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Originally Posted by Unregistered
In this case, I could highlight the applicant's credentials to my boss. There are officers with private degrees but generally they are not hired from the 'open'.
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Generally is the correct word. To share my story. I was a
NTU/
NUS reject 12 years ago. If I were to apply in open, I would be dropped by HR. Hence, I didn't bother to apply for government jobs after receiving a few rejection letters from GLCs/stat boards like
IDA upon graduation. If GLCs rejected me, what more about ministries? Then, there was a series of worldwide government websites being hacked. I was intrigued by these government website hacking and I attempted to track these activities using my home setup honeypots during my free time. I mentioned these activities in my CV that was deposited all over the recruitment sites.
Somehow, someone forwarded my CV to some senior director in the security sector. I received a call for informal discussion. Rest is history. Looking back, I'm still with same director for past 10-year and have had 4 promotions.