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
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.