Agree with Kelvin. For young people, i would suggest to join small company. From there, normally is "1 leg kick" and you learn alot which i dont think you can learn from MNC. Better to suffer in early age then have a better future later.

MNS sounds nice, but most of the time you are doing nth or wait for someone due to procedure or too many dependencies to finish 1 simple task.
Just my opinion and my experience, may not same as others MNC 

icic...in hotel industry diploma is enuf or degree?

yup. in KL. but still quite hard to survive even tot i m not payin for my car installment

Job Title : Snr Planner, Media & Communication
Age : 26
Job Desciption : Hybrid type for --> Communications Planning+Media Planning
Years spent in company : 2 yrs+
Company :
Location : KL
Industry : Advertising & Media
Tenure : Permanent
Salary : RM 5k+
Working hrs : 8.30am - 5.30pm and above, worst is until next day in the morning (with no OT Claim)
Benefits : Allowances for Medical, Traveling, Petrol, Phone bill, Entertainment (depends), Parking & etc

Stress level is optimum during peak season/festive season. Handling some big clients in Msia market.

Yes u can. Be job hopper and do not stagnant with ur work too long.

Sorry for the late reply, just back from Singapore for working trip.

Previously i work as engineer for agriculture industry for few years in Johor then I went back to further my study in KL

I joined this company as intern last time back in mid 2009. With the opportunities that high level management gave me, i manage to fulfill the task given, so far, I've manage to play my role in the pitch team and won some clients for the company. This is why they appreciated for my contributions.

But sometime, I really worry in the sense of, if i failed the task they gave me in the future, will they disappointed on me? Sometime when we're meeting/brainstorming in the room, I really got nothing to say as sometime my brain is empty (this makes me worry too)  . My current role in this industry I'm in now is very competitive, if you're not able to show something creatively several times, others will not involve you in the future games . This is why I need to read a lot of stuffs thru only, not matter Local or Foreign media stuffs.

How about you? Are you work in the same industry as me? 

Not sure whether you all ok with the below,

Pros
1. Your salary increment will be better.
2. Exposed to different company culture and learning experience.
3. Get to know more people.
4. Opportunity will be higher

Cons
1. It is not good for your portfolio because of the short period in previous companies. One/two time(s) still ok, but if several times. They will know.
2. Get to know more people is good but somehow. if you hop a lot, people will start to talk bad about you and sooner or later, the bad things will travel to your current/future interviewers.
3. Your working experience will be limited.
4. Do not know how to fully utilize the different type of twist and turn for task accomplishment. Especially the crisis happened. (different companies have their own type of solution for the difficult task/crisis)
Be a job hopper or not, it depends on the industry as some of the industry requires years of experience and some are not. The best recommendation is grab the opportunity in the right time and shine. Sometime, you will have no choice but to be an ass licker in order to get yourself a future advancement insurance/opportunity.

Don't only work hard, but need to work smart as well.

Contract not too bad la actually. I'm on contract too but in term of job security I guess I'm pretty secured at the moment.

Though many hate contract for the job insecurity and lack of benefits.

Didn't expect O&G underpays its staffs. Still, I'm not too sure of your job scopes and market price for your position.

Basic, in fact more than 3k actually. Usually ranges around RM 3.2k, if plus everything can be another additional 1k.
I'm talking about engineers ya.

it's perfectly fine  to be proud of your achievements just keep working on your next jump ASAP or else you'll continue to be in "hell".. like many others, I don't understand why they keep on winning but refuse to act on it and keep getting exploited willingly

Selangor ah, then too little already.
I'm not a dude la.

Too bad for you then, you gotta do something to progress further.

Er, nothing to hide for now. It is on my profile page.
25 already lo, old already.

And why did you ask?

@justinnys
While you are right RM4k+ pay is nothing to shout about these days, how many people actually get it at age 25? Not to say it isnt achievable but its not like "normal" unless he's adding in all his benefits as well.

RM4k+ at that age is decent. Also set the realistic expectations that nobody gets rich at that age (by working for others) to be able to afford bungalows and mercedez while still can got plenty of spare cash to spend.

I agree with you. Of course your example of bungalows and Mercedes Benz is funny and definitely not the standard I was actually responding to a post earlier that views 4k at 26 as something fascinating and like what you've mentioned , unfortunately that not many people are earning 4k at 26. It's not that they do not have the potential but many:

1. Don't understand (or don't bother to understand) the marketplace before they join the workforce.

2. Don't network and don't understand the importance of networking.

3. Don't have short term and long term career goals. Without them,  action plan could not be formed around those goals.

4. Refuse to go back to the books to add value to themselves.

There's a saying, It's easier to get there when you know where you want to get to.

Let's take IT as an example since I'm familiar with this line
Say you started your career as IT on site technician..
Short term goal (1-2 years): Move to a more technical and specialized role. So in order to reach there, you take on technical certification, be good at it and add value to yourself. Make sure every job change compliments your goal.

Long term goal (5 years): Management role or Subject matter expert. Use several short term goals to gradually get here. Perform well in your field with lots of networking.

By knowing what you want and setting goals, it's easier to plan what you need to do in order to get there.

since like underpay leh..7 years only 4.2k...

i thought IT software engineer should get higher...

senior level only 3k?...

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Added on December 30, 2011, 10:01 am
work as engineer for 6 years but still lower than 4k..thats quite bad...

asst mamanger title only get 4.5k.......thats very less...

well, i compare their salary with mine so i feel that kind a low...share mine as below

Job Title: process engineer
Age: 29
Years spent in company:6month
Experience before joining: 3.5 years
Company: MNC
Industry: semicondcutor
Tenure: Permanent
Salary: RM4.9k

To join a good company or not is not in our control. Is a company to select/choose you. But will of cuz send a resume to have a very good luck if only they call you back

For me, I have lost all the interests and only want a stable job. Stable salary which can be save up for my near future.