Hey guys, what's the most effective way to get a room? Websites? Agent?

Today is my 11th day in Singapore. 2.5% increase in amount moving from M'sia to S'pore.
The best thing so far, is the 10mins commute time + SGD1.62(two way) cost of transit per day.

edit: IT field: network security

This post has been edited by ky_khor: Oct 4 2011, 02:51 PM

2.5k is freshgraduate pay in SG. If you're earning 3K basic in M'sia, at least aim for 3K in Singapore. Of course research is needed on your job offer's salary range. I got 3% pay rise number to number before currency conversion when I move there.

Conversion rate 2.47 recently during morning.

Just my sgd0.02:

Unless you're a top-of-the-league expert, you're competing with many cheaper, better foreign professionals here in Singapore. You got to bring in the advantage as a Malaysian: language, culture, thinking skill etc. That's how I landed my current job.

Look at my department:
Pre sales manager - Singaporean
Pre sales consultants - Singaporean + Malaysian Chinese
Post sales manager - Singaporean
Post sales (team/project leads) - Singaporean
Post sales (engineers) - ASEAN (lol) Singaporean Chinese, Singaporean Malay, Malaysian Chinese, Indonesian, Myanmarese, Vietnamese, Pinoy, Siamese...

This post has been edited by ky_khor: Oct 19 2011, 11:54 AM

Oops I didn't expect to have non-Malaysian here.

My point is: get a job that requires more than just technical skills - Malaysian(especially Chinese) will have better chance then others.

Financial Controller!! It's VP level on course towards CFO.

I was not asked to deposit min amount when opening DBS and Maybank. Although I was pissed off by Maybank Textile Centre receptionist saying that EP can't apply for SavingPlus.

I log a report on their website, then print out the Maybank2u account opening prerequisites to the bank again the next day. The branch manager called me ask for clarification on WHO did it. I believe that girl kena gau gau.

Anyone here bought a HDB? Can single SPR bought HDB?

Understand from this site (http://singaporewatch.org/?p=663) that only single SG citizen who're 35 years old and above are allowed to buy HDB. But I overheard some exceptions around the internet.

I'll go back Malaysia first.

You're free to change job in Malaysia as you see fit so that you can have more professional skill and professional ASAP. Then only you travel to Singapore for big bucks.

Anyway now it's also the time where you need to research the expat demand in Singapore for your job and industry.

Is being scold by superior not your culture?

According to my friends, audit line in Singapore is worse than audit line in Malaysia - workload, stress, employment bond.

Anyone owns a Singaporean bank credit card? (POSB/DBS)
Is there any cons to use it in Malaysia compare to using a Malaysia local bank credit card?

My Singaporean friends once said:
Malaysian drivers: extremely fast but safe.
Singaporean drivers: moderately fast but reckless.

My personal experience for 25 years in Malaysia: tailgaters yes, just stay out of their way. Road rage parang baseball bat wielders No. I've got golf club in my trunk all the time, does that makes me a golf club wielder?

Flash is good. But it's a horrible nightmare for mobile device.

My job in Malaysia is a lot more hectic than present too mainly due to difference on company culture and job scope.

Anyway IMO Singapore is famous of competitiveness. Malaysia is famous of mismanagement. Both leads to high workload and high stress lol.