Career crossroad/s - Psych Major

Republic Polytechnic is actually providing a course on career counselling.
Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling
Application deadline, 5 July. (Ending soon)
://.rp.edu.sg/ace_specialist_diploma.aspx

News regarding the programme,
://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/trained-officers-give-students-career-advice

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Republic Polytechnic is actually providing a course on career counselling.
Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling
Application deadline, 5 July. (Ending soon)
://.rp.edu.sg/ace_specialist_diploma.aspx

News regarding the programme,
://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/trained-officers-give-students-career-advice

Do you know if the course will be taught based on PBL (Problem based learning)? I was from there but switched to another school due to the learning system).

Looks like all the long post from the same person talking to himself. Writing style and sentence structure almost the same.

Then that's PHSYCHO-logy for you

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Looks like all the long post from the same person talking to himself. Writing style and sentence structure almost the same.

Very obvious lah. Suddenly got a unregistered post a 5000 word essay sharing his entire life story in detail to a "stranger" who is asking for career advice. Then they start "talking" to one another with another 2000 word replies. Haha too coincidence...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Republic Polytechnic is actually providing a course on career counselling.
Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling
Application deadline, 5 July. (Ending soon)
://.rp.edu.sg/ace_specialist_diploma.aspx

News regarding the programme,
://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/trained-officers-give-students-career-advice

I think this is more for people who are already employed whose employer needs them to take up a counselling role at their workplace. Plus you need 2 years of relevant work exp to qualify.

[ambivalent]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Very obvious lah. Suddenly got a unregistered post a 5000 word essay sharing his entire life story in detail to a "stranger" who is asking for career advice. Then they start "talking" to one another with another 2000 word replies. Haha too coincidence...

So imaginative but you got it wrong. Just because of a similar writing style, someone who happens to "share their life story in such similar styles mean they're TS? What a joke.

if I had everything figured out this post wouldn't even exist.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi there I'm not TS but I'm an INFJ too and it's so difficult finding job satisfaction. As you said, we keep seeing far into the future and thinking a lot, maybe too much. Most Singaporeans are S rather than N types and find us wishy washy and unrealistic. I also feel like people like us are not suited for the corporate kind of lifestyle.

Personally I was actually strongly considering changing field into psychology by doing a conversion masters degree because of personal interest, but I didn't go through with it because of practical reasons ie. had to go overseas and it costs a bomb + competitive industry like you mentioned. But I still don't see myself staying on in my current job/industry for the long term so I'm always very troubled about my long term future, especially since as you mentioned, mid-career switches mean starting from rock bottom.

About 'do what you love'...I always believed in that but nowadays I'm not so sure. I don't think it's necessary to put all your sense of self identity and self worth into one's career. You can probably work at a job you don't hate or that's just 'acceptable', but pays well enough and gives you enough time to have a proper life outside of work. That's what I'm looking out for now, as my current job isn't fulfilling enough but has long, irregular hours that eat up my life outside of work.

Haha! Indeed! Maybe reading this might help you some: ://.16personalities.com/infj-personality. You may not identify with everything but I think that you will identify with many and perhaps understand yourself better. Haha. We are so enigmatic we confuse ourselves at times too. I used to think I was weird but not anymore. Now I just like being "different" and embrace it.
I guess people find we dwell too much and in turn, we will find them rash and hot-headed. But hey, it is particularly because of this deliberation that when we eventually decide and we put our minds to something, our conviction is unmatched. Indeed we aren't suited and will probably burnout although i'm sure for the individual who is convicted to want to make it in the corporate world, it can be done. One can always "train" to shape out a corporate personality. I know lots of trained extroverts. The problem with us is that we are the extreme of introverts, not in the shy sense, but the private sense. I can count on one hand how many friends actually know me, rather than think they know me. I'm sure there are positions out there for which our strengths will be an asset.

Yeah, its hard cos its just so competitive now and there are constaints. I'm facing the same too. So that's why I was saying its about balance. Indeed you can work at a job you find acceptable but acceptable is a very relative term that differs in meaning for every individual so really at the end of the day its up to each individual whether they can live with it, while taking into considerations their constraints. Depends on each person's priorities also la. Hope you find something better soon then! All the best =)

And to the corporate joker who wants to/ dreams of being a CEO. INTJs are by far not the most uncommon. Lol. if you could just do a simple google search.

Originally Posted by ambivalent

So imaginative but you got it wrong. Just because of a similar writing style, someone who happens to "share their life story in such similar styles mean they're TS? What a joke.

Dude you are the TS, why are you referring to yourself as "TS". Let me take a guess, it is early hours in the morning and you got confused even to which account you are replying as. You logged in as ambivalent but forgot and thought you were replying as the Unregistered 5000 word guy. Oops so malu slip up.

Yep it's a joke and the joke's on you.

Dear TS, yes you are clear on what you want but at the same time you have to be realistic on what is out there in the market. If you want something related to your degree, you can try for MSF or NCSS. I am sure they are looking for people with social sciences degree and with an aptitude to help people.

It doesn't matter that your myers briggs result is ISFJ or INTJ, it doesn't determine how successful you will be. No point using such results to justify that you are not cut out for certain jobs, I believe that it's the attitude that determines. Just bear in mind that because you are a fresh graduate, the employers will have an upper hand to choose.

Just asking... Have you started applying for jobs or going for interviews?
Keep an open mind and all the best to you.