Singapore students ready to be entrepreneurs

The article featured SMU’s Managing Diversity in Asia lecture, which is one of the ways that the University is trying to get its mainly Singaporean student population ready for work. SMU Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Hoon Chang Yau noted that the Singaporean students that he teaches are “very well-prepared for the post-graduation workplace”, adding that the students are “very strategic about finding a job and very pragmatic” and that “they’ll look for work in a multinational corporation or a bank” because they want a job with security. Meanwhile, SMU Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre Director Sim Cher Young highlighted that graduate employment rate has been going on a downward trend, citing the weakening economy as one of the reasons. The article also interviewed a few SMU final year students, who discussed their job prospects and career aspirations.