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Barclays top choice of fresh graduatesEdvantage | Mon Nov 15 2010
Singapore Technologies Engineering, Singapore Press Holdings among top 10 graduates' pick of favourite employers.
Fresh graduates' top pick for the most sought after employers was announced last evening at the Singapore's 100 leading graduate employers awards 2010.
Barclays Capital emerged the overall winner, followed by Singapore Technologies Engineering and Citibank in second runner-up position.
International banks J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), and financial service firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young were also among the top 10.
The event was organised by GTI Media (GTI), a graduate careers and research business, to celebrate and recognise both the strength of employer brands on campus and excellence in graduate recruitment.
The results were compiled from a survey of 3,700 final-year students and fresh graduates.
The survey found that students prize promotion opportunities most, followed by professional development and training, among other findings.
Graduates were also looking forward to an average starting salary of $2,993.
Michele Lam, publishing director of GTI said according to the survey, “Good work-life balance is prioritised over a highly demanding position."
"Respondents also felt that the ability to develop specialised skills is important in their first job."
"The survey also found that an overwhelming majority of respondents are prepared to relocate in their first job with Asia and Europe being popular destinations.”
GTI also recognised industry leaders in six specific sectors. The Ministry of Education won in its category for Public Service or Statutory Boards.
The sector winners and nominees are (bold text denotes winner):
Banking and Financial Services
•Barclays Capital
•Citibank
•Deutsche Bank
•Credit Suisse
•J.P. Morgan
Engineering Services
•Singapore Technologies Engineering
•ABB
•Philips Electronics
•Panasonic Group
•Yokogawa
Consumer Business/FMCG
•Procter & Gamble
•Johnson & Johnson
•L’Oréal Group
•Nestlé
•Unilever
Professional Services
•PricewaterhouseCoopers
•Bloomberg
•Boston Consulting Group
•Ernst & Young
•KPMG
Energy & Petrochemical
•ExxonMobil
•BP
•Chevron
•Shell
Public Service/Statutory Board
•Ministry of Education (MOE)
•Ministry of Finance (MOF)
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
•Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
List of top 10 employers:
1. Barclays Capital
2. Singapore Technologies Engineering
3. Citibank
4. J.P. Morgan (joint 4th position)
4. MediaCorp (joint 4th position)
6. Credit Suisse
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. Philips Electronics
9. Singapore Press Holdings
10. Ernst & Young
Barclays top choice of fresh graduatesEdvantage | Mon Nov 15 2010
Singapore Technologies Engineering, Singapore Press Holdings among top 10 graduates' pick of favourite employers.
Fresh graduates' top pick for the most sought after employers was announced last evening at the Singapore's 100 leading graduate employers awards 2010.
Barclays Capital emerged the overall winner, followed by Singapore Technologies Engineering and Citibank in second runner-up position.
International banks J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), and financial service firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young were also among the top 10.
The event was organised by GTI Media (GTI), a graduate careers and research business, to celebrate and recognise both the strength of employer brands on campus and excellence in graduate recruitment.
The results were compiled from a survey of 3,700 final-year students and fresh graduates.
The survey found that students prize promotion opportunities most, followed by professional development and training, among other findings.
Graduates were also looking forward to an average starting salary of $2,993.
Michele Lam, publishing director of GTI said according to the survey, “Good work-life balance is prioritised over a highly demanding position."
"Respondents also felt that the ability to develop specialised skills is important in their first job."
"The survey also found that an overwhelming majority of respondents are prepared to relocate in their first job with Asia and Europe being popular destinations.”
GTI also recognised industry leaders in six specific sectors. The Ministry of Education won in its category for Public Service or Statutory Boards.
The sector winners and nominees are (bold text denotes winner):
Banking and Financial Services
•Barclays Capital
•Citibank
•Deutsche Bank
•Credit Suisse
•J.P. Morgan
Engineering Services
•Singapore Technologies Engineering
•ABB
•Philips Electronics
•Panasonic Group
•Yokogawa
Consumer Business/FMCG
•Procter & Gamble
•Johnson & Johnson
•L’Oréal Group
•Nestlé
•Unilever
Professional Services
•PricewaterhouseCoopers
•Bloomberg
•Boston Consulting Group
•Ernst & Young
•KPMG
Energy & Petrochemical
•ExxonMobil
•BP
•Chevron
•Shell
Public Service/Statutory Board
•Ministry of Education (MOE)
•Ministry of Finance (MOF)
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
•Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
List of top 10 employers:
1. Barclays Capital
2. Singapore Technologies Engineering
3. Citibank
4. J.P. Morgan (joint 4th position)
4. MediaCorp (joint 4th position)
6. Credit Suisse
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. Philips Electronics
9. Singapore Press Holdings
10. Ernst & Young
