Since the economy is recovering more and more companies is looking for employees~~~

As a degree holder, how much you get paid for you 1st job~~pls share so we have a roughly though in our mind and ofcouse to prevent the employer to cut down our salary~~~

1 of a MNC offer me 1.9k~~~>.< bit lower, but ther's still money for grab if i achieve target~~~

Starting salary should be around Rm2000, but it depends on your negotiation skills.

Not just depending on your negotiation skills, but depends on your line of work as well. My first job, I was earning RM 1900 basic + RM 300 allowance while working in a small BPO firm. 4 years after that period, I was earning 3.5k basic from another firm.

Now not earning anymore, completing my degree.

hmm i am offered a basic of 2k,,,

first job, 2.2k basic, telecommunication, engineering, local company

2.7k fresh grad in semicon industry, engineering , a mnc

2.7k i think if u get a job from big and well known company.a small company only offer around 2k

should include which state also...
cause different state have different salary range.

haha..yea bro you are right..i consider myself extremely lucky for getting the offer from them...

Opps~~~state--->K.L.
Wondering i could survive or not becoz KL living standard is relatively high~~~

2K basic for graduate engineer in Selangor ok mou?

i think can get 2.5k in ipoh as engineer at semicon

Nothing depends on ur negotiation skills. As a fresh grad YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY NEGOTIATION POWER as you have little to no skill to offer.

Fresh grad salary can range from RM1.6 (lowest end for degree holder and it sux) to RM3.5k excluding allowances etc..

Is it politically correct to ask how much a local vs foreign graduate, local private vs local public graduate earn?

How do we qualify whether a local public first class graduate is better than a private university with a second class?

I have a friend with a second class lower working in a bank, earning a lot more than his own peer with higher qualification.

ok, let me furhter update mine then.
MMU, second lower, telecommunication, engineering, local company, offered basic 2.2k, after confirmation 2.4k but probably will be leaving to another MNC soon
some how, semicon have better offer than telco, especially those in penang. I'm from penang myself, but i wanted to masuk telco so have to stuck in central region.

OK here's the misconception that fresh overseas graduate tend to see.

For any fresh graduates the starting salary is generally the same.

You being selected for an interview is determined by your resume, hence where you graduated from, your cgpa, your course, curricular activities and so on. Graduates from an unknown university, bad cpga, non involved e.t.c will less likely get selected for an interview.

So you could say that an overseas graduate will get invited to more interviews BUT their starting salary is the same. They will also have better choices of employees and a brighter prospect of joining Big MNC's compared to local graduates. But that is it, once you come to the interview you are on the same playing field like any other candidates that were also invited.

Certain companies do offer different packages for local and overseas graduates, though not so appareant, difference may range from 100 to 300. Not a big amount, but after 1 year, you can see the difference. I kena before. Seriously, pissed off, and rejected the offer straight away with the stereotype.

I started off with 2k basic, then after a few months, increased to 2250. After 10 months, 2500. Now, well, i'm on a contractual basis now. I've asked a few fresh grads, or those that are younger than me by 1 year how was their starting off salary. It appears that it is still the same, RM2000 and increment after confirmation. Or RM2500 on a contractual basis (no epf, bonus).

It depends. For those already living in KL, a 2k salary might be okay for a start since I do not have spend on rental and so on. But, for one who has to rent a room/house and so on, its going to be tough. That's why I opted to try to find for jobs within KL/Selangor and eliminate the Cyberjaya ones.

Haha. Not very true. If you are able to present yourself and able to convince the company that you can make contribution even if you have "little to no skill" you can still negotiate your salary. In fact of course, during the your study, you do practical training as well, so it's not like you don't have any skill at all. Skills like able to use ms word, or able to speak multi-language proficiently is still consider skill regardless. If you got a first class degree (from a reputable university of course to make sense), do you really considered yourself "unnegotiatble"?? Don't try to sell yourself short.

But I think langauge proficiencies and computing skills are more like basic requirements which determine whether you are hired or not, instead of getting a higher pay.
The "skill set" they normally talk about is real skills applicable in work, not university or training crap. If you look at the people with more than 5 years working experience in their job, their knowledge in all the hands-on will stun you. I guess most working people will agree, university education just gives you a cert, or maybe at some point trains your EQ and soft skills, but not contributing to your skill set at all.

Thats why the job ads always look for "at least 1 year experience" applicant. This also means fresh grads have no power of negotiation. You can only convince them that you are a keen learner and will always strive for the best.