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Are MyCareersFuture jobs real? An honest look at Singapore listings

Live data from our full Singapore listing index. Refreshed monthly.

Most Singapore job listings are real jobs, but about half aren't worth your time. Of 26,019 listings in our database, 55.4% come from recruiter agencies rather than direct employers, 32.7% are reposted repeatedly over months, 57.2% contain fewer than 200 words of actual job description, and 0.3% list requirements so narrow they seem designed for one specific candidate. Only 21.7% clear all quality checks.

This isn't a conspiracy against job seekers. The Fair Consideration Framework requires employers to advertise locally for 14 days before applying for an Employment Pass for foreign workers. Some listings exist purely to satisfy that legal requirement. The law is working as designed, creating local opportunities while allowing companies to eventually hire their preferred candidates. It just feels terrible when you're the one applying to roles that were never meant to be filled.

The four signals we flag

Most Singapore job listings are broken. We track four patterns that predict whether a role is worth your click. The numbers are live from 26,019 active listings, and they tell a clear story about where employers put real effort versus where they post compliance theater.

Here's what we flag and why it matters:

Recruiter posts (55.4%) - Third-party recruiters rather than direct employers. These add friction and often lack salary transparency or real decision-making power.
Reposted 3+ times in 90 days (32.7%) - Same role keeps appearing because previous candidates didn't work out or the job requirements were unrealistic from the start.
Short descriptions (57.2%) - Under 200 words of actual content. Usually means the employer hasn't thought through what they actually need or is batch-posting low-effort listings.
Hyper-specific requirements (0.3%) - Requirements so narrowly stacked that only one candidate could plausibly match, consistent with Fair Consideration Framework compliance rather than genuine hiring intent.

Only 21.7% of listings avoid all four flags. These signals aren't perfect predictors, but they're honest ones based on real patterns. We cannot guarantee the right role. We read every Singapore listing and tell you which five are worth your time and why the rest aren't. Message Ava on Telegram for the filtered feed.

What to do before you apply

Check if the company name in the posting matches the actual employer, not a recruitment agency. Look up whether this exact title has appeared from the same company multiple times recently. Read past the first paragraph to see if there's actual job content or just generic fluff. Check if the requirements list reads like they're describing one specific person already in mind rather than a real opening. The data shows 55.4% of listings come through recruiters, 32.7% are reposts, and 57.2% have thin descriptions, so these patterns are common. Only 21.7% of listings pass basic quality checks. If you cannot tell in 30 seconds, skip it.

We cannot guarantee the right role. We read every Singapore listing and tell you which five are worth your time and why the rest aren't. Message Ava on Telegram.

A shorter path

Of 26,019 Singapore job listings this April, 21.7% passed basic quality checks. The rest failed on obvious signals: 55.4% came from recruiters rather than direct employers, 32.7% were reposted multiple times, and 57.2% contained fewer than 200 words of actual job description. One "Business Development (Entry-level)" role was reposted 119 times across different recruiter accounts. The hyper-specific requirements that signal FCF compliance theatre appeared in only 0.3% of listings, but salary bands averaging S$1,711 wide suggest most employers still prefer vague ranges. These patterns are predictable consequences of legal requirements, not conspiracies.

We cannot promise you a job. We can read every Singapore listing this week and tell you which five are worth your time and which recruiter posts to ignore. Talk to Ava on Telegram.

Methodology: Every job listing in our Singapore database is scored on four quality signals: recruiter vs direct employer (company name match), reposted (same title and company posted three or more times in 90 days), short description (under 200 words of actual content), and hyper-specific requirements (GPT-4o-mini classifies the mandatory list as narrowly stacked enough that only one candidate plausibly matches, a pattern consistent with FCF theatre). Scores start at 100 and lose points per signal. Numbers below are live counts across our full Singapore listing database.

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Report generated 2026-04-21. New report published on the 1st of every month. See all reports.