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Doctor, nurse, cleaner, garbage collector, hawker – these are the jobs that Singaporeans consider most essential in today’s society.
Yet, many shun most such work themselves, with 57 per cent of respondents in a survey saying they do not want to be garbage collectors, and 42 per cent rejecting cleaning jobs.
Conversely, occupations such as business consultant and human resource manager were ranked among the five most “non-essential” jobs, but were also among the top jobs people want to do.
“A big factor in the calculus (of how people choose jobs)… is the ‘social prestige’ attached to the job – essential or otherwise,” said National University of Singapore sociologist Vincent Chua.
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