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Originally Posted by kikiyoyo
Dear all, would like to seek some advice as I only started working for couple years.
I am currently on a contract job under recruiting company, outsourced to an MNC, which I was devastated about as I really wanted a perm job. When I started though, I was quite hopeful when I found out the prev 3 staff that had been in my role were all converted promptly when their contract ended.
However, it seems like they are not really opening up their headcount now so I must have entered at a bad time. Plus I entered just after another contract staff with a more advantageous role  My contract is going to be renewed for a second time and I am considering jumping ship.
Is it a wise move? And if so, I would like to know whether a govt sector job(eg. CPF) or working in small jap company startup would be more advisable. |
Ask yourself. What do I want?
High pay. Go to private industry.
Stability, so I can pay my bills with no fear of recession. Go with Civil Service.
Adventure. Join startup or be your own boss. Shitty pay for long hours and unknown future. Pay dirt can be huge or bankruptcy.
Enjoy life. Slow pace, living from day to day. I know a guy who works on a bench and watches clouds every day. Easy stress-free life with low pay.
Personally, my field of study is in an industry that loves to fire people who are in their mid-forties and fifties. When you hit that age, your pay is too high and those in their mid-thirties have the skillset to do your job at lower pay. They fire those in 40s and let those in 30s work their way up and repeat the cycle again. I did an analysis, pulled data, charted my course of action and have no regrets.
What do you want?