I guess I should have said it's hard to find a job in Singapore. Unless I have the skills set they need that the locals can't offer, I will never find any job there.

I also have this type of confusion, im from IT industry, by right salary should be s$3k+ and get EP according to standard, but some of my fren gt 2.2k and not EP. not sure why n how those company see the standard. 

by right? by who's right?
if you're comparing against the SG local grad's starting pay, then sorry to disappoint you.. those are only applicable for local grads, not foreign grads.

I wonder, how do define "by right''? your own expectation????

by dont giving up for this job means...? i just wait for their reply one day? or i still continue to follow up on them? i kinda think following up is not gonna work anymore.. its like, if they want me, then they'll call me, if not, nothing else I can do.  I've been trying on others as well, but it seems tough luck..... I dont know why i'm missing out....unknown university grad? too low pointer? not outstanding enough academically? Last year i read an article saying Singapore have a lack of engineers they're trying to bring in more since their own youths prefer doing medic, law and business. So aaargh.. its so confusing and tiring to dig up all the factors.....

Put this job aside and go on look for other jobs. I usually follow up 2-3 times only.

In my current employer, they only picking SG citizen or PR due to insufficient quota and the ratio of locals:foreigners is too bias.

you're engineering also?

I should have stated clearly. by what is stated in the MOM site.
IT and engineers are consider professionals right? correct me if im wrong .




sos

if you ask me, for engineer, registered PE here is professional. graduate engineer not professional.. no?? graduate engineer may not even falls in the executive bracket

the bracket shows min 3300 from executive to professional. if I remember correctly its from Q1, Q2, P1 & P2,

in blue, spot-on, there is one skill that locals can't offer >>>non-kiasu/kiasi, like me when I first step my foot here, I came with a mind set that I have got NOTHING TO LOSE ANYWAY

this is a skill that you can put to good use.

if one starts to compare too much with his/her current comfort zone, then    no venture u ll never know for the good or/ bad:thumbsup:

then what is a graduate engineer known as? semi-skilled...?    wah. same rank as technician only... saad. but yaa, kinda true tho 

I have nothing to lose too. I even lower my salary expectation to the point where the company will have nothing to lose too if they were to hire me. Too bad, like what XiuKeong has stated, most companies are looking for Singaporeans/PR only. I guess that's more prevalent for HR positions.

need to sabra la

in blue, its MOM requirement now, vacancy need to lock in job-bank for a set period, open to only sin/pr only. employer need to prove singaporen core assessment before can hire others

need to sabra la

in blue, its MOM requirement now, vacancy need to lock in job-bank for a set period, open to only sin/pr only. employer need to prove singaporen core assessment before can hire others

so whatever advertised in jobstreet or other portals means they have gone through job-bank and there were no local candidates applying then only they can open to foreign applicants?

I should have stated clearly. by what is stated in the MOM site.
IT and engineers are consider professionals right? correct me if im wrong .

sos

so whatever advertised in jobstreet or other portals means they have gone through job-bank and there were no local candidates applying then only they can open to foreign applicants?

I don't know how jobstreet / other portal works. but u are right on the second part >>no local candidates hired (after MOM job-bank) then only they can hire for EP/SP/WP

I can give you one advise here, for example my co. after the job-bank period and after several local/pr interviews and non take-up, the hr will start to open up write-in(s) to call up.

it seems somehow, Malaysian knew this '"A"" company has vacancy lock in job bank, just start to write/drap in their resume. we never need to resort to jobstreet/portals/recruitment agencies.

can you see that one step ahead here ????

if you ask me, for engineer, registered PE here is professional. graduate engineer not professional.. no?? graduate engineer may not even falls in the executive bracket

the bracket shows min 3300 from executive to professional. if I remember correctly its from Q1, Q2, P1 & P2

graduate engineer in MOM text depend on institute listing. most college university in msia is not in MOM list. see the listing in MOM website, u will be surprised. for example, only UM is acceptable for PE here

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wrong, as long as your course is accredited by BEM, you can sit for exam and register for PE

sos : many of my friends / colleague can enroll the exam and passed *not from UM

like u said, need exam & passed.
if for UM & PEng (Msia) BEM registered, what exam??? NewIstana U & PEng (Msia) BEM registered, pls enrol for exam for PE (Sin)