More polytechnic students found jobs within 6 months of graduation with recovery of Singapore’s economy

SINGAPORE: More than 92 per cent of polytechnic graduates found jobs within six months of graduation or completing National Service in 2021, a higher proportion compared to the 87.4 per cent in 2020.Of those who were employed, 58.1 per cent were in full-time jobs, an increase from 52 per cent in 2020.

Graduates from the Health Sciences and Information and Digital Technologies courses have seen median gross monthly salaries that are “consistently higher” than the overall median figure, survey results showed.More industry exposure, flexible curriculum for polytechnic and ITE students among proposals by review panelAs for graduates in part-time employment, the proportion fell from 31.6 per cent in 2020 to 29.4 per cent in 2021.

The proportion of involuntary part-time employment also dropped from 3.8 per cent in 2020 to 1.8 per cent in 2021, survey figures showed.

Not of fair value like university graduates finding jobs. It should be at least loosely related to the diploma. Like studying science but being a financial planner or in engineering but doing express food delivery is DEFINITELY NOT related to the course.

Six months' of low or no pay.

Another reason are workers cannot return to Singapore. These Poly grads comes in Handy for sure.

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