| Feature articles on SIS alumni employment
SMU grads landing jobs sooner – and at higher pay
Features BSc (ISM) graduate Edwin CHONG Lik Ming (Batch 2003)
(May 2008)
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SMU graduates make IT work at work
TODAY (14 Nov 2007)
SMU School of Information Systems (SIS) advertorial on how the school produces graduates who are in hot demand by employers from all industries.
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SIS pioneer intake graduate Susmit GUPTA, a Management Associate working for UOB's IT-Business Solutions Deivision, is featured in the The Straits Times (13th March 2007) article on the SMU salary survey results for 2006. more |
Articles on IT employment in Singapore and career opportunities for SIS alumni
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From Tactical to Strategic
The Business Times (23 Jul 2008)
CIOs are increasingly aware that they could assume a true business leadership role.
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IDA Earmarks Additional $70M to Groom Local IT Talent
The Business Times (01 Mar 2008)
IDA announces additional S$70M to train IT techno-strategist to create Business IT experts in selected industries.
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Motorola CIO Patricia Morrison in Dialogue: How Technology Drives Value Creation for Business
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The People Factor
iN.SG - Infocomm News from Singapore (Jan 2008 issue)
In 2006, Infocomm manpower in Singapore grew 7 per cent to bring the number of infocomm professionals in Singapore to 120,000 in 2006. Under the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's (IDA) iN2015 masterplan, the goal is to create an additional 80,000 infocomm jobs by 2015.
The Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME) programme was launched recently to nurture multi-disciplinary infocomm talent.
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Banks Woo Talent for Less Glitzy Back-End Jobs
The Straits Times (09 Nov 2007)
The article reports that Banks are racing to hire thousands of "back-end" support staff in Singapore and are pulling out all the stops to woo talent to fill up global operations centres they set up here in recent years.
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SIS is part of this effort to produce highly employable graduates for Technology & Operations in Banking & Trading. Within the Advanced Business Solutions 2nd major offered within the School of Information Systems BSc (IS Management) programme, a new specialty track in Banking & Trading Systems will be launched in August 2008. Also, the already existing specialty track in Business Intelligence is an appropriate background for high valued Technology & Operations jobs in Banking or Trading. Outstanding SIS undergraduates can also fast-track into the SIS Master of IT in Business (Financial Services) programme, the only master programme in Singapore (or Asia) that is totally focused on training technology & operations professionals for banking. |
A global search for the secrets of IT success
Financial Times (19 Sep 2007)
Researchers for the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual global “IT Competitiveness Index” highlight the need for a new generation of IT specialists who can not only relate to customers but also analyse business cases. Australia and Singapore are two countries that are addressing this need, adding business training to core IT skills in their university programmes. more
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Employers cast nets abroad to fill Jobs in Hot Sectors
The Business Times (07 May 2007)
Wages are up in banking, IT; but positions growing faster than qualified labour pool
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Recruiters face Talent War as Asian Job Market Booms
The Straits Times (01 May 2007)
Strong Demand for jobs in IT, Accounting and Marketing in Singapore more
At SMU, you can study Business IT PLUS Accounting, or Business IT PLUS Marketing, and gain a tremendous advantage in your career options. |
MS student survey identifies lack of IT education, soft skills
it business.ca (04 Apr 2007) more |
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