get all the bonuses staff on the MX scheme normally get? I.e AWS, mid year and year end AVC and performance bonuses.