SINGAPORE: Half of the respondents in a university graduate employment poll , who were unemployed six months after graduation had received job offers, Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang said on Friday ( Mar 7 ).  ,
In this class, two-thirds were going to start work “in expected training”, while the remaining one-third rejected the provides for various reasons.
She was responding to questions in congress based on results from the Autonomous Universities Graduate Employment Survey published in February.  ,
Of 12, 500 new grads surveyed in 2024, 87.1 per cent were employed within six weeks of completing their final examination,  , dropping from 89.6 per cent , in 2023.
Among those who found jobs, 79.5 per cent secured a full-time work, a decline from 84.1 per share the year before.  ,
On Friday, Ms Gan said that while the employment market was limited in 2024, there was lower hiring desire and fewer jobs.  ,
” We also , observed some alumni taking longer to secure full-time , work in 2024″, she added.  ,
Together, these elements may have contributed to the increases in full-time career and increase in unemployment reported in the study, she said.