Dear sifus,

Is jobstreet really effective? i can see they are promoting premium thingy etc, does it mean that goin for premium only u get the benefits whereas wiithout the premium, u can jz forget about it?

thanks to all sifus

Not necessary. There's certain degree of help even if you do not sign up for the premium membership, provided you have an excellent resume. IMO that does help as it will push your resume to the top page. But without a good and informative resume, whatever membership you sign up also no point as people would not want to invite you upon viewing your resume.

i got my current job via jobstreet but didnt subscribe premium (priority application). also i have attend many interview session when i apply via jobstreet

my opinion are, to get a job via jobstreet you need a luck, qualification, experienced and your performance during interview session.

good luck for your job hunting

kinna like a joke you pay to get job

Do not solely depending on Jobstreet alone. Sometimes, traditional cold calling & networking via your seniors are helping too.

Get connected with the RIGHT recruiters.

Based on experience, response to your applications may be slow.
Don't be discouraged.

alot of ppl didnt sign up for the premium thingie i suppose, so it doesnt matter.

i find applying directly is the best.
the other main one i used is linkedin, monster, then jobstreet

don't needed to sign up for the premium thingy. Normal one should be sufficient.

try to apply direct to company too.

beside Jobstreet & Monster.
Any website can be recommend ?

thanks all the sifus here for the info and encouragement...

jobcentral, jobdb

Actually you could have the same effect of premium by updating your resume on daily basis

Do away with the premium.

as long as u have nice resume, jobstreet is very convenience. If i update and open my resume, i will get interview call /mail spam in the following 3-5 days without premium.

This post has been edited by ragk: Feb 23 2016, 03:23 PM

premium or not premium does not matter
the matter one is your resume

Using premium application may make you look desperate...

Jobstreet, Linkedin and Monster.

I would suggest you to build your profile on Linkedin. Most good positions are posted there.

PREMIUM features is like paying headhunters to find jobs for u, and NO GUARANTEE to get job.
Might as well walk in to any headhunters office and pass them ur resume, FOC no charges.

What can an auditor do after completed the professional paper (CPA or ACCA) and got 3 years experience in a big 4 company??

besides being into finance field, can we actually go into Investment banking or any other corporate banking?

Actually would like to join the bank, but honestly speaking good jobs in the bank are pretty hard to get unless you are into their management trainee programme. Correct and kindly enlighten me. thanks to all sifus

I've quit applying jobs via jobstreet. Most of the jobs are entry level and less than 7 years experience required. This translate to entry level salaries and medium low salaries. Very hard to get vacancies with salary offered 10K above.

dont go for jobcentral.....

Yes. To me, it provided me a lot of chances at job offer but also be dedicated to the job you really want.

i place ads there before, sometime during 2000 , 2004-2006 , then again around 2013-2015

what you should expect:
1. most will click apply, even without reading what the job is
2. most will click yes to attend interview with the set time, without knowing what job it is
3. most of #2 , will not show up
4. #3 even if you call them 30m before interview, they will claim to be on the way, then mia
5. in the unlikely event they show up for interview, agree to start work, most will go mia


my experience (real):

2013-2015

jobstreet ad = 7 months
industry = retail (shop)
ave application per month, 150-200
total who show up for interview (considering i ask everyone to come interview) = ~20 per month
total of people who show up for work (considering everyone who turn up for interview, i offer the job) = 2 out of 7 months
total people who stay more than 3 months = none

Entry level salary with a lot of competition. much better with direct connection. but if you're lucky, you will get good offer. Nothing harm to try.

For experience roles in banking & Finance you can try www.efinancialcareers.my, otherwise go on linkedin for other industry experience hires. I personally do not think Jobstreet has alot of experience roles available.

True but I'm willing to work in a company who don't pester or nag you. I mean independent with experience, you go bomb your employee also no choice when he got better offer, you lack manpower also. I also looking for good jobs in East Malaysia. Once employ, I will work at least 1 year or more if the bonus is good! Keep increase won't leave one!

Yes and No.

Applied around 10 jobs I think. 5 got call for interview. Got offer for 1 only though.

Depends on employees and employers.

Employees => Expect RM5k for fresh grad job is ok but....reach interview. Interviewer ask what you know about the company? None. What job title you applied for? Don't know. Job requirement stated need to speak Mandarin. Do you speak? Nope.

Employers => Hiring jobs with RM3k salary but need 20yrs exp of ppl to apply.

Jobstreet - good for fresh graduates

Linkedin - for experienced ppl

Even companies like CIMB or Ambank or Maybank, when we go to the portal to search career and then experienced hires, they will still prompt us to the jobstreet portal.

Hence, how do we actually search for those companies if not by jobstrret then?

thanks

[quote=gamestotal,Feb 28 2016, 01:08 AM]
i place ads there before, sometime during 2000 , 2004-2006 , then again around 2013-2015

what you should expect:
1. most will click apply, even without reading what the job is
2. most will click yes to attend interview with the set time, without knowing what job it is
3. most of #2 , will not show up
4. #3 even if you call them 30m before interview, they will claim to be on the way, then mia
5. in the unlikely event they show up for interview, agree to start work, most will go mia
my experience (real):

2013-2015

jobstreet ad = 7 months
industry = retail (shop)
ave application per month, 150-200
total who show up for interview (considering i ask everyone to come interview) = ~20 per month
total of people who show up for work (considering everyone who turn up for interview, i offer the job) = 2 out of 7 months
total people who stay more than 3 months = none



You should not expect a lot laa. The way you put it i know its some service job with entry level pay only. Thats why u have that kind of statistics.

That is why for me jobstreet is a waste of time. Not much real jobs where u could actually earn a living, raise a family and have a decent life type of jobs. I go through recruiting agents better.

Corporate banking yes. Require accounting + people management skills.

Investment banking like CF very difficult especially the top notch ones. Mid firm still plausible. They need finance and legal background rather than accounting.

Banks sent their scholars to MTP programmes. So you may also end up competing with graduates that returned from ivy leagues. Competition hard but not impossible.

Try do CFA or MBA.

I think it depends on luck and types of jobs. A year ago when I was interviewing candidates for a position in my team, I received lots of applications and I would say majority of applicants do not understand the job requirement and they simply clicked to apply. I hired one of the applicants mainly because I urgently need to fill the position and he was the closest that qualifies. Certainly not the best.

[quote=kamilnu,Feb 29 2016, 02:00 PM]
[quote=gamestotal,Feb 28 2016, 01:08 AM]
i place ads there before, sometime during 2000 , 2004-2006 , then again around 2013-2015

what you should expect:
1. most will click apply, even without reading what the job is
2. most will click yes to attend interview with the set time, without knowing what job it is
3. most of #2 , will not show up
4. #3 even if you call them 30m before interview, they will claim to be on the way, then mia
5. in the unlikely event they show up for interview, agree to start work, most will go mia
my experience (real):

2013-2015

jobstreet ad = 7 months
industry = retail (shop)
ave application per month, 150-200
total who show up for interview (considering i ask everyone to come interview) = ~20 per month
total of people who show up for work (considering everyone who turn up for interview, i offer the job) = 2 out of 7 months
total people who stay more than 3 months = none

You should not expect a lot laa. The way you put it i know its some service job with entry level pay only. Thats why u have that kind of statistics.

That is why for me jobstreet is a waste of time. Not much real jobs where u could actually earn a living, raise a family and have a decent life type of jobs. I go through recruiting agents better.

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Agree on the competition part. Part of the JBstreet problem is that the applicant credentials have no external recognition (like Linkedin).
LinkedIn people can endorse or "like" your skills but these are just gimmicks like Facebook "likes". Its the quality over quantity for Linkedin. Still superior compared to jobstreet especially if you are applying MNC positions.
Headhunter like Robert Walters, Michael Page, et al might be better. Just go up their office and they have lines of available jobs waiting. Although, their interest comes first before yours. Linkedin also allows you to attract headhunters.

I felt the best way is to apply directly to the company website (shows initiative and sincerity). Some are not linked to any job portal.
To strengthen the application, get a referral or endorsement from your previous boss.

Experienced hires will more likely to leverage on their network to gain advantage over those who don't have especially for managerial or executive roles.

Frankly? The quality of candidates we get means jobs are filled either internally, by network or headhunters. Thus really only jobs that have exhausted all those options get into jobstreet.

That is because all the three banks above career portal is being managed by jobstreet, hence when u go to their portal and search under careers you will be redirected to jobstreet.

However, if you dont want to apply on jobstreet, all three banks above have postings in LinkedIn as well.

This post has been edited by aVexRikuu: Feb 29 2016, 10:17 PM

My first and second job I got are from jobstreet. But for the third, I got from the star. Funny thing is, during hunting my third job, I applied more than 30 position which have similar job description but didnt get any reply from them. Thus, i think its is based on luck..When hunting my second job, its only take less then 2 weeks to get reply from them..

I've used JobStreet for over a decade, and I finally decided to delete my account. It's the most useless online job board I've ever used. Most of my applications remain "Received", no updates nor processed. Worse of all, there are just too many recruitment agencies posting and reposting the same jobs as those posted by employers. Even confidential companies are bogus. JobStreet has turned from bad to worse after it was acquired by Seek.

It will be better off to network and contact companies that are hiring directly.

Any website that you could recommend young bloods to use?

Premium means you abit despo and try to sell yourself more. Like advertisements la.

Effective if u use their premium service (90rm only if not mistaken for 3 months)

cant agree more, companies posted their job and we went in to apply. but ends up, our application just shows received and nothing happens. which we doesn't know if employer really view our resume or our resume just go to no where.

out of 10 or more applications, probably only 1 responded. to me not really helpful. linkedin is more useful IMO with more jobs.

+1.. almost all applications just shows "received"..

Sometimes companies listed their own job hiring on their own website under careers or work with us. You can check yourself about the company and look into their own website and apply directly.

i got my job via jobstreet so i'm quite thankful for that.

Try to be one of the first few applicants. Since jobstreet don't pre-vet applicants, any tom, dick and harry can apply. Imagine a fresh grad applying for a VP post even though none of the basic requirements are met. Or some asking for RM20k for RM10k job. I pity the HR to filter sometimes.

it is effective in my opinion, but the rate of response (to be specific) is very small. i applied 100 times on different companies, yet the response i get is less than 5.. but dont take it from me, just want to share my opinion..

and i wouldnt recommend you to upgrade to premium, just touch up your resume and keep updating your application every few days, i think it will bump up your application.. rasanya lah kan..

and eventually seeing one by one of your application getting received and labelled "not suitable"

yea.. I understand how it feels.. after waiting for sometimes and eventually seeing the label "not suitable"

Premium/priority account does not add value and is probably a waste of money. As a recruiter, I go through all the profiles of applicant regardless of whether they are premium or priority applicants because I’m looking for the right candidate who suits the role.

On Jobstreet, we really get a lot of irrelevant applicants to job ads. They can get tad annoying especially if there are more than 1000 applicants. People who just joy click and not read through the requirements first. I usually use LinkedIn and Jobstreet to hunt for the talents I want.. so it’s important to keep your profiles up to date.

i treat jobstreet as a place of pasar malam
the respond from the job seeker is weak and i think this should have done better as everyone is looking for a job

prefer moving to linkedin, at least i got responses,opinion and sharing from people
much helpful for our career

my last two jobs were from jobstreets... just make sure your profile and resume are updated. my advice, dont use the same resume for different type of job application...edit your resume to suit the requirement of different applications

4 of my positions were from jobstreet. maybe competition was not fierce back then. currently, on my fifth.

jobstreet is only a platform to get called to an interview. Premium feature may give your account to be up there and viewed first by the recruiter but if your CV is not good, it's no use

how many years before you jumping jobs?

I am to complete my 2 years at the current company and I am already eager to move out!

the first 4 positions was before I graduated and contract positions. Now going for my 5th position for 4 years. I suggest aim for at least 3 years unless a really good offer comes.

different situation for me. few of my past jobs come from jobstreet, whereas i get no luck applying thru linkedin. and worse they dont show salary range there

oh i see

i currently looking for a new job..

i like the current job. i like the environment. it is also related to my interest

however, pay is very low..increment only once in 2 years so far..

increment in 2 yrs?

what field?? marketing?

i just got offer letter from a company in jobstreet. dont use priority application.

engineering solutions..i am doing technical sales

they cite due to dependent on O&G industry as major customers..so when the industry is slow, we also kena tempias

I've seen my HR complain, jobstreet has a lot of trolls that simply click any job that is available.
I've seen degree in petroleum engineering wanting to be a Senior EE engineer. The previous job has 0 relations with the current job.

Once you get a lot of nonsense from jobstreet, there goes the impression of the quality of the people.
Some companies (my company as well), do a simple filtering by forcing the applicants to do a simple technical/behavioral questionnaire before applying.
This does help to weed out the trolls because they need to put in a lot more effort applying for the job rather than just 1 click.

U can forward your resume to Headhunter. They are very efficiency (if your profile is good lar).

They can help you negotiate and push your salary up up up sometimes. Good luck.

I have 2 major issues with headhunter. Look for them after exhaust the traditional way.

First, from the perspective of HR, they have to pay more if they wish to recruit candidates referred to by the headhunters. Depending on the negotiation, it can be from 1 month to 6 month of your salary. It reduce the appeal of the candidate compared to those that applied directly (no attachment)

Second, most headhunter is not working for the benefit of candidate but to the company. Hence, the candidate prefers role A but headhunter will push role B. Highly depends on types of headhunter

I experienced before a company that posted the job by themselves and also relied on a headhunter to look for candidate.

Why do they do this?

Maybe the question is why company willing to pay more?

Maybe they foresee it’s not easy to get people with this background? For experienced hires, they want to cover those that are not actively looking for jobs but are suitable for the role. This is where the head-hunters come in. It’s very unusual for a company to approach people directly especially for high level jobs.

Another is when they are establishing a new department or new division, they need a lot of people fast so they can’t wait for the traditional means only

Head-hunter also provides companies some alternative. If the company feel the head-hunted candidate is better and worth the extra cost, its win-win for most people. Sometimes, some company just feel it’s better to leave the filter to head-hunters. It’s based on pay when you recruit anyway. Nothing to lose for the company if they don’t like the candidate.

its not unusual.

I even seen HP did this before. Maybe they want to create a healthy competition market. Last time I got call from head hunter but same time saw the same job ad from HP.

I sort of suspected job recruiter work like real estate agents. Sometimes when an owner try to sell a house, put a sign at his gate, suddenly a few real estate agents that spotted his ad, take up his offer to try to sell the house. Then the owner thought, "hey its a good idea, may the one with the best price wins".