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Been going through agencies and job interviews.. Is it normal that average starting pay is $1600-$1800 gross? Impossible to get $2500 gross?

What's your opinion?
 

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if no exp, then ya 1600-2100 for diploma holders
2300 and up are for general degree holders
beyond 2600 - 3000 are for some up there degree holders.
IMHO
 

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Been going through agencies and job interviews.. Is it normal that average starting pay is $1600-$1800 gross? Impossible to get $2500 gross?

What's your opinion?

Possible but difficult and depends on the job nature.
I have trying to ask for salary above $2500 but no luck.
 

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if no exp, then ya 1600-2100 for diploma holders
2300 and up are for general degree holders
beyond 2600 - 3000 are for some up there degree holders.
IMHO

Need degree to get beyond $3k?
OMG? Like that than I have to go back to my old job.
 

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Been going through agencies and job interviews.. Is it normal that average starting pay is $1600-$1800 gross? Impossible to get $2500 gross?

What's your opinion?

it has been $1600-$1800 since 2004. welcome to te real world where FTs with 5 years exp can even ask for $1200. n professors still can say FTs are not here to depress our wages n we weclome them
 

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Kinda of sux cuz just finish part time Diploma not long ago.
Now that means my Diploma is useless.
 

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you can try to ask for $2000

$2500 is possible if you have years of relevant experience.

if i were to be a hiring manager i would not hire a fresh diploma holder for more than 2k.
 

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Need degree to get beyond $3k?
OMG? Like that than I have to go back to my old job.

Dip
1.5k ~ 2k 0 exp
2k ~ 2.5k 2+ yrs exp
2.5k ~ 3k 5+ yrs related exp
3k+ 8+ yrs related exp

Deg
2.5k ~ 3.8k 0 exp
 

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Dip
1.5k ~ 2k 0 exp
2k ~ 2.5k 2+ yrs exp
2.5k ~ 3k 5+ yrs related exp
3k+ 8+ yrs related exp

Deg
2.5k ~ 3.8k 0 exp

To me, it varies on the job scope, job requirements
and job title.
Jobstreet now have the salary gauge feature if
jobseekers know how to play around it to understand
how much that job highest or lowest offer is.
 

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I have 5 years of sales and marketing experience. Was doing freelance while studying and in NS. Was earning about $3000-$3500 on average a month. But wanted to go to the corporate world as freelance can be unstable at times..
 

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Nah, the higher limit is only for civil service. Private you wait long long.

Civil service is actually very median.

Big 4 about 2850, can hit 3.5k with KPMG if first class honours

BB pays about 4k and above for most roles, highest i heard is 4.7k for ops analyst at goldman sachs, slowly scale down from there, even dbs pays about 4k-ish (excluding front office)

Consulting firms pay you about 3.5k to 4k average (elite boutiques will pay you between 7k to 10k) but your progression within 5-8 years will exceed 10k (accenture is 5 years if you can survive the burn)

FMCGs like Unilever and P&G pays 5k but not much career progression

Even burger king MA program pays 4.5k

Software engineers start out about 3.5k to 4k with plenty to climb, don't even start on the big tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, SAP etc, the pay starts from 5k. Demand is very big that alot of startups with decent funding are willing to pay 4k and above for software engineers

Which is why there is increasing stress on local grads to look for a job that pays more than 3k for starters. Of course, this depends alot on your degree, honours classification, experience and attitude.
 

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I think it diploma holder with no experience the highest I ever heard was 2.2k.

I guess getting a degree in the long run will be a good investment.
 

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My company is looking for an Operations Associate. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply. If interested, can pm me.
 

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To me, it varies on the job scope, job requirements
and job title.
Jobstreet now have the salary gauge feature if
jobseekers know how to play around it to understand
how much that job highest or lowest offer is.
i feel like nowadays job scope is beyond what it is actually described lol.
To me, least office politics is the best working environment.

Degree without experience got so high meh?
got, like ST.....

Which is why there is increasing stress on local grads to look for a job that pays more than 3k for starters. Of course, this depends alot on your degree, honours classification, experience and attitude.
U got degree frds work beyond 12hrs?
 

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Been going through agencies and job interviews.. Is it normal that average starting pay is $1600-$1800 gross? Impossible to get $2500 gross?

What's your opinion?



thanks to influx of FTs who have been suppressing wages for years..some come as cheap as 2.5k, claiming they have 10 years exp.


you no exp, think your chance is 0.1% unless u work in those ungodly hours job or pump tons of OTs.


if you want office job, no exp and 2.5k...you probably need to bend over freq or go under table lo
 

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Haha can is can lah, jobs that have basic and comms lot is the best I can get to reach my gross target
 

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Well.. the amount of years needed to pay the uni loan itself is another thing.. good investment huh... well perhaps but degree nowadays is like last time's diploma, too many people with the same level of qualification
 
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