Anyone jobless for a long time before?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

thanks for all the encouragement.

i guess im just mentally exhausted of constantly going through the same thing over and over again. like, i know i have to keep moving on, i know i have to get back up and fight, i know what i should do. but sometimes its not that i dont want to motivate myself up, it's just... tiring. not sure if you guys get what i mean. and yeah, started to doubt myself and all as well, getting annoyed at every single thing.

actually, im going overseas from 5-22jun, and since the beginning of the sem, i just wanted to clinch a job before leaving, or at least an offer. but i still can't just get that one single offer, only constant rejections. and after each rejection, i tell myself its okay, get back up and move forward. but yesterday's one was bad.. i guess because it was the odds, like 5 choose 4, and im the 1 who didnt get chosen. so it really makes me question everything that im doing, and doubting myself as well. but i guess it's a 50-50 thing, in a sense that my mindset was 'tired' and i didnt really give my best there. and the 3 interviewers i had were actually grilling me quite badly. bad luck. seems like its 20% hard work, 80% luck.

but with all that being said, i believe it's all a matter of time. im sorry that i emitting negative energy out here, but thank you all for your support. i'll be fine soon

There is a high % of luck involved in getting selected for an interview but once you are in the room, the % of luck vs aptitude drastically swings the other way. If you keep thinking it is bad luck that you didn't ace the interview, you will never be able to improve on your subsequent ones.

You need to stop being negative and stop blaming it on luck and instead look at how you can improve yourself in interviews.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The professional recruitment firms do not operate in this manner. They establish contacts within the industry that they operate in, among many different firms. They frequently get in touch with the HR or hiring managers in these firms to extract open positions, after which they will market out on job portals. They are paid commissions for their time and efforts spent trawling through the hundreds of CVs that get sent in and doing the preliminary legwork of QCing the applicant before putting forward recommendations to the hiring firm.

I have personally been placed in 2 full time perm roles through recruitment agents.

any advice on which are the reputable agents in Singapore for entry level jobs?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

any advice on which are the reputable agents in Singapore for entry level jobs?

Depends on what industry you are in. I am in the banking sector, and have had good experiences with Allegis Group, Kerry Consulting and Robert Walters.

Dun listen to those who said that they get $6k a month after 1.5years etc. Either they are in sales or just working their heads off. (burning themselves away)

Also count your lucky stars that you can even get an interview. I know of alot of grads not even getting a job interview for several months after graduation.

If you manage to get an interview and felt you did well but still unable to secure even an offer, it is high time u sit down and think thru what went wrong after so many face to face attempts. You might have thought you have aced it, but are you being too overly confident in what you said in the interview or even the series of essay writing/replies body language etc etc?

Most experienced recruiters can tell whether you suit the company's culture or whether if you are suitable to join them on your first job.

Just being blatantly blunt here. All the best.

Do you want to be a businessman?

If you do, then become a uber or grab driver. You are your own boss.

Work hard and one day you will be a transport company tycoon.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Do you want to be a businessman?

If you do, then become a uber or grab driver. You are your own boss.

Work hard and one day you will be a transport company tycoon.

U wait long long sure got unless Your income is not increasing exponentially

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Its serious and I graduated from NTU EEE with honors. Never trust the govt media and news. i.e. Singapore in need of engineers and ICT, Singaporean Core etc... when you start applying for jobs especially sending resume to 100+ public and private companies and organizations, you will know what I mean.

If you have foreign friends from your course of study, you will also notice that they gets job easily than you can imagine especially with their low wages (below 3k) expectation as a degree holder and no NS liability. I have foreign friends with a master degree asking for 3.2k and PhD asking for 4k. What's more ridiculous is that they told me that they are being offered Singapore citizenship from our govt with the kind of academic qualification they had.

you posted this on 22-04-2016 at 5.24pm on page 119 post number 1182.
Are you serious about what you said?

Originally Posted by Lucas

you posted this on 22-04-2016 at 5.24pm on page 119 post number 1182.
Are you serious about what you said?

I know where he is coming from because i experience the same situation as well. No doubt the civil service sector is hiring more engineers, it is entirely up to the stat board and the individual department to project their manpower growth and replacing those who are going to retire soon.

As for the salary, i don't think foreigners with master or phd are paid any lesser than compare to our local graduates.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

From my experience, the recruitment agencies do not have a position available. What they do is actually collect resumes by posting dummy ads. They will then match a job based on your profile from the jobstreet, jobsdb etc. posted by the employers directly. What they did is actually sit down in front of the computer and do mix and match. Don't pin too much hope as employers are not stupid enough to pay them one month commission for a job they can do themselves! Then what is their HR for if they engage them?

Yes, totally agree. It makes no common sense at all for any corporate to engage recruitment firms giving them free lunch commission when any single job posting can get many applicants in current supply & demand. Especially if it is non-technical jobs like HR, admin, customer service, marketing, sales, logistics, management etc that anyone is able to do the job, there is sure suitable candidate when u post a job adv on jobs bank and recruitment process is even more simple than engaging recruitment Firms. For me, first thing I see a job adv is the company name, if it's a recruitment agency I will straightaway eliminate the job.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Do you want to be a businessman?

If you do, then become a uber or grab driver. You are your own boss.

Work hard and one day you will be a transport company tycoon.

stop advertising uber or grab driver.