MINDEF DXO (All FAQ on it)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

To those who keep posting about how long the wait is, why you havent got any reply etc, I personally feel that you will not fit into the working culture of MINDEF. This culture is all about patience and perseverance. Success comes to those who wait and can afford to wait. Meanwhile, focus on your exams (for soon to be fresh grads) and job search (for those experienced hires)

You can say all you want about patience and perseverance, but have you not considered that certain people just do not have the luxury of waiting for too long? All they ask for are regular updates from MINDEF HR on how their applications are moving along, so that they can make informed decisions on whether to continue waiting or whether to move on.

If rival companies offer these people job offers before MINDEF does, they may be forced to accept the offers as there is no guarantee that there will be jobs waiting for them in MINDEF. At the end of the day, it is MINDEF's loss.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You can say all you want about patience and perseverance, but have you not considered that certain people just do not have the luxury of waiting for too long? All they ask for are regular updates from MINDEF HR on how their applications are moving along, so that they can make informed decisions on whether to continue waiting or whether to move on.

If rival companies offer these people job offers before MINDEF does, they may be forced to accept the offers as there is no guarantee that there will be jobs waiting for them in MINDEF. At the end of the day, it is MINDEF's loss.

I don't think mindef has any 'rivalries' in its field. For each position, there is hundreds of applicants vying for that vacancy, in many sense, people are willing to wait because they still have a job. Mindef has no loss actually, it will always be able to find someone to fill in the gap. The waiting time is long because hiring managers take a long time to revert, sometimes hr has no choice over how long the wait is. The hiring managers are senior commanders, hr dont really rush them for a decision. Just saying, it is no fault of mindef hr for the long waiting time. Processes are processes, they cannot be expedited.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hey np, just sharing what i know, which may not be accurate since hiring managers all have diff selection criteria, most i know are not academic worshippers. When i first got in to Mindef, my degree was not a prestigious one and i only got a pass degree but i went in with more than 5yrs of experience from another ministry and they saw pass my credentials, even though i had 'stronger' opponents, most inportantly the hiring manager must see something in you, they must see ur value and ur integrity which far surpasses the need for excellent academic achievements. I was not even from the top 3 unis of singapore and there are many more like me.

That being said, i dont want to raise ur hopes too high, i will recommend u you to continue ur job hunt elsewhere if u have been waiting for 2 weeks. In fact, dont stop ur job hunt because there is no guarrantee u can get in anywhere unless u sign the offer letter. All the best!

Hi there, just wanted to say, i got the job in the end. thanks for the advice and perhaps, see you around

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi there, just wanted to say, i got the job in the end. thanks for the advice and perhaps, see you around

Congrats! Which camp are u in? Or if u r not comfortable revealing, is it in the west? Im at joo koon, see you around and all the best!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You can say all you want about patience and perseverance, but have you not considered that certain people just do not have the luxury of waiting for too long? All they ask for are regular updates from MINDEF HR on how their applications are moving along, so that they can make informed decisions on whether to continue waiting or whether to move on.

If rival companies offer these people job offers before MINDEF does, they may be forced to accept the offers as there is no guarantee that there will be jobs waiting for them in MINDEF. At the end of the day, it is MINDEF's loss.

Hahaha. You know, if you dont like Mindef, you can always find a job elsewhere in those 'rival companies'. If you cant wait, then withdraw your application and let the rest of us have the job.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

To those who keep posting about how long the wait is, why you havent got any reply etc, I personally feel that you will not fit into the working culture of MINDEF. This culture is all about patience and perseverance. Success comes to those who wait and can afford to wait. Meanwhile, focus on your exams (for soon to be fresh grads) and job search (for those experienced hires)

dude, this is bs, you can't compare anxiety over job-hunting to fitting into a work culture. different context la.

Any cute and hunky dudes in MINDEF?

Is it very hard to get in as a DXO HR executive with a engineering degree?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is it very hard to get in as a DXO HR executive with a engineering degree?

There are no HR positions available now, u may double check with mindef, and yes not easy to get in without HR experience, degree wise doesnt matter.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

There are no HR positions available now, u may double check with mindef, and yes not easy to get in without HR experience, degree wise doesnt matter.

In the DXO website there are positions for HR Executive, how did you know that there are no HR positions available now?