It very much depend on the person whether he/she want to be bias based on the similar background or not. By doing that, he/she act unprofessionally. A time bomb that one day may hit back at you. Will you put your job at risk just to bring in someone you think you can work better with from the 1-2 hours of communication? My answer - no.I won't let myself be stuck at that scenario where all things equal and only the cultural background is different. Normally we have another round of interview for those kind of case, throw them few sets of papers and judge base on scores. If everything else fails, do coin flips, 2 out of 3.

Well, I certainly don't want to bring in people who i think can't work with me from the 1-2 hours of communication, i can say as much as that. Point is, in the real world (unless you know the candidate personally) 1-2 hours of communication is all you got. Sure, you can do reference checks but that is also not 100% fool proof, is it?
At the end of the day, as a manager, I want people who can work with me. If he can't work with me, if he's always creating problems for me, why should I waste my precious time to manage him, right?

12 hours a day ? with OT pay ?

woooo, life is hard...

Hi .. I just finish my medical check up for epass and has submitted my result to my hr .. But my DE card (7days stay at sg) will expire tomorrow .. Any recommendation ?

so far only have about 3 years in technical experience so no, not really strong in business but looking to go into management side

First thing, that is just a joke. We are here to just chat and have fun time.

In offshore and marine. Even locals are telling me the young ones are not willing to take it up. I met so many young fellas quit the job after 1 year. Just in my company alone more than 10 fellas left (all Singaporeans). Not bad pay; get OT, waiting time and offshore rate (USD per day). Some even left after 1 month. We foreigners have to endure all this to keep your port, rigs and vessels working. Your core industry also your locals dont want to handle, then who will?

Send me your kids resume and I can tell you they cant last one month, nonetheless in their life time. And this is from a "foreign" engineer's perspective.

All want office job. I cant blame them if you want office job, but someone has to do the cowboy's job. No alibaba will build your stuff out of thin air.

So, if I take this job is more like contributing to your country's main industry that is keeping you and your family alive. Be thankful that you get the office job and people have to work offsite for your sake.

Sounds good. At my current rate, there's no way I can afford to settle down in Singapore with my office job 

Strangely, even if I convert to singaporean, I feel that the locals will never accept me as one of their own.

Just renewed my passport at the UTC (Urban Transformation Center) in Ipoh. It's actually very fast. I was there at 8:30am yesterday (Sunday) when it opened, my number was the 9th, completed the submission and photo taking by 9am (no forms or photos needed, just bring old passport and mykad), went for breakfast nearby, and came back & collected my new passport at 10:15am.

Was actually quite impressed.

Doing it in SG would have taken 3 days, bringing your own photos, filling up forms and 2 personal trips to the consulate (deposit and pickup).

Do u have strong business acumen & project management skills?

Do u have strong business acumen & project management skills?

Hi guys,

Anyone knows normally when they going to start opening new dates for PR appointment? Appointment date full until September ady...

So hot eh...!

You can PM me just a brief on your technical skills yah

would u want a business analyst

been clicking in jobstreet but no avail hmm i miss sg.   hahaha

hi, may i know is it hard to get the work permit in SG now? what is the probability of failing? thanks.

The probability is almost zero if you found a job with a legitimate company. That is my take on things at least.

The probability is almost zero if you found a job with a legitimate company. That is my take on things at least.