Career after DSTA
 

Hi just wondering. Where can a DSTA employee go to after about 3-4 years inside DSTA?

yes, most probably you are rejected. May i know which uni u from and honor?

Spu masters in eee

2nd low from NTU EEE part time. With relevant work experience while studying.

Is it considered rude to check with the HR lady that have requested me to do the G50 whether I have failed the interview?

u may try, they are quite friendly and helpful. For my case, i was invited to NTU networking session last october, went for the interview and got the job offer around 8 days after the interview. Most of my friends got it within 2 weeks. We were asked to fill up the G50 after we signed the contract.

Uppzz anybody?

i don't think the skillset acquired at DSTA is very transferrable. maybe you can jump around public sector, but moving around anywhere else would be rather hard.

But i did a search on linkedin and most who do not earn CFA or financial certifications usually do a PMP and go down the project mgmt route. so idk..

Top dsta engineers can easily Move to banking and earn 5 digit pm.

Depends on which areas of engineering you are in. I was in the Building Infra team and went on to the private sector to manage private sector construction projects

CSIT Fresh Grad Pay
 

Does anyone know the current updated fresh grad pay for CSIT? Is it the same as DSTA/DSO at $4600/4200/3800?

DSTA no longer 4600/4200/3800, revised to 4500/4400/3800.

Source: just received job offer

Hi, may i know are u graduating this coming Aug? if so, are u from local uni?

Ok I posted here back when I went for an interview in January. Only just got an offer now after a 2 month+ wait. So it is possible that they do not offer you within a short while.

Yes, from NTU, graduating in Aug, attended interview just 1.5 weeks ago

anyone knows how long will it take for hr to get back? i submitted my application via careers@gov on 9 mar. havent got any reply yet.

They dun get back if u are rejected.

Hi guys! can i just check with those who applied, did you all upload a cover letter along with resume in career@gov?
How many rounds of interview do you have to go thru before getting the offer?
thanks mate!

Yes, with cover page. 1 round of interview=> 2 Program Directors and 1 HR.

approximately how long do dsta (or gov service) get back after applying? because from careers@gov page, they said processing time of 8 weeks. but yeah, i know too that it shouldnt be too long..

thanks for replying mate! what do you mean with cover page? cover letter needs to have a cover page?
what are the questions they asked? mind sharing?:)

One time, i decided not to proceed with the psychometric test and i did inform them.
1 year later, i tried applying again but there was no response from them.
i applied for media analyst. anybody knows what went wrong?

I have gone into oil and gas now.

sorry, my mistake. i mean cover letter.
talk more about yourself and ur internship at company XX

i see i see. thank you so much for sharing!

they cant go anywhere. sadly

only a few can move out. but mostly stuck inside with non transferable skills....

u hear a lot of them whole day complain want to leave, but x years down they still there........

money is good in beginning, but after few years u will start losing out...

DSTA is more on project management and i dont think it a non-transferable skill. It depends on how u utilise it. FYI, engineers from DSTA is wanted by quite a number of ministries/stat board especially when SG is going to be smart nation

Just to check... Will DSTA contact these who are not selected for the job after the interview?

how about 3rd class with NS?? do they take working experience into account?

3rd class can forget about DSTA

But we are talking about the private sector here... What are the ENGINEERING skills that you can transfer?

an insider view
 

I chanced upon this thread and empathize with those who are eager to know the outcome of their interviews.
Normally they will reject you quickly if you failed your interview.
if you had to wait, it is likely you were KIVed (good but not best), or they are putting your name for management's approval.
HR is known to jam certain offers even when line PCs decided to offer their candidate, for reasons unknown to me.
Those KIV ones may eventually be offered / rejected especially if new resumes were received (if you noticed, some job applications on the career portal do not have application end dates).

DSTA is predominantly engineering, with most departments doing PM / Systems Management. Therefore you are required to have project management and engineering knowledge. Engineering knowledge is important (so said our top govt ministers) and can be transferred to places like LTA, SMRT, PUB.
But DSTA also have Computer science folks doing Cybersecurity, SW development, QA, QC etc. These skills are very transferable but likely to be lowered paid if you wish to venture into Pte sectors.

Pay, welfare are good, depending on which sector you compare to (prob. not as good as oil/gas, banking. But definitely better than IT industry)

All the best folks.

source: we are hiring; Have conducted and is still conducting interviews.

OMG, do u think DSTA only deal with military stuff and do you think that Military technology is totally different from commerical? i not sure whether you are an engineer but from the way i see, you totally have no idea what is engineering, most probably those kind of 读死书 ！

And also read the recent news '://.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/better-salaries-for-fresh/2692082.html'

DSTA is one of centres of excellence and other public agencies are joining in and you are saying there are no engineering skill can be transfered?

not even with 2 years working experience as engineer in MNC?

So far anyone here who went for the interview this year(2016) for the engineer position got rejected? How long after the interview do you get the bad news?

there are lots of first/upper engineer worked in MNC apply for DSTA, what makes u think that your 2 yr experience is better than theirs?

If the two years of working experience has equipped the engineer with skills that are needed for the job and a similarly experienced engineer with first class and no relevant skills apply for the same job, of course you will have a chance. When I was job hunting, one thing i learnt was that grades were important in the eyes of all companies when hiring an engineer, especially in engineering. It is not just a public sector thing. There is a reason for that. However, if you have something other than your grades to show(if impressive), I do not think the rules apply.

I am not from DSTA, nor have I applied there. However, my company has a reputation for not hiring below second upper as well. Senior management has stressed their worry about that misconception of such a "cut off point" as they fear that skillful and experienced engineers would not apply.

From a local engineering GLC,

even for hiring a technician,

Mr A = ~3 yrs of relevant engineering exp with ITE cert/ Poly cert
Mr B = fresh grad from ITE

Management would rather hire the fresh grad from ITE because he is cheaper by about $300-400

Thanks for this piece of information. If I received verbal confirmation some time ago from the HR people but have yet to receive any official offer, should I be worried that I might still be rejected?

Hi, did you received the verbal job offer straight after the interview or did they call you few days after your interview?