Malaysia Star, 13 Apr 2013
Influx of foreign talents adds to woes of an increasing number of jobless professionals from the middle class.
A SALES and marketing manager loses his S$7,000 (RM17,145) job and turns to driving a taxi – a fallback profession for Singapore’s rising army of unemployed educated.
In another case, an engineer, married with children, who cannot find a job after being retrenched, spends some desperate months working as a S$4 (RM9.80)-an-hour librarian.
And thirdly, a Business graduate with First Class Honours who was replaced by a foreigner seven months ago has failed to land another job.
“Not a single job offer because of the intense competition from many ‘qualified’ foreign talents and an increasing number of jobless PMET Singaporeans,” he said. Full story
