Today, Singapore isn’t into the paper chase, or so HR experts claim.

Unfortunately, it can be pretty hard to get rid of the mentality we used to believe in.

Namely, go to university, get a degree then get a good job.

Then, you come out of university with your shiny new degree, all prepped to tackle the working world only to be smashed down.

Hard.

You can’t find a job.

With the world moving at such a rapid pace, the things you’ve studied in university is no longer relevant with the real world.

Add in the fact that the employment situation isn’t that great right now and you know you’re in a lot of trouble.

Well, guess what? There’s now another alternative for you aspiring University grads.

SIT Work-Study Degree Programmes

Think of their new degree programmes like an apprenticeship.

Students will work with a partner firm and study at the same time.

Catered to students without full-time work experience, they will alternate between studying at the school for a term or two and short periods of full-time work with the company.

This will allow the student to learn and gain relevant skills at the same time.

Of course, while the company is expected to pay for the work stints the students put in with their company, they may also choose to partially or fully cover the school fees of the students.

If the student performs well, they might even be offered a job offer and a bond with the company they are partnered with.

They even have an option for full-time workers

Think of it as SkillsFuture, except more commitment is needed on the part of both the employee and employer.

Full-time employees can spend four days of the week in the partner firm working for them and the remaining one to two days studying at the school.

SIT is currently offering food technology and civil engineering courses for this scheme.

And they’re not the only school to pick this up.

Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS) has this too

Singapore University of Social Sciences, previously known as UniSIM also have this scheme for their students.

They have six finance students placed in a work-study programme with Standard Chartered Bank.

The six students spend three days a week at work and the remaining two days attending school.

And it was announced that next year, StanChart is looking at recruiting 13 more students for the scheme.

The National University of Singapore (NUS), not wanting to be left out, also launched their own initiative.

They will be placing students on 18-month internships, starting with business analytics and information security degree programmes next May.

But there’s a catch

Sounds very interesting, no? And super beneficial for your career. I mean, premier firms in their industry and you get a head start on working there.

But as with all good things, there will be a catch. Fortunately, for this one, you can do something about it.

If you haven’t notice, it’s very competitive to get a placement in the programmes.

For SUSS’s partnership with Standard Chartered Bank, only 6 out of 25 students were selected.

And for SIT, 34 out of 100 students were admitted into the work-study programmes.

Every student has to go through an interview with the partnering firm before they can get into the course.

So make sure to bring your A-game and start planning. Now.

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