SLA (Singapore Land Authority)
Anyone knows how is it working in SLA? The work culture and staff there and the career progression?
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job culture depend on boss, not which stat board
why dont you try to at least get an offer first before keep repeating same question for different gov departnemnt? you make it sound like ur some hot potato that is spoilt for choice cauz the whole public sector is trying to hire you |
fwah he ask question only also tio flamed. Afterall who doesn't want a good job? Ask yourselves why you all visit this forum? To ask questions and know more right? People also want to see if anybody works/has worked there so can try to understand better ma.
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at least in a forum there is mix of good & bad post. asking HR is guaranteed poor answer, there is conflict of interest as they are representing the org. to "sell" the job. that is like asking a salesman is the product he is selling good. what you expect hr to say, that yea the culture sux and ur boss is difficult to work with and btw please sign the offer letter? |
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anyway my honest ans to ts qn, work culture and staff = subjective, varies from department to department, nth to do wif organisation, staff= heng suay, u meet one colleague whos out to make life difficult for u or a boss who not happy wif u from day one, all work performance gets thrown out of the window. career progression= scholar grooming place, as it is for most stat boards. so i suggest ts might wanna look more into other tangible factors like passion, interest, personality fit to job etc.
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in general, i heard the public service working culture is okay. confirm less politics than private sector. not everyone will go back at 530 or 6pm though.
I went for interview at SLA 2 weeks ago. HR commented that they are in need of people. They just reposted their vacancies again on careers@gov. Anyway, the interview will be an essay question done on a windows 98/95 laptop (what the heck...) followed by interview with 7 deputy directors or head of dept. Be prepared to consider the different vacancies available besides the one you applied for. I got rejected though... haha. |
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seems like from your other thread you are either a fresh grad or someone who has only worked at a very junior level... |
in some public sector organizations, the politics can be quite bad because the people are simply too free.
in private sector, people are busy meeting deadlines and only play the blame game when things go wrong, otherwise they may even collaborate to reach win-win objectives. |
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The rest who only know how to kpkb, wait till you all need ppls's advice and others kpkb back. Then u all know what's karma! |
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the rest is a generic statement about public sector culture is OK, less politics, not everyone can go back on time |
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Just to clarify, I am a fresh grad who REALLY went for interview at SLA.
As for the comment about politics, i heard it from friends who are already working in the civil/public sector. They come from HDB, IRAS, MOH, NEA, LTA to name a few. They have been working for at least 1-3 years. If you still don't believe then there's nothing I can do. :) |
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1) they are all very junior in position, only minority are able to figure out the politics that early. most will blur blur for quite some time & make a few mistakes here & there b4 figuring out whats going on 2) since they all just left school not long, they are likely to be only in 1st job within public sector, w/o exp in pte sector to compare on what basis do they say politics is lesser? and on what basis then do you from these relatively inexp comments confirm that politics is lesser? like someone earlier mention, politics in some stat boards can be even harsher & more complicated then pte sector. |
well, i agree that my friends may not be experienced enough but it certainly wasnt the first job for some of them.
good that someone pointed out it may be harsher in certain stat boards. i am learning more from friends and forums too. perhaps it might be better to find out more from the civil service thread. for those posting useless comments, you may have lots of experience but that was certainly childish. :p |
Hi Icy water , may i know what's the essay question that they set ?
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refer to post #24
anyway the question given to me was something like this: SLA has various departments such as business operations, planning and policy, finance and so on and so forth... Rank in order of your preference and explain your ranking. (500 words) Hope it helps. As I mentioned earlier, they may have other questions so don't take it as standard question. May helps others in future if you can kindly post the question they gave you after your interview. Also, remember that first round is a panel interview (around 7 people excluding HR). So do consider other positions as they have quite a few number of vacancies. |
How much do they pay for fresh grad holding 2nd lower hons?
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How much do they pay for fresh grad holding 2nd lower hons?
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anyone tried applying? them seem to be replying really fast..
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Interview at SLA
Hi anyone when for interview recently? For the senior executive conveyancing position? Any news?
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Senior Executive Conveyancing position-
Very slow career advancement. When you first join Land Titles Registry as "Senior Executive'' , are you on same level as other Senior Executives in other departments? You look at those supervisors in Land Titles Registry. They are already 40s to 60 years old, holding the titles "Head, Managers'' Those people joined Registry of Land Titles as Conveyancing Officers Grade 5 ,after their A Levels. Then work their way up to current position. I knew them very well One of them is so called" Head/ Asst Registrar of Titles" , joined in 1980s as Div 3 staff, after her A Levels. Is her A Levels good enough ? No Head / Asst Registrar of Titles is nothing impressive.. Just a equivalent to Chief Warrant Officer. Those so called '' Managers'', 'Asst Managers'' .. They don't have very good university degrees. One of them got only lousy degree from Indian university not recognised by Singapore Public Service. She joined as Conveyancing Officer Grade 3 (actually Snr Div 3 post) in 1990s Now , how old is she? 50s, still hold ''managerial post'' Being a junior supervisor post like Warrant Officer, at 50 year old. Nothing to be proud about. When you first joined Land Titles Registry as ''Snr Executive'' . you have to focus on long term On the Job Training, where you learn how to do conveyancing work. After few years, you will be sent to another section where you learn. After few job rotations, spanning 15 years , you will be considered for promotion to Asst Manager.. If you are deemed to be learned and experienced, you will promoted to Manager at age of late forty, then you train new staff to do conveyancing work. My female friend work there at age 24 , now she is "Head'' at 45 year old.. Do you feel proud? Nothing to be proud about. When you have very good professional degree, you don't work there . You will be post to better department (Finance, IT, HR,Legal, etc) where your career advancement is better If you have LLB (Hons) degree from recognised university, you will be part of management team in Land Titles Registry, very much superior to those still learning how to do conveyancing work. You will be overseeing those old supervisors (trainers) Do you know current Registrar of Titles? when he first joined Registry of Titles at the age of 27, after graduating with LLB (Hons ) . Now , he is Asst Chief EXecutive at the age of 52.. Very impressive right? |
yes, promotion normally reserved for scholars, if you are not a scholar be prepared to wait & wait & wait.....& wait
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