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.
PMET has become a familiar word in the republic in recent years, one that is increasingly associated with some of the woes of the new Singapore.
It stands for Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians that form the backbone of the affluent middle-class.
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Here is a man that's been unemployed for over a year (Photo AP/Matt Rourke)
Jobless TIler
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