Haha, I see:) Anyhow, nice to meet you all and the advice. I thinks its not only me whom felt that working in Spore could change our mindset($$) and life($$) .

Anyone else in banking sector or service line? Are the client demanding or very particular? Some might said kiasu or kiasi? Or even read every clause in the proposal form?

Did some of you having the same mentality already?

^ heard few time got people collapse in the banking hall after knowing their saving/investment balance
too many sophiscated product and persuasive RM,
if u manage to get to raffles branch, maybe we can do lunch
and there is a smoke gang down there, just in front of the office
a lot of hot chic with thick makeup, tight skirt, low neck showing alot of career line, mostly RM i presume

mang went to other interview today

i told the jap my reason of leaving my company is cos my company is relocating to Sembawang and its gonna take me at least 1hour and half on transport alone. Cant relocate cos its gonna cos im gonna lose the deposit money and its gonna cos me a lot.

He asked me why not just stay and travel 1hour and half per trip? its not that bad, and its very common in tokyo.

Japanese.....

^ if that is a singaporean employer
your answer is flawless and for sure score the job
too bad is a jap thou..

Haha, Persuasive= Pretty or Handsome? Raffles is one of my choices:) Hopefully, I could make it and we can be lunch partner:) Its the same in our HQ in KL. The amount of Hot Chicks getting Oxygen break is not bad.

Hmm. I bet its a tough interview and anyhow, you already face it. All the Best:) Good Luck.
Next time, you could answer. "But Sir, its not common in Singapore.

Hey Deo, are you working at Tower 1, Marina Bay Financial Centre?

Was there a couple of days ago for a briefing by a couple chaps with funny names... Han Pin and Tan Hui, I think. The meeting rooms are very nice leh. Cun view. My first time there. They told us lunch was catered from a French restaurant... but rice also can undercook. I gave more feedback about the lunch than I did about the economics

Nah, MBFC is where all the bigshots and frontliners work. Small shrimp like me work in the back office are at changi business park

You're missing the action leh. The chickadee quotient was very very high. All heels, tight skirt, blouse and jacket OL type. And that was just within the building.

This post has been edited by seantang: Feb 23 2012, 06:39 PM

thanks.. but i don't want to be a jumper. i will wait for at least 1 year with new company before considering. first 3 years of career i guess its okay for at least yearly jump since I am also unsure which career path I want to choose. but still for me actually I just want to leverage on my experience of several aspects of the same industry. at least that's my story during interviews. guess it works since so far been getting the jobs during interview itself. but getting interviews the problem for me since just a graduate with average results covering the above average potential. :-P

n i notice still the same guys active in the forum. u guys been there for how many years already on average? got PR yet ar? I was about to apply for PR before I got the offer here. Decided not to send since only 1 year there. But would definitely help get jobs in SG after have PR.

Haha... Stay in JB, work in SG = Japanese... However, if you stay in SG and travel 1.5hrs, it will be quite a toll.

you should just hangout at 1Altitute after office hours to see the hot office babes.

Small shrimp like me also work in Changi Business Park where high heels, tight and revealing skirts are rarely seen. Sports shoes, jeans, t-shirts are common. I need

At least you see girls.

Noob worker like me working in Tuas can only see bunch of bangla walking and loitering around after working hours. You hardly see any girls in this area. What a shame.

Hi all,

Been reading this thread for some time. Decided to start posting here as I need some advice from you guys.

I have roughly 1.5yrs experience in assurance, and am offered an advisory job in another Big 4. At the same time, I have got the opportunity to join one of the Big 4 in SG in Assurance. Personally, I like the job scope of what this Malaysian firm is offering. At the same time, currency factor is making me contemplating should I take up this offer from SG, although I didn't really like the job. It feels like kinda wasted opportunity to work in SG if I were to reject this offer.

What you guys think? Should I take up the SG offer, or to wait for another 2 years to apply to SG again after gaining some experience in this new job? My concern is that if I were to reject this opportunity, I might regret if I am not able to get any good offers after 2 years, since they are tightening requirements for FTs these days.

If it were up to me, it depends on whether you want to come to Singapore for the money or not.

If you do, then the time value of money dictates that the sooner you earn it, the better off you will be. So come immediately. And as you alluded to, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. The offer from the SG firm is tangible. Who know what's the situation in 2 years time.

If you don't (ie. you're wishy washy about job scopes etc), then make the conscious decision that pursuing your interests is more important than the extra money. Therefore stay in Malaysia.

Based on the options available to you, you can't have both.

This post has been edited by seantang: Feb 24 2012, 12:43 AM

Thanks for advise man.

When you decided to work in SG, was it because of something that u really wanted to do, or was it the money?

yeah man, if he was a singaporean, i dont even need to say how long do i need to travel from my place to the new office, the word Sembawang or Woodlands is enough to irk them. lol

Actually i think its not really a good answer cos most japanese employer expect the candidate to be able to adapt japanese culture, of cos especially their working culture. so emphasizing the cultural difference might not be a good idea imo. I just said that i prefer to spend my precious 3 hours a day on something more productive rather than standing in an MRT/bus

especially when I am iving in Queenstown(higher rental) and travelling to place like Sembawang. not a really wise thing to do, and most people are doing the other way around

but man... even after 4 years living in Japan, these people never stop to surprise with their rigidity and weird way of thinking

This post has been edited by totti 10: Feb 24 2012, 01:09 AM

Hi,

Question for the experts around here.

I've recently gotten an offer that comes with I think OK salary plus a small housing allowance of SGD870 per month. It's an engineering position, office is somewhere in Jurong. Salary still negotiable but I'm wondering if it would be worth it.
Reason being, I'm not at all keen to share a place with other people, unlike where I am now where I can stay comfortably and cheaply.
The cheapest place in Singapore I can find online to rent a whole unit of HDB is like SGD2000 to SGD2500, whereas a private apartment is something like SGD3500. Are my numbers correct? Would appreciate if you guys can let me know if otherwise.

Also, I'm wondering if there are any legal rules that prohibit the renting of whole HDB flats to foreigner (i.e. PR, non-PR), and thus I must rent a private apartment/condo only which will be much higher than my current estimate? Assuming I'm staying alone, without a partner, parents or otherwise. I'm wondering because HDB flats are after all provided for the purpose as public housing...


Thanks!

no high krass la.. dir. of $2 company.. lol
i think can join the meeting but cannot sign the minutes...
i want all dir to sign lor... or not got some pakat songlap $$$ also i dont know... it is just for investment holdings nia, buy stuff
you're so spoiled...
u can go rent a flat in johor lor.. rm300 nia and commute or rent a studio lor in sg.. dont know if u can find cheap ones..

nope, u can rent.. rental u can stay alone.. no prob

If you are not keen to share a place, then i see no point for you to rent the whole HDB unit.

Try to look for studio unit. Last, i check the price is hovering ard 1.5k to 1.8k.