Originally Posted by goaswind (Post 41545)

Hi below is my salary growth. I am the slow grower here.

Graduate from Australia with Normal Degree in Economics no honours

Start work Aug 2009: S$2640
Aug 2010: S$2895
Aug 2011: S$3027
Aug 2012: S$3423
Aug 2013: S$4167

Originally Posted by rubberbus (Post 41557)

is civil service sector better than ptd sector?

what are career choices for engineering student?

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 41573)

Your questions are too broad, because you will get positive answers from people who thrive in the civil service and likewise from those who thrive in the pte sector environment. Meaning you will be back to square one.

To get answers specific to your situation, you need to let readers here know what your preferences are, your character, your interest, ambition etc..

I come across many young people like yourself who do not know what they want, so they asked general questions leading to nowhere.

Originally Posted by rubberbus (Post 41574)

Thank you very much for your help! you are right. I really don't know what I want. kind of lost.

1. Is earning big bucks more important to you than worklife balance and job stability?
This is a tough choice! I guess I will choose earning big bucks!
You want big bucks - go join the pte sector. Even govt linked companies pay much much better to their top performers/management than our top civil servant earn. Easy decision here.

2. Are you good / thrive in a rule based environment or one where you have more freedom but with more risks?
No idea abt this Q.
Eg. here would the uniformed service. There are more rules to adhere to, but pay is generally higher. The civil service also have a lot of rules to follow eg in contract awards, procurement processes etc..Some people like this kind of environment.


3. Do you like meeting with people?
Not really. Most of the time I feel awkward.
Hmm, this can be cultivated. But if you are really introverted, then civil service environment may be better for you.

4. Are you a political animal?
No.
Again civil service may have less of this.

5. Can you handle long overseas assignment?
Yes.
Both civil service and pte sector have opportunities.


6. Do you prefer to be the customer (read civil service) or the contractor (read pte sector)?
No preference.
Take it from me, the customer is always the better position.

7. Do you prefer to be the one coming up with rules than to be the ones having to meet them?
I will prefer to the one coming up with the rules.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 41576)

Haha, your answers are normal/typical I guess - the kind of work and the environment you want or don't want will be clearer when you have a taste of them.

I will tag the employment environment to your answers below:

To be the one laying down the rules, you would have to be in HQ or management position. But by and large, the civil service are the ones coming up with policies and guidelines.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 41583)

Hi, may I know if anyone here has a statistics background and is doing statistical work in the public sector?