Hi, do you know about Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF)?
Can employee request to utilize the fund for training purpose?

Hello TS, thanks for sharing.

I am currently working as a data scientist in a major international bank with multiple past job experience (last one parent company is china largest e-commerce as well as some regional tech startups).

On a week to week basis, I have been receiving PMs from recruiters on LinkedIn - unfortunately none of those recruiter are offering what I’m looking for. (I got multiple recruiter from bytedance but I’m trying to avoid going back to china 996 culture)

I’ve been mass applying for roles in FAANG (primarily SG office) over the years but didn’t get any feedback from their internal recruiter. I have also took the initiative to private message some recruiter/internal staff from their companies but most of them ended up asking me to apply via their career site. I suspect the biggest invisible wall is the need to obtain working visa for Malaysian, which is becoming harder than ever due to Covid and Singapore change of policy.

Personally, I’m quite confident I have the technical skill set (and the soft skills) to score the interview for roles I have applied for, but I’m having trouble getting any interview to begin with. Do you have any advice on what can I do to improve my odds on scoring an interview with these companies?

Seeing your reply to some forumer earlier to drop you their CV for you to pass to your ex-colleague - Do you mind taking in my CV if it helps?

It’s a shame really. I am having a hard time finding company that have great data infrastructure which in turn can enable me to grow further on my career path but I’m hitting this wall at this point.

Most of the companies within Malaysia just doesn’t have that kind of backend infra to cultivate this kind of job.

Actuarial Science student breaking into investment bank here

I've had an internship so far in a small firm with a CEO that has quite a name in the industry

During my last year I may go for big/prestigious names like Creador, Aberdeen or just the big banks like CIMB/Maybank and etc

Any idea what other companies like those PE firms like Creador or names like Aberdeen that isn't well-known to go for?

Also, what do they want to see in interns and maybe perhaps even fresh grads?

Another thing, kinda pai seh to ask for salary as fresh grad, but companies will use it as a benchmark when you jump, so im stuck on this too haha

Thanks for your advice and time sifus, unkers and senpais