'Afraid of graduating'
Some who had nailed cushy bank jobs even before graduation get regret letters
By Estelle Low
Heard this? You are fired even before you are hired.
For final-year economics student J. Lim, this was not funny - she was 'retrenched' even before she started work.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) student was overjoyed when, in September last year, an American bank wrote to say she would be hired as an investment banking officer when she graduates in July this year.
Ms Lim, 23, even made plans to use her first pay cheque for a holiday in Europe. But in December, another letter arrived. 'The letter stated that the bank was freezing its headcount and thus had to withdraw its job offer,' she said.
The Sunday Times learnt that at least three other yet-to-graduate university students share her plight. The cushy bank jobs they thought they had nailed after their internships did not materialise.
After reading this piece of article, the situation is quite not so rosy now.
What are your views?
-http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_338660.html
- wong chee tat :)
