If O&G I also want. Only need to work 12 days a month, other days can gym and badminton and starbucks so nice ...
If Malaysia can offer me 70-80% (after conversion) of my current salary then I will go back. Otherwise I will be back for election

I'm a fresh grad from top US university (first class honors). Do fresh grad commonly get this salary? The interviewer told me that 'top school' like NUS grad could get 3k.. but in fact my school is better than NUS if he's talking about ranking or being 'top'. So I'm thinking is this being underpaid or not.

University of Illinois. I'm talking about engineering program specifically cuz I never cared about overall ranking. Plus I think the overall ranking might not be that good. But the engineering program internationally is high. Higher than NUS based on what I found. I never really cared about ranking of schools but the experience and perspective you earned. but since the interviewer brought this into topic I could only say that my school is better.

i recommend not removing it...i kept my penang address.
at least let your future employer know that you are not based in sg at the moment...and also, it does look cacat.   
if not, they arrange an interview say on Wednesday when they call you on a Monday is going to be a problem.   
the sg number...to me is showing that u are prepared/making effort to go work there.

Thanks for the fast reply. But do i need to remove my home address in Penang at the cover letter? But a cover letter would look "cacat" without an address....

well...to me (as i mentioned), it does seem that you are more prepared as you are willing to invest into securing a job in sg.
some companies HR do not wish to call IDD...so without the singapore number, you have just lost your chances for those companies.
there are companies which are kind enough and would ask if you have a local number which they can call so you do not get overloaded with roaming charges on a prepaid.   

In my opinion, 2.5k is more than enough.
You live your life base on what you earn and what you can afford instead of leeching the benefits that your parents/family can give you when you start working.
It is better to suffer (learn being independent) and differentiate what is a NEED and what is a WANT at an earlier stage.
If you are provided with everything all the time, you will never learn to appreciate the things you have.
Furthermore, it is better to venture out early before you grow accustomed to your comfort zone and reluctant to move.

You are comparing someone who needs to take care of himself in SG for S$2500 vs someone who lives with parents in KL for RM2500.

I am comparing someone who needs to take care of himself in SG for S$2500 vs someone who needs to take care of himself in KL for RM2500.

Most Malaysians coming to work in SG are not from KL. I'm from Ipoh. When I worked in KL, I had to rent a house, buy a car and pay for my own food. Exactly the same now as in Singapore. That's why I can safely tell people that it's better to earn S$ vs RM no matter what.

If you factor in Daddy's money,.. then it depends entirely on who your Daddy is. If your Daddy has enough power, he can buy you a condo and a car in Singapore. Then even if you earn S$2500 in Singapore, you will have a pretty good life.

So what if i live like a boss?
You got a problem with that?

Yes RM 2.5k is enough in Malaysia IF you don't pay rent, transportation and gorceries and breakfast/dinner coz you presumably, like most KLite, eat home and live with parents.
It's actually quite luxurious. I know coz I have spent the first few years in Malaysia on those kinda pay and many other KLites doing the same thing as me, even now.

Everyone (maybe excluding you) would want to a better living i.e. enjoying our fruits of labour by eating better, buying stuff, or whatever that makes one happy.
Nobody in their right mind (again maybe excluding you) will want to go and live like a pauper somewhere else when you can live like a king back home.

Disagree again. What makes you think as a fresh grad working in SG your chances of promotion is higer than in msia?
Don't forget there are alot more competition in SG from foreigners compared to msia. Speaking strictly from a financial services background and IT background, as a fresh grad you are more likely to get a promotion or move to other better paying companies in malaysia than SG. This is simply bcoz there is a lack of talent in those areas as compared to SG where there are alot of qualified indians, pinoys and other foreingers who are more hungry and willing to work more for less hence supressing wages.

man...i typed too long...unable to quote...  

who said anything abt feeling inferior or superior influence the employers
it does not influence the employers but it influence yourself.
if you think you are capable, then go for it.
if you have given up because someone else sucked and could not make it then kept on stepping on every single fresh grad trying by telling them they should live their life leeching of their parents, then most likely, it is because you feel inferior and you do not think you have what it takes for employers to hire you.
if u suck...you will still suck whether you are in m'sia, sg or any part of the world in that sector.

so u think that the competition will disappear once you left entry level?
in this world, only people like you are able to think of it this way? people from other parts of the world don't?
because you have some extra experience the indians, prcs, burmese will all continue to be stuck at entry level and do not have experience?!
it may be less....because lots of them gave up halfway, probably after the long waiting time when they tried to apply with no avail or they just got too used to their comfort zone because some people keep telling them that entry level jobs are not worth it when you can leech on your parents even though when tried earlier.
the number of positions also become lesser when u go up the pyramid.
employers will not try to squirm their way with all sorts of excuses to lower your pay just because you have SOME experience?

I am not saying that gaining some experience back home first is bad.
I am saying that if you are given a chance even with $2k, it is a lot if you first know how to differentiate between a NEED and a WANT.
just because a particular daddy's boy cannot does not mean everyone cannot.
what is there to lose being a fresh grad?
losing some comfort at the beginning for a headstart ahead of others who might try later?
just try and if you are offered a job with reasonable pay, just accept it.
chances do not come by all the time.
if u are bored, find a low cost hobby like maybe basketball at the public basketball court.
search around the net, sg has A LOT of activity groups which are free to join or with minimal fee to cover the costs
you are not restricted to only clubbing and pubbing for entertainment.

Having entire family moving to Sg live is pain in an ass. I'm sure everyone knows this. Even Singaporeans also agree this as well. Living cost is much higher than Malaysia, way higher. You can see the inflation is getting worse in Singapore and HDB and Car price keep hiking and it nvr slowed down at all. It's hard for a guy to afford a house now in singapore and has to depend both parties to afford it.

We don't talk about the currency conversion gap between Malaysia and Singapore. If you said career path. I do agree that Singapore has much better approach than Malaysia. Not because I'm liase with Singapore or I love Singapore whatsoever. But this is true. You can always ask any Australian company or any other countries, if there are two Malaysian, one work in Malaysia and the other one work in Singapore with work permit with same experience. What will he choose? Mostly he will choose the second. Cause everyone in this whole world knows that Singapore is a much competitive country compare with Malaysia and you can actually cope with it.

From Singapore you can get job in other countries like Australia, UK, Philippines better chances than from Malaysia, if you are considering yourself permanently staying other country. If you are not that much of demand or determination. You can always stay in Malaysia, or if you still enjoy the currency rate, you can cont work in Singapore. Its your choice. 

We are always at the losing side in Singapore because we are foreigners, but we are better in getting job compare to China and Indian, cause Singapore Company loves to hire Malaysian. ( if they can't find any Singaporean ).

I received LTE signal from Starhub on my i5 since updating my carrier settings. Wow, 4G is indeed fast! Now I have a short period of bragging rights before 4G becomes a standard in every smartphone.

As prison guard, you can rent and stay in the prison hostel. You are allowed to rent out your entire hdb while you stay in prison hostel. That's extra income for those warden with their own hdb.

Is is hard to find a job in SG now? Was thinking to just pack my bags and go SG and hunt for job. What is the fresh grad salary for degree holder now?

What is FT application?

I am currently in banking industry....and bf in software engineering.

only Singaporean and PR can buy HDB.

I visited one of the hostel, it seem to me those who stay there also have standby role in case of emergency.

Are you suggesting using remittance services? I didn't particularly like those since the exchange rate is lower than the physical money changer.
Actually the reason I change in KL is because it's easier (physically) to manage and bring back 5-10 pieces of $1000 notes rather than a huge bundle of RM50 or RM100. Remittance, as mentioned above, the rates aren't great no?

Really? I guess I should check out this Raffles Money Changer then. The $10 is OK, small fee if transferring a few thousand at a go. Thanks!

*EDIT*
By the way, for remittance, you need certain details of the receiving bank like official bank name, address, branch code, etc right? I can't seem to find this on CIMB's website. Anyone have a link to the official info? Else I'll have to get someone at home in KL to call them up.
The KL rate is slightly lower yeah, in the few times I changed, maybe 0.01-0.02 difference. But at that time I didn't bother since wasn't changing large amount.
Yeah I know, but no harm asking. Yes I go to the bank, line up at the teller, then request to withdraw in $1000 notes.

I just come to Sg to work with 1 year EP pass. Do you guys know whether I can sign up for any telco iPhone plan, which is 2 years contract?

Would like to ask if im able to work from dec till march only ?
How about working at singapore casino ?
Can? I have a sweaty palm, any position for me to work at singapore ? Using spm cert

btw regarding the tax issue, can i work from DEC untill march 2013 ? roughly 4 months only?
if i stop working at march and continue study at SG POLY, can be that way ? will i kena tax?

breakfast eat one roti prata with curry sgd0.70, lunch mixed rice sgd 3.00 and dinner chicken rice sgd 2.50...cheap cheap dei..

the few places that i go, their roti prata means roti kosong....not those put butter and sugar type in malaysia.

anyone know the last bus to melaka at larkin? I wanna go back this friday night, but i afraid i'm unable to catch the bus to melaka...