DSTA (under Mindef)

This place is only for scholar. Non-scholar have no career progression.

At least you should try private sector first then apply as mid-career. This way you have a better career progression.

Hello all, just want to find out my chances. After submitting the 3 forms, roughly how long will it take for the HR to get back? Thanks.

Anyone find the quality of scholars dropping in recent years?
I find the “older” scholars more proactive and can understand issues faster whereas the newer scholars are more passive and seems to want to do the minimal only

really surprising because i thought they’d be more competitive and will want to do more to stand out

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone find the quality of scholars dropping in recent years?
I find the “older” scholars more proactive and can understand issues faster whereas the newer scholars are more passive and seems to want to do the minimal only

really surprising because i thought they’d be more competitive and will want to do more to stand out

they know they are going to do well even if they don’t put in effort
just cruise and promote to Dir()

Originally Posted by Unregistered

they know they are going to do well even if they don’t put in effort
just cruise and promote to Dir()

Sad but true

Considering how much we are investing to attract the top talents, their performance is quite sub standard

[Monrider]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This place is only for scholar. Non-scholar have no career progression.

At least you should try private sector first then apply as mid-career. This way you have a better career progression.

I used to work at dsta.

It is a military place so many of the projects are not disclosed.

There are many non scholars who do well and many of their directors are not scholars.

Traffic jam is a nightmare.

Originally Posted by Monrider

I used to work at dsta.

It is a military place so many of the projects are not disclosed.

There are many non scholars who do well and many of their directors are not scholars.

Traffic jam is a nightmare.

What made you leave?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What made you leave?

The daily traffic jams.

Originally Posted by Monrider

I used to work at dsta.

It is a military place so many of the projects are not disclosed.

There are many non scholars who do well and many of their directors are not scholars.

Traffic jam is a nightmare.

This is back in the day 20 yrs ago where scholars are still a rare breed. Of course there is room for promotion even for farmers. Now there are entire teams filled with scholars. Good luck trying to stand out as a farmer.

Its been slightly over a month since i have submitted my job application and i havent gotten any updates yet. Is this always the norm nowadays? Mid career here.