SINGAPORE: The most recent graduate employment survey, which was launched on Thursday (March 5), confirmed that fewer Singapore college graduates discovered jobs inside six months of ending their exams.
In 2024, 87.1 per cent of graduates discovered employment inside half a yr. Final yr, this determine went all the way down to 83.4 per cent. The outcomes of the survey confirmed a unbroken decline from 2022.
Furthermore, the median month-to-month wage has stayed the identical over the previous yr at S$4,500.
The outcomes of the survey replicate “a extra cautious hiring sentiment amid broader financial uncertainty and geopolitical developments,” the assertion stated.
There are additionally fewer job openings in outward-facing sectors corresponding to info and communications.
The Joint Graduate Employment Survey is carried out by the six Autonomous Universities: the Nationwide College of Singapore, Nanyang Technological College, the Singapore Administration College, the Singapore College of Social Sciences, the Singapore College of Know-how and Design, and the Singapore Institute of Know-how annually to gather info concerning the employment standing of graduates six months after they take their ultimate exams. A complete of 19,887 contemporary and 771 follow-up graduates from these establishments have been surveyed in November 2025.
Notably, the survey employed a brand new methodology of measurement, counting those that have been employed however have but to start in it, in addition to those that are beginning a enterprise as having secured employment.
If this definition is used, 88.9 per cent secured employment in 2025, whereas within the yr earlier than, the determine was 91.2 per cent.
The survey additionally confirmed that the variety of graduates who seemed for work rose from 90.7 per cent in 2024 to 92.2 per cent final yr.
Nevertheless, those that discovered full-time everlasting jobs have decreased from 79.4 per cent to 74.4 per cent.
As for part-time or non permanent employees, the quantity rose from 6 per cent in 2024 to 7.2 per cent final yr. Notably, most of them (3.1 per cent) stated this selection was involuntary, whereas in 2024, this determine was at 2.3 per cent.
Furthermore, 8.8 per cent of graduates didn’t safe employment in 2024. In 2025, this determine rose to 11.1 per cent. The schools famous, nonetheless, that normally, graduate employment outcomes get higher after the six-month mark.
The outcomes of the most recent graduate employment survey could also be discovered right here. /TISG
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