Originally Posted by Unregistered

You can say all you want about patience and perseverance, but have you not considered that certain people just do not have the luxury of waiting for too long? All they ask for are regular updates from MINDEF HR on how their applications are moving along, so that they can make informed decisions on whether to continue waiting or whether to move on.

If rival companies offer these people job offers before MINDEF does, they may be forced to accept the offers as there is no guarantee that there will be jobs waiting for them in MINDEF. At the end of the day, it is MINDEF's loss.