Pay as an accounts assistant

Yup.. your degree is not really recognise.. You should just find a graduate job that can give you the most exposure and opprtunities for gaining valuable experience.. After that then try to job hop.. Things will be different once you have the experience that people needs..

Originally Posted by Imbiah

hi I am back. have been working in the company for close to 7 months at a miserly 1.8. have spoke to my heads about my degree last yr. they said they will look into it and now it is the end of March and apparently they are still looking into it. long story short, have decided to stop waiting for them to look into it.

so I went job hunting. kept getting job offers as accounts assistant (again) and a salary of 2.3. pardon me if I sound really ignorant here, but shouldn't a degree garner a higher position instead of an assistant again? I understand that i do not have a lot of work experience as of now, maybe like for accounts related, close to 1 year? 7 months here plus 4 months from a previous stint.

is it the fact that my degree is not that recognized, or the market is bad now or I really do not have the experience to step into a higher role.

please advise as I am really feeling quite confused now.

Originally Posted by Imbiah

hi I am back. have been working in the company for close to 7 months at a miserly 1.8. have spoke to my heads about my degree last yr. they said they will look into it and now it is the end of March and apparently they are still looking into it. long story short, have decided to stop waiting for them to look into it.

so I went job hunting. kept getting job offers as accounts assistant (again) and a salary of 2.3. pardon me if I sound really ignorant here, but shouldn't a degree garner a higher position instead of an assistant again? I understand that i do not have a lot of work experience as of now, maybe like for accounts related, close to 1 year? 7 months here plus 4 months from a previous stint.

is it the fact that my degree is not that recognized, or the market is bad now or I really do not have the experience to step into a higher role.

please advise as I am really feeling quite confused now.

Your next step is to find a stepping stone company to boost your pay. Nobody is going to offer you more than $2.5k from your current $1.8k. They cannot justify that kind of pay jump to their HR.

[Imbiah]

Hi all, thanks for your input. It is greatly appreciated.

Now I am just deciding if I should stay put at my current company, work for 5 more months to get the continuous one year of experience or if I should just move on as an MNC is willing to offer me 2.3 for Assistant role with greater exposure.

[Imbiah]

Hi, sorry, another quick question.

Can anyone tell me more about shared services centre? How does it really work and will career progression be any different?

Thanks a lot.

Originally Posted by Imbiah

Hi all, thanks for your input. It is greatly appreciated.

Now I am just deciding if I should stay put at my current company, work for 5 more months to get the continuous one year of experience or if I should just move on as an MNC is willing to offer me 2.3 for Assistant role with greater exposure.

If you take up the 2.3k job, 5 months later you can job hop and get 2.8k. Don't waste your time in your current company. Once your pay gets higher, you will be given a better job role and learn more valuable things.

Originally Posted by Imbiah

Hi, sorry, another quick question.

Can anyone tell me more about shared services centre? How does it really work and will career progression be any different?

Thanks a lot.

Shared services is a nice word for Finace Administration department. It consolidates work like invoicing, cost centre allocation, credit collection and payment paperwork across different countries and businesses into team of administrators to execute them.

Career progression is of course limited, but as I have mentioned earlier your lack of experience and accredition will not get you anything significantly better than that. Your previous expeirence is already very patchy, best to stick to your next role for at least 2 years before moving.

Salary increments through job hopping can only be used sparingly, each time you use once, it reduces the chances of you getting another job within a short while.

[Imbiah]

Hi all again.

My supervisor has spoken to me, and told me their plans for me. Basically, end of this month is our annual wage increment, but I have heard that my company is rather stingy with our increment, like 50 bucks. And mine might be pro-rated.

June is the promotion period, and they will bring me up to a Senior Finance Assistant. My supervisor told me not to expect much from a promotion, most probably an increment of $100. And my supervisor claimed that if I am willing to stay with them, they will create this role of a Junior Finance Officer position for me to take up. But that will be end of the year or Jan next year.

My current is 1.8. Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by Imbiah

Hi all again.

My supervisor has spoken to me, and told me their plans for me. Basically, end of this month is our annual wage increment, but I have heard that my company is rather stingy with our increment, like 50 bucks. And mine might be pro-rated.

June is the promotion period, and they will bring me up to a Senior Finance Assistant. My supervisor told me not to expect much from a promotion, most probably an increment of $100. And my supervisor claimed that if I am willing to stay with them, they will create this role of a Junior Finance Officer position for me to take up. But that will be end of the year or Jan next year.

My current is 1.8. Any thoughts?

What's there to think, you can on thinking to stay in your present 1.8k job. How to progress when so many ppl advice you to jump to MNC for 2.3k. It is up to your own decision, no one can decide for your future. Please move on.

My goodness u r still in your current company despite all our advice.
You are not asking for career advice. You are asking us to validate your decision to stay put.

Yes, you should stay put in your current company and wait. Period. End of story.

Originally Posted by Imbiah

Hi all again.

My supervisor has spoken to me, and told me their plans for me. Basically, end of this month is our annual wage increment, but I have heard that my company is rather stingy with our increment, like 50 bucks. And mine might be pro-rated.

June is the promotion period, and they will bring me up to a Senior Finance Assistant. My supervisor told me not to expect much from a promotion, most probably an increment of $100. And my supervisor claimed that if I am willing to stay with them, they will create this role of a Junior Finance Officer position for me to take up. But that will be end of the year or Jan next year.

My current is 1.8. Any thoughts?

With a degree, you should be working as a finance or accounts executive, not assistant or junior finance officer. I never like putting the title "junior" to any position. It is just so degrading.