Originally Posted by pencil

I don't think its realistic to hope for an internship in any management consultancy firm, even the smaller ones. There are so many NUS/NTU/SMU undergrads and sometimes even graduates who are willing to intern for free/low pay yet cannot get in.

My take is that anyone who suggest otherwise or imply that you have a chance for an internship in such consultancies with only a IT diploma while studying pt are clueless and sending you on a wild goose chase.

If you will really want to build up your hr credentials, it's better to join a decent MNC as an officer/asst level hr generalist. Then you can gain some exp in the 3 years while waiting to graduate. Then hopefully can convert into hr executive.

As for recruitment agents, they belong to sales and not hr. Such exp will not help much in moving to a corp hr role in the future.