just try apply first la, when employers see your collection of certs, they will , not to say having certs is godlike, but having them still proves that you are up to something, that should be able to offset that 1 year experience requirement already

L2 helpdesk no need to pick up calls, and yes most of their tasks involved in remoting into end user's machines, things always won't go as easy as you plan to be, once you are hired to do L1, you will stay at there for quite some time

IMO, it is very absurd for the recruiters to even need to consider having you as L1 helpdesk, perhaps the thing that make them think twice would be your language skills, because L1 mainly need to be fluent in whatever language they are supporting, technical skills comes second.

since you got your master and bunch of certs, I assume your age would be at least past 25, starting your career from helpdesk would be a waste of time for you, career path for a helpdesk would be quite different from what your initial aim is, I know these because I seen what my ex-team leads were doing, and I just quit from a L2 helpdesk job.

guys and girls, I have about 1 year plus experience in L2 helpdesk, currently have 2 MCTS certs in Win Server 2008, how much can I request if I want to venture in more advance field in IT support, such as Wintel, server admins, Exchange admins etc.. ?

got that high meh? I got desktop support experience only thus far, the rest are all paper qualifications

my most recent offer was lower than that by more than rm1k

anyway they have rejected me after they know that I am abit annoyed by that amount

u mean when you just became a junior Wintel, you already got rm3.5k?

wah you guys answer are making me happier

if things go well, I might be MCITP certified by next week

hope really will get offer with the amount mentioned by you or lamode

associate as in.... ?

rm2k+ of incentives is shockingly high I think..

perhaps you can spot them in finance & investment, audiophile, fast and furious, hardware, and etc subforums

look for people that willing to spend 5 digit on a TV, change/upgrade PC once a month, upgrading DSLR rigs and so on

there are a handful of them, well maybe not making millions a year, maybe its their parents who earn that, but the reality is, such people exists in this forum, you just need to guess which one

it's stupid for people to think that working in an MNC means being a "like_a_boss.jpg" everyday

note: many MNCs here are managed by local people, while they may share the infrastructure and brand name with their HQ, but the HR, BoD, and salary market rate, still largely remain local

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Apr 17 2012, 01:38 PM

depends lo, there's a reason for those MNCs to set up operation in Malaysia, mainly is due to cheaper cost mah

benefits wise yes it can win most local companies, but salary wise and increment opportunity, almost the same with local SMEs

what's difference than in Malaysia then, you get to spend SGD in SG also

those 4 years previously were in the same company?

it was underpaid, but.. why did you let it happened to you for 4 years?

your starting pay is great for a freshgrad, it even beats some of the MNCs around

are you really sure?

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Added on May 9, 2012, 5:17 pmdealing with RPG and/or AS400?

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: May 9 2012, 05:17 PM

banking got higher starting salary, and more bonuses in a year, that's it
be prepared to work like no day and no night, handle the sheer amount of stress (for senior/manager level), experience a kinda unique office politics

btw, if you work in a bank branch, chances are you will most likely stuck in the branch for long time, meaning less chance to get in the main bank building like menara Maybank. In a bank branch, the most senior person would be the branch manager, basic salary is less than RM10k, or around that figure, is that considered alot?

nevermind

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: May 28 2012, 09:40 PM

can I know the average annual bonus for those work in banks?

for entry level employees eg, freshgrads, those with less than 3 year of experience

don't keep misleading the youngsters, because of many people saying that by being an actuarial automatically means earning big bucks, many young people are flooding in the actuarial course in colleges and unis

but there's also significant amount of them either dropped off or changed into another course in their 2nd or 3rd year, due to unable to cope with the stress and academic load..

u sure ur fren didn't bluff u ?

not to say that isn't possible, but for a freshgrad?

many MNCs in Cyberjaya can easily give you over RM3k after adding up all the allowances

eg HP, IBM, CSC, T-System, and various IT outsource companies, the downside is you may need to work in shift in order to earn the shift allowance, which can be from RM200-500 or more

for other jobs which does not require you to work in shift, eg programmer, office admin, marketing exec, there's lesser allowance, hence lower pay overall

but bear in mind that, allowance is not basic salary equivalent, banks still regard these two differently while processing your loan/credit card applications

what about System Center related products

Microsoft is actively marketing their next gen System Center line of products