Poll - 40% of Singaporeans will move from private to public sector employment

Free Press Release Center, 26 May 2009
May 26, 2009 (FPRC) -- In an online web poll, professional candidates from 17 different countries were asked whether they would consider moving from private to public sector employment. Of 2,785 respondents, nearly two thirds (66%) said they would be more than happy to take on a role in the public sector.
Candidates from Australia (78%), Luxembourg (78%), Ireland (73%) and New Zealand (70%) were most enthusiastic about making the change. In Thailand (36%), Spain (36%) and Malaysia (24%), a large proportion of candidates said that they would not consider working in the public sector . In comparison less than half of candidates in Singapore (40%) said that they would only take on a role in the public sector if there was no other option.
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