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Often, the world demands adroit responses from our Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) who must think and do, while on the go as Political and Economic Officers or Functional and Corporate Services Officers.

Political and Economic Officers analyse and report on political and economic trends, negotiate international agreements, organise meetings and visits, and give policy advice.

Functional and Corporate Services Officers perform vital roles in MFA’s day-to-day administration including: • servicing the consular needs of Singaporeans overseas; • managing state visits of visiting dignitaries and Singapore leaders; • administering the Singapore Co-operation Programme for transferring expertise and skills to developing countries; • promoting public diplomacy and projecting a positive image of Singapore internationally; or • formulating and implementing HR and corporate development policies and strategies.

Singapore Citizens with the drive and interest in making a difference for Singapore are invited to apply.

For applicants without relevant working experience, you should have or are on track for a good honours degree.

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What Next?

What are you looking for in your new career? The chance to make a name for yourself?

The chance to make a difference? Training? Progression? Rewards? All of the above?

Wouldn’t it be great if a company could answer all those questions for you, while asking you to answer some of the biggest questions around for them? Like, what’s the future of healthcare? Or what does a truly global business look like? And, how do you help millions of people worldwide to do more, feel better and live longer?

Are you a graduate with ambitions in Sales, Marketing, Communications, Finance, Science, IT, Purchasing, Engineering or Health Outcomes? Or are you looking for a truly rewarding placement? Have you visited www.gskbigquestions.com yet?

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Marketing Yourself

Most of us are familiar with the famous Four P’s in our marketing modules but what about the Four P’s for presenting ourselves in the competitive job market?

hello.

2 PASSION

1 PERSONALITY

We are what we are, different and unique, without a duplicate in this world.

There's really not much point trying to be someone else to fit into the mould or trying to create a perceived identity whom you are not. With time & stresses along the way, the real you may just eventually crack up. HR professionals are usually looking for someone who is real, confident & has certain character traits that will suit the company's culture. So just be comfortable in your skin & find an environment that is compatible with who you truly are to have a sustainable career in that workplace.

Everyone of us is naturally more inclined and enthusiastic towards certain subjects, industries or issues in our society. Instead of being a Jack of all trades, why not invest in an area that paves your way to be a Master of it? This seemingly over-used term of “being passionate about your job” may not be that cliche after all. When challenges come & when sacrifices have to be made for the job to be done, it's down to the inner fire & believe that's all worthy which will stand you out from the crowd. At the end of the day, actions do speak louder than words.

And there's no greater fuel for actions than the simple reasons of loving what you are doing.

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PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

There has been a trend of HR professionals giving feedback about the unrealistic pay expectations from fresh graduates in the market. Though there may be above-the-norm, highly attractive pay packages which your friends are supposedly getting, do also recognize that these may be the exceptional cases. Most companies & almost all industries have existing salary reports & scales which newcomers are expected to oblige to. Your willingness & openness to negotiate on your pay may just be the pivotal point of getting you a job. Insisting on a higher pay package may create a negative impression on oneself too. Winning the war is definitely more worthwhile than winning the battle alone and with the volatile job market, securing a job is already a victory in itself.

In an academic environment, our excellence is highly dependent on our own efforts & capabilities. We can, to a certain extent, be a lone ranger or “nerd-mit”, and still excel in school. However, being in a working environment is usually not the case. HR professionals need team players who know how to get along with their peers in their work teams. The multi-functional aspects in a company, on top of the diverse backgrounds of your colleagues, will definitely require one’s attention & skills in people management to bring out the best results. Never underestimate the basic qualities of respect, courtesy & humility to mould yourself to be someone who is easy to work with. The feedback from the people around you may eventually determine how well you can succeed in your career.

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PATH VS MONEY

By Aryong Lim

or young professionals or the so called “yuppies”, career debates are usually related to high salaries and career paths.

Often, they find themselves confused about what to pick between two good but differently natured job offers. Usually, one job offer is from a big and well-established corporation, but the pay is low. The other involves a big amount for basic salary, but the reputation of the “offering” company is yet to be formed…so to speak, it hasn’t established anything in the corporate world yet.

No name or reputation or whatsoever yet.

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The logical choice is to go with path. Always. The risks are very little under this situation; however, yes, you’d have to endure the low salary consequence. If that’s okay with you and you see the training and development aspect of the “path” job offer really attractive, then go for it. Let your friends brag about earning more than you. Give them that bragging right. What you have is something much more than that, which is a stable future: Something more practical in an erratic work world like Singapore’s.

Now, the trap for most yuppies is that they tend to choose salary over path. Not saying that all established corporations offer golden career paths like genies, but that’s usually the case. These companies have been around for years and are generally more knowledgeable about the erratic behaviours of the recruitment in Singapore arena. That said, they tend to be more appreciative of the HR agenda of harnessing and improving talents for years than the opposite agenda of acquiring and re-acquiring talents.

Regardless of industry, from financial jobs and banking jobs to arts jobs, there’s a lot in store for the yuppie in the aspect of training and development under old corporations.

If you honestly think that going for the low pay just to get training is ridiculous, then sign with the younger corporation. If you’re unfazed by the way the Singapore work world does things, then stick with your choice. You’re not being forced to sign something you don’t like, after all. It’s just that the most logical thing to do in Singapore when you’re torn between two different job offers is to side with stability. Prevention is better than cure, after all. But again, it’s your call.

The ridiculous upside in signing with a young corporation is that, again, the pay is really high. What’s more, the work environment is also very suitable for fans of career freedom. There’s a reason why the yuppies are easily attracted to these kinds of offers.

After all, if you’re into laissez faire working, how can you resist a contract that entitles you for a large amount of money every month amidst enjoyable working arrangements?

The path vs. money debate among yuppies is, actually, not as serious as “quality vs. quantity” and “pay vs. passion”. Stability is and will always be the safest way to go in Singapore, but you’re not being forced to make a decision that’s contrary to your ideals.

Whatever your choice is, just remember to weigh in all your options before you make anything final. We hope you end up picking the best offer for yourself!

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To a company, interns come and go with forgettable names and faces at times.

How then can you create a deeper impression on your potential future employers during your stint with the organisation?

Take your internship seriously

u Especially if you are planning to get a full-time offer thereafter.

Go the extra mile

u It’s easier to impress when the expectations weren’t there in the first place.

Be neat & tidy

u Not just your attire but down to your excelsheet & workstation.

Dare to ask

u Raising queries imply your interest in the job, that you are not just another

task taker.

Be on time & don’t leave work earlier

u Skiving is one of the fastest ways to gain a negative reputation.

Be polite & respectful

u Not just to your superior but to everyone down to the janitor.

Ask for more

u Completing your tasks earlier creates the opportunity to ask for more

assignments; a sure way to show your superiors that you are efficient & productive.

Be teachable

u A know-it-all attitude is a sure turn-off to the people who’ve been contributing to

the company even before your existence.

Stay attentive

u Especially to instructions given. It is not a display of poor memory to note down

steps; you will be thankful you did once the guiding hand is gone.

Dress appropriately & professionally

u This is an unspoken marker by superiors & peers on how well you project yourself

& the company.

Stop playing with your phone

u Even during group meetings cause you are hired to work, not to chat & surf.

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We provide you with the opportunity to realise your potential and to experience a stimulating career that harnesses all your interests, skills and knowledge, enabling you to enjoy a well-rounded career.

Our systematic development programme is specifically catered to give you the training, opportunities and control to fully maximise your abilities.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH US

Discover what it is like working in this dynamic and fast-paced central Ministry and decide if MOF is the place for you to embark on your career.

The 10-week structured internship programme will include networking sessions with senior management, bonding activities among interns, as well as regular feedback sessions with your supervisor.

You will also have the opportunity to share your ideas and make presentations directly to the senior management.

For details on the career opportunities available, please visit the public service job portal at www.careers.gov.sg or the Ministry’s career site at app.careers.mof.gov.sg

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very year, the Graduate Employment Survey (GES) is conducted by the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU), to survey the employment conditions of graduates, about six months after their graduation. In the 2011 GES, 12,998 graduates from these three universities were surveyed with an overall response rate of 75%. Some key indicators, as published by the Ministry of Education (MOE), are listed in the following tables for your reference#.

NUS: 2011 GES Employment Rate1 and Salary of Graduates By Bachelors Degree

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT2 RATE

FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT3 RATE

MEAN

MEDIAN

FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons)

85.3% 94.9% 91.8%

73.8% 87.3% 84.9%

2763 3151 3088

2700 3200 3000

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY Bachelor of Dental Surgery

100.0%

100.0%

3136

3000

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial & Systems Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science & Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

79.5% 87.5% 100.0% 96.7% 90.7% 78.3% 93.0% 95.6% 91.7% 91.3%

79.5% 83.9% 100.0% 95.1% 88.4% 78.3% 88.4% 91.1% 91.7% 89.4%

3334 3286 3126 3367 3327 3203 3215 3539 3255 3143

3250 3184 3000 3000 3100 3170 3000 3500 3000 3000

FACULTY OF LAW Bachelor Laws (LLB) (Hons)5

100.0%

100.0%

5037

5000

FACULTY OF SCIENCE Bachelor of Applied Science Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science (Computational Biology)** Bachelor of Science (Hons) Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons)5

79.4% 90.3% 79.6% N.A. 91.2% 100.0%

70.6% 90.3% 67.2% N.A. 85.3% 98.9%

2647 2890 2741 N.A. 3138 3346

2500 2800 2600 N.A. 3000 3300

NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons)

94.6% 90.4% 95.5% 94.4%

88.1% 89.2% 95.5% 94.4%

3141 3871 2759 3393

2975 3300 2700 3000

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Bachelor of Computing** Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) Bachelor of Computing (Computational Biology)** Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

N.A. 92.1% N.A. 100.0% 96.0% 97.2% 100.0%

N.A. 81.6% N.A. 95.5% 94.0% 97.2% 98.1%

N.A. 3175 N.A. 3421 3376 3075 3911

N.A. 3000 N.A. 3100 3000 3000 3400

SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENVIRONMENT Bachelor of Arts (Architecture)5 Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design)** Bachelor of Science (Project & Facilities Management) Bachelor of Science (Real Estate)

98.6% N.A. 97.8% 95.3%

98.6% N.A. 96.7% 94.4%

3677 N.A. 2760 2888

3500 N.A. 2770 2800

YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons)** Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)5

95.6% N.A. 100.0%

95.6% N.A. 100.0%

2718 N.A. 4016

2750 N.A. 4000

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

2011 Graduate Employment Survey ( NUS )

DEGREE

YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Bachelor of Music**

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GROSS MONTHLY SALARY4 ($)

Source: Graduate Employment Survey conducted by NUS

2011 Graduate Employment Survey ( NTU )

NTU: 2011 GES Employment Rate1 and Salary of Graduates By Bachelors Degree

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT2 RATE

FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT3 RATE

MEAN

MEDIAN

Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme)

97.5%

96.3%

2900

2700

Business (3-yr direct Honours programme)

90.5%

87.4%

3245

3000

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

Aerospace Engineering

89.9%

88.9%

3489

3500

Bioengineering

75.8%

72.7%

3094

3000

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

90.8%

88.4%

3276

3200

94%

94%

3115

3000

Computer Engineering

95.7%

94%

3577

3250

Computer Science

87.4%

85.1%

3425

3200

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

90.3%

87.2%

3243

3100

Environmental Engineering

84.8%

84.8%

3034

3000

Information Engineering and Media

93.8%

90.6%

3196

3200

Materials Engineering

87.9%

83.6%

3047

3000

Mechanical Engineering

88.5%

86.8%

3152

3000

Maritime Studies

98.1%

98.1%

2906

2800

Art, Design & Media

81.1%

55.8%

2563

2500

Chinese

93.8%

87.7%

3044

3100

Communication Studies

89.7%

80.3%

2960

2900

Economics

83.5%

76.9%

3209

3150

English Literature

91%

81.1%

2976

3100

Linguistics and Multilingual Studies**

N.A

N.A

N.A

N.A

Psychology

92.2%

84.4%

3125

3200

Sociology

86.2%

84.5%

3055

3150

81.2%

71.8%

2981

3000

N.A

N.A

N.A

N.A

Chemistry & Biological Chemistry

79.1%

75.1%

2956

2950

Mathematical Sciences

87.2%

82.1%

3125

3100

Physics & Applied Physics

90.9%

87.9%

3024

3000

Mathematical Sciences & Economics

91.4%

91.4%

3226

3200

Arts (with Education)

100%

100%

3407

3300

Science (with Education)

100%

100%

3381

3300

DEGREE

GROSS MONTHLY SALARY4 ($)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL)

Business and Computing**

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Civil Engineering

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, & SOCIAL SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Biological Sciences Biomedical Sciences**

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (NIE)

Source: Graduate Employment Survey conducted by NTU

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2011 Graduate Employment Survey ( SMU )

SMU: 2011 GES Employment Rate1 and Salary of Graduates By Bachelors Degree

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT2 RATE

FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT3 RATE

MEAN

MEDIAN

Accountancy (4-year programme)

99.4%

96.9%

3267

2900

- Cum Laude and above6

100.0%

98.6%

3671

3225

Business Management (4-year programme)

93.0%

87.3%

3369

3020

- Cum Laude and above

97.4%

91.5%

3777

3500

Economics (4-year programme)

94.8%

88.9%

3559

3200

- Cum Laude and above

94.0%

92.0%

3999

3500

Information Systems Management (4-year programme)

99.2%

94.6%

3637

3215

- Cum Laude and above

100.0%

96.0%

4294

4200

Social Sciences (4-year programme)

96.6%

88.5%

3043

3000

- Cum Laude and above6

95.8%

87.5%

3450

3500

DEGREE

GROSS MONTHLY SALARY4 ($)

SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

6

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

6

SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

6

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Source: Graduate Employment Survey conducted by SMU

Additional Notes: # MOE has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of the data but will not be liable for any inaccuries. Students should make use of the data at their own discretion.

1. The employment rates refer to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of economically active graduates (i.e. Graduates who have entered the labour market) as at 1 Nov 2011 (i.e. approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations).

2. Overall employment includes all types of full-time and part-time/temporary employment.

3. Full-time permanent employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more.

4. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises the basic salary, fixed allowances, overtime pay and commissions. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded 5. Data on law, medical, pharmacy and architecture graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2010 graduates after they have completed their 1-year practical law course/ pupilage or serve housemanship.

6. SMU’s courses are direct 4-yr programmes and graduates could be awarded Cum Laude and above, Merit, High Merit or no awards. The data for SMU’s courses above is displayed in 2 categories: (i) overall results for all graduates within the course regardless of the award they attained, and (ii) results for the graduates awarded Cum Laude and above. Should the graduates undertake more than 1 Degree (e.g. Dual Degree programme), they have been classified based on the first Degree.

7. Each of the above tables reflects the preliminary results of the employment survey. **: No data is shown due to the small number/proportion of respondents.

Frequently Asked Question: What is the difference between mean and median salaries?

The Mean monthly salary is an average of the salaries of the full-time permanently employed graduates. The Median monthly salary is the salary of the ‘central’ (i.e. 50th Percentile) graduate in the set of full-time permanently employed graduates when they are arranged in a sequential order by salary. It is useful to refer to these 2 indicators together. The median is a useful reference when the salary data is not evenly distributed (e.g. when the group contains graduates with exceptionally low or high salaries, especially when the number of respondents is relatively small).

For example, although the median gross monthly salary for the Business Management course offered by SMU shows that 50% of the graduates are earning $3,020 or less, the mean gross monthly salary is about $3,369. This indicates that there are some high earners who have raised the mean salary. In contrast, the mean gross monthly salary of Social Sciences graduates is relatively similar to the median gross monthly salary. This indicates that salaries are more evenly distributed on both sides of the median for this group of graduates.

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Source of all data: The Ministry of Education, Singapore

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9. All prizes are non-transferable nor exchangeable for cash or credits.

10. The winner must collect the prize in person by 21 September 2012 11. The draw will be conducted at RJ Media Pte Ltd Office (28 Maxwell Road, Red Dot Traffic #03-01) on 7 September 2012 12. The decision of RJ Media Pte Ltd on all matters relating to or in connection with the contest shall be final and binding on all parties 13. By participating in this contest, participants will be deemed to have - read and agreed to abide by these Terms and Conditions.

- granted permission to RJ Media Pte Ltd to retain all personal information submitted 14. RJ Media Pte Ltd may, at any time at its sole discretion and without prior notice, vary, modify, delete or add to these terms and conditions without any notice or liability to the participants/contestants.

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