Hi there!

Kind of new in here. Just wanted to share about my job

Job Title : Technical Assistant
Job Desciption : officially....i assist the lecturers and students during a lab session, carrying out maintenance work for the equipments in the lab, sometimes help out the lecturers carrying out reseach projects for them
unofficially....i will b asked to help out the marketing department doing promotions at schools n education fairs...
Company : IPTS (it's only 4 years old)
Industry : Science/Engineering Technology Education
Tenur : permanent
Employment Level : non exec (i think....)
Years spent in company: by august it will b my 4th year working there
Experience before joining : before i joined the present company i worked as a temporary sales exec for NST (after i failed to complete my chem eng degree)
salary : started off with RM 1600, then RM 1680, then RM 1747....current salary RM 1887
Education Level: dip in chem eng
Age: 29
Memorable moment: participated in overseas equipment training course for 2 weeks in july 2004

So what do u guys think? too low huh? i think im already in my comfort zone. im hungry for new challenges. i feel like waiting for another year or so to c where this place is heading. Initially i was hoping to b placed in one of the chemical engineering labs until my my boss decided that a lady is more suitable in an analytical chemistry lab. i totally divert from my qualification. Anyway, i guess i started to enjoy doing analytical labwork and im planning to continue my degree in industrial chemisty. I guess my strength at the current workplace is....im somewhat has become the refrence person in handling all the PE (a famous brand in life and analytical sceince field) analytical equipments (something which im proud of). Earlier this year my HOD have asked me to supervise all the technicians by verbal appointment with no large increment I want to venture into R & D or the OGP industry n c how much im worth....

This post has been edited by furryfeline: May 27 2006, 12:13 PM

i would like to hunt for new jobs but i guess what's keeping me from doing so is bcoz i don't think i'm worth that much in the industry. i know i need to change my attitude if i were to hunt for new jobs. the working environment so far is quite FRIENDLY but BANGANG (although after 4 yrs of operations, the management is still unprofessional in handling certain matters ). i know that im underpaid when i heard most of the former students here can get RM 2k upon confirmation most of my friends whom are working in the industry are suggesting to me CABUT so it serves the management rite not to JAGA the welfare of the technical staffs (i was among the few pioneer staffs that attended the equipment training. the institute needs to fork out quite a big sum of money to retrain new staffs if i were to cabut).... it has always been their priority to take care of the lecturer's welfare...