The second joint Graduate Employment Survey conducted by SMU, NUS and NTU painted a better picture for SMU, with 92.3 per cent of its graduates getting jobs within six months of graduating, up from 91.7 per cent. Those in full-time jobs earned an average monthly pay of $3,455 – the highest since its pioneer cohort graduated in 2004.  Overall, however, employment numbers for fresh university graduates took a slight dip last year. Nearly nine in 10 found jobs within six months of graduating last year, but the 89.3 per cent figure for 2013 was less than the 91 per cent in 2012.