BECOME an engineer in the manufacturing sector, and you can expect, on average, a starting pay of $4,000 a month.

While a less princely sum may await you if you are less qualified, the sweet news is you can pick and choose from a long list of vacancies in a wide variety of jobs, according to a new online career guide.

Produced by the Government, it has been praised by headhunters like Ms Annie Yap as a one-of-a-kind comprehensive guide.

The 35-page guide, called Labour Market Highlights, identifies specific jobs, the pay of each as well as the specific skills or qualifications it requires.

Targetted at adult jobseekers, the guide also uses colour codes to indicate the chances of getting hired for a particular job.

It is updated whenever new information is available from surveys like the annual wage surveys that is conducted by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).

Jobseekers would not be the only group that will find it useful, said Ms Yap, chief executive officer of human resources consultancy GMP.

The guide, available here, is produced by MOM and the Workforce Development Agency as part of the Government's effort to ease the labour crunch by opening the eyes of job-seekers to a wider range of job opportunities.