If your CV sucks you won't be getting an interview for a competitive job (i.e. 50-100 apply, they only need to interview 5-10, and want to hire 1-2).

Otherwise the employer is trolling. I'm serious, sometimes they do this to scope out candidates they don't intend to hire.

actually who is providing the internet... owner already has Wifi?

I live in PJ and I use air cond only at night when I'm awake - cos we have ceiling fans

But then I went to SG for a couple days, felt so much hotter. Or maybe it's around the same and in SG ppl walk more.

around early Feb in Malaysia a lot of places were actually breezy at night

daytime was hot as shit but at night it got better - quite rare

i was told SG was like that too until mid Fed which was when i went

ocean breeze?

Hi guys, I want to ask you lucky Singapore based people something, since I am going to be a fresh grad soon.

Are there a lot of graduate programs for students (specific rounds each year) or is it mainly just direct hire whenever?

Thanks

thanks for your reply

yeah i noticed there are a few MT type things like Malaysia but not a lot

in this economy just cannot afford to miss any opportunity, however unlikely

have a couple interviews set up from outside Singapore that hopefully i don't screw up

Yeah, Singapore is so packed with different companies, many of them might operate like they do in Malaysia - small staff count and not a lot of HR or admin, and so a grad scheme is too much unnecessary hassle.

But in certain industries even if they are only hiring one or two grads the whole year, it is done through a grad scheme. For big multinationals it can also be done via overseas hiring. It's really easy to miss... and with these things you never know.

Normal direct hires (in similar or related industries) would only pop up if there is a real and very urgent business need. Otherwise it's so competitive there's no need to advertise, they can fill it at the snap of the fingers.

thanks mate

a little more confidence now since i have gotten a handful of interviews, attended a couple so far and even passed one, and got a few phone calls

right now i'm about to interview with 2 companies that are in the top 6 of their industry... hope it goes well

nope

it's a services industry

Guys, does a Malaysian Jobstreet account work for SG applications? I'm asking because it allows me to apply, but I can never check status unlike Malaysian ones, so it looks like they didn't even read it.

Asia is Asia mah

some examples (in US)

CEO of Deutsche Bank

prev CEO of Citi

CEO of MasterCard and ex CEO of Citi

a few in consulting, hedge fund, PE, and other banks

I agree that a lot of it is connections and politics based, but if you think LinkedIn connections are what lands you a trading job you must be joking.

Trading is extremely high pressure and high risk for any bank or prop trader and nowadays they only accept the highest quality applicants (back in the day a Business Management major could be a trader, and sometimes you get the fraud incidents we see every other year). This is the same whether in London, Hong Kong, or Singapore.

If your personal connections are good you can get a banking job. Sure. Trading is more meritocratic, out of necessity. If you have connections to top traders and MDs that's another matter, but you should be qualified too. Sales is another matter but usually it's quite similar because of it's closeness to Sales Trading.

If you talk about those 'assistants' that press the buttons to confirm the trade, that's hardly what the industry means when it says trader. The trader makes decisions, takes risk, makes profits and losses.

SG definitely should already be the ASEAN financial hub. But don't hold me to this, I don't know if Indonesia has anything on volume or size. In terms of market sophistication and services SG can't be beaten.

While the Volcker rule is still being implemented, I think it doesn't affect prop trading shops. It'll be hard to avoid because the major market participants (JPM, Citi, BoA) are US banks. But supposedly transactions involving non US/subsidiary counterparties outside the US are exempt - not sure how quickly the Europeans and Asians will be to put up their own regulation.

And trading, while not rocket science (close if you consider the physicists and engineers they still hire), is still risky and high pressure. Definitely so if compared to most other jobs in Finance. Yes, a lot of trading desks are downsizing or shutting down. But for those jobs still out there, it's doesn't become a comfy job overnight. I think it's tight demand that adds to its toughness overall, just like most other jobs in IBD or Markets. There simply isn't that much in terms of options and opportunities especially today. You not only have to avoid screwing up, you have to consistently outperform, or leave.

wait if they are so willing to work without rest then why do you get cases of them complaining?

good 2 know

unfortunately finding a job is pretty hard

Thanks man. I had a couple of chances in Aus but was unlucky and didn't make it.

Any tips or tactics? I'll be finishing my degree in about 3 months.

doesn't seem to mean much these days, nobody is hiring me yet

although, a little bit (like a Master's) and suddenly you become overqualified