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ok why master degree holders find it harder to find jobs, my observation, might not be accurate :-

 

1) the company they went for interview only have budget for a normal degree holder and most master degree holders asking price is too high

2) the superior, the master degree interviewee be working under, felt threaten of his qualification.

3) most company not willing to offer a normal degree job to a master degree holder even if the interviewee is ok with the pay, as they worry the guy will jump ship very fast, waste time training.

 

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Qualification helps a lot...only if it contributes to one's job expertise.

 

Let me cite one good example. I have this friend who is 29 this yr. He had only N level to begin with. He joined the Army after enlistment and was a regular for many years till he left the army at 26 years old. After that...he took all kinds of IT related courses you can think of...he's fully certified in ALL Microsoft/Cisco/and-what-have-you courses.

 

Today he's earning 5k a month. Like I told him many a times, he should be proud of himself and I am sure his wife is proud of him too. Many of his peers with degree in IT don't earn that much too.

 

 

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http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/feat...50_resumes.html

 

No need to study so much, and better study the right thing, and think of what you want to do before you study.....I have invited I have invited him to join me as an insurance agent.....4 O levels qualify leow...

I believe the guy got conned. Some/many foreigners working as cleaners hold MSc. in Political Science, too. Confessing our ablility/potential to be no more than a piece of paper endoresed by others sometimes irrelevant to the subject. A sad truth.

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What about if i get a master degree in Aerospace engineering with 1 year work experience from Manchester University, School of engineering?, will i also not find a job? like this guy?

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What about if i get a master degree in Aerospace engineering with 1 year work experience from Manchester University, School of engineering?, will i also not find a job? like this guy?

 

 

i know someone who is the head of engineering for a company that repairs air planes. he is not even a degree holder. if not wrong he only have "o" levels, after NS he signed on trainee with SIA and he works from there till now, almost 20 years in this trade.

 

he is drawing almost 11k.

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Masters in Literature. He did not say what kinda jobs he applied for. Are they relevant to his qualification is one issue. How many jobs here accept Masters in literature as a criterial?

 

I suspect this Adam guy is not local. Local ppl are a practical lot, most get degrees which are in demand.

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depends on wat u are looking for, some look at paper qualifications, some at experiences, some both.... to most, they prolly thinks higher education = higher salary to pay....

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i know someone who is the head of engineering for a company that repairs air planes. he is not even a degree holder. if not wrong he only have "o" levels, after NS he signed on trainee with SIA and he works from there till now, almost 20 years in this trade.

 

he is drawing almost 11k.

 

SIA not fun one, was looking at Boeing Inc. as my uncle is already a citizen of US and a taxi company CEO in California, so should be alright to get a US Citizenship [:)]

 

Was thinking of this few companies:

-Airbus

-Boeing

-MD

-Rolls Royce Aerospace

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Maybe the forum should employ him here as a Mod...with a Masters in E Lit, I am sure he can write beautiful articles and comments here.

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Qualification helps a lot...only if it contributes to one's job expertise.

 

Let me cite one good example. I have this friend who is 29 this yr. He had only N level to begin with. He joined the Army after enlistment and was a regular for many years till he left the army at 26 years old. After that...he took all kinds of IT related courses you can think of...he's fully certified in ALL Microsoft/Cisco/and-what-have-you courses.

 

Today he's earning 5k a month. Like I told him many a times, he should be proud of himself and I am sure his wife is proud of him too. Many of his peers with degree in IT don't earn that much too.

 

The problem with IT is that you go obsolete really fast. Really got to have the passion to keep yourself up to date even in certifications. I suppose he needs to 'renew' some of his certs almost every year continuously until he can't take it anymore.

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Masters in Literature. He did not say what kinda jobs he applied for. Are they relevant to his qualification is one issue. How many jobs here accept Masters in literature as a criterial?

 

I suspect this Adam guy is not local. Local ppl are a practical lot, most get degrees which are in demand.

 

Ahh, be a prof or asst prof in a local university? that should be possible rite with a MD?

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SIA not fun one, was looking at Boeing Inc. as my uncle is already a citizen of US and a taxi company CEO in California, so should be alright to get a US Citizenship [:)]

 

Was thinking of this few companies:

-Airbus

-Boeing

-MD

-Rolls Royce Aerospace

 

 

If you are a Singaporean, congrats! You can only give up your citizenship after 21 years of age; that is after you'd served the army. [laugh]

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The problem with IT is that you go obsolete really fast. Really got to have the passion to keep yourself up to date even in certifications. I suppose he needs to 'renew' some of his certs almost every year continuously until he can't take it anymore.

 

I suppose u r rite, IT is a constantly changing subject/core, ie if ur qualification is 3 years old, what u learn during then must be a lot different from what is the IT today ^_^

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higher education = higher salary to pay....

 

You see, that's a propaganda [laugh] . That's one of the reason why young people that I speak to have a very unrealistic understanding of the environment [;)]

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