Depends on which industry you're in I guess. For me in credit/risk management is still OK. Several HH and recruiters reached out to me via LinkedIn and asked if I'm planning to make a move. Even got a few interviews lined up in the coming week.

Disagree. LinkedIn have too many inactive job and mostly you are wasting time applying to a job which recruiter won't response to you, while jobstreet posted job are likely to land a response from recruiter. For LinkedIn, I would suggest you to response to recruiter invitation rather than applying on their posted job.

Recruiters and HR are human too, if part of their job is done for them then it makes their life easier and your chances of getting the job better.

How do you make their lives easier?
1. get referred by someone the recruiters already know and trust. Easier said than done of course but this basically means your referrer is doing the first round filtering for the recruiter.

2. build a good brand. LinkedIn is probably one of the better options out there, build a good profile, write posts, comment intelligently. When the recruiter does a search on your profile they can see what you've done in addition to your profile/CV so they don't have to do more work.

3. customize your CV to the job descriptions. Instead of letting the recruiter do the work to link what you did to the job requirements themselves, do that work for them in your customized CV and/or cover letter.

I've done all of the above and in reality looking for a job itself can be a full time job. Even if you're happy in your job you shouldn't stop networking (to enhance #1) and contributing on LinkedIn.

All the best.

This is so true...discrimination is embedded in the private sector. I’ve worked in the US before and you’re right that they appreciate talent and diversity far more than Asian countries, particularly Malaysia. I’ve even been rejected because of my ethnicity and not of my capabilities...how did I know this? An acquaintance of mine reached out to the HR rep and was told that the line manager prefers working with a particular ethnicity.

It’s mind boggling that people just seem to accept this...worse is when some people say it’s okay because the civil service discriminates as well. With this type of thinking, no wonder Malaysia is going down the drain.

3-4 years of experience..dunno consider junior or senior. But what you said is true. The most insulting offer I got from a headhunter was a 5% increment from my current remuneration…

This is the thing with Malaysia job market. RM2000+ for fresh grad salary is not viable anymore as we are not stuck in the 90s, 2000s. Most companies don't even want to give rm2500... But then someone has mentioned about supply and demand before. If you're field is oversaturated your salary will be lower. At one point I was paid less than rm2000 after having 3-4yrs combined experience in the industry.

If you protest, you kena fired lah. Would you rather have a job that pays low or have no job and be paid nothing at all?

Same lol.. If you are seeking career progress, then Malaysia is less likely to offer you that as the pathways here are pretty limited. BUT it's a good stepping stone and base to grow the basics.

Lot of low quality recruiters, most are from no-name Indian staffing companies and agencies.

And just generally it is becoming Facebook 2.0, look at the quality of the content. Most people just jerk and brag around. Yesterday when i opened the app, i saw a post of a girl cooking at home and bragging about her food how she could use the lessons she learnt at her workplace and implement it in her every day life, tagging her boss how grateful she is for working for the company.