Career Prospects

STRONG EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES

SOSS graduates are known to be bold, confident and articulate, and enjoy strong employability in a variety of careers, spanning across more than 20 industries, in both the public and private sectors. Their employability is evident in the results from the annual Graduate Employment Survey (GES), jointly conducted by SMU and the other Autonomous Universities.

DIVERSE CAREER OPTIONS

Many of our graduates have gone on to make their mark in the profession, industry and academia. A number of our graduates have struck out on their own to establish their own private practice and legal-tech start-ups. With an alumni network numbering more than a thousand and growing steadily, current students truly benefit from networking and job opportunities.

A Sample of Various Career Paths of SMU Bachelor of Social Science Graduates

Business Analyst
Journalist
Consultant
News Producer
HR Executive
Copywriter
Educator
Psychologist
Foreign Service Officer
Research Scientist
In-house Counsel

Here are a sample of organizations that our graduates are working in:

Accenture

Citibank

McKinsey & Company

Unilever

Barclays

Credit Suisse

Procter & Gamble

Visa Worldwide

Bloomberg

Deloitte

Tableau Software

Bloomberg

CapitaLand

JPMorgan

UBS AG

CapitaLand

Discovery Networks

JCDecaux

Resorts World Sentosa

TBWA Worldwide

Edelman

MediaCorp

Singapore Airlines 

Young & Rubicam

Facebook

Ogilvy & Mather

Singapore Press Holdings

Hilton Hotels & Resorts

JPMorgan

SingTel

Government Investment Corporation

Ministry of Education

National Arts Council 

Young & Rubicam

Health Promotion Board 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Prime Minister's Office 

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Ministry of Social and Family Development 

Singapore Tourism Board 

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Workforce Development Agency

Facebook (Singapore) | Recruiting Coordinator

Danielle Tay

Danielle helps to drive the company’s recruitment process for skilled technical professionals within the Asia-Pacific region. Danielle previously worked in Ernst & Young, where Danielle organized recruitment events for graduate candidates.

Channel 5, News 5 | News Anchor

Angela Lim

Angela currently reads the Singapore's daily news bulletin on Channel 5, News 5, and had previously presented the weekend edition of CNA's prime time flagship programme, Singapore Tonight. Angela spent nearly 5 years as a Radio Presenter/Producer of current affairs programmes on Singapore's only English news station, 938LIVE.

Save the Children (Thailand) | Project Coordinator

Jerry Lewis Ong

Based in Mae Sot, Thailand, Jerry manages refugee education projects which aim to support access to basic education for children in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border. Previously Jerry worked with INTERPOL, Save the Children Asia Regional Office and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

UBS AG (Singapore) | APAC Human Resources Advisory team

Subir Roy

In Subir's role, he provides advice and guidance to the bank's employees and clients across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region, on policy and non-policy related issues.