SINGAPORE, 4 Feb - The job market appears to be looking up with the private sector ready to hire more fresh graduates this year.

It's offering two-thirds of the job openings at a career fair organised by the National University of Singapore.
NUS students who will graduate in July had a field day on Thursday checking out the job openings.The big players such as financial and banking services, life sciences and even fashion houses were present.



It's an early job hunt that's specially arranged by their university with companies. Associate Professor Tan Teck Koon, Dean, Student Affairs, NUS, said: "Because of the economic downturn last year, it must have been quite difficult for graduating students in general. But I think it was a good lesson for us and that is why part of the NUS five-pronged strategy was to create more jobs."

One tie-up is with a recruitment agency Kelly Services to increase job openings by up to 15 per cent. With the government's plans to raise productivity growth over the next decade, it's up to the 9,000 hopefuls from NUS to materialise that goal. And recruitment agencies said a change in attitude is needed when graduates come out to look for jobs.

Dhirendra Shantilal, senior vice-president, Kelly Services, said: "They need to be a little bit more adaptable and flexible. They shouldn’t just look at the title and the pay but also look at the opportunity of where they can build a career."

There's no shortage of opportunities and there's a quiet confidence among these undergraduates of landing that job