I am NOT in Singapore.
I have NOT set foot in Singapore since November 2011.
I do NOT live in Singapore. I live in London, UK.
I have no intention whatsoever of returning to Singapore to work as a foreign talent. I did a short stint in 2011, that was fun - but my current employers want me to be based in London and that's where I am.
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| I have returned to London in Nov 2011. |
I am so fucking sick and tired of reading all these people on these forums who are referring to me as the ex-Singaporean who is working in Singapore as an FT. That was 2 years ago! When that stint came to an end, I gladly returned to London - and that's where I am today.
Given the way the PAP is running Singapore, I certainly have no intention to EVER returning to Singapore given how ridiculously overcrowded it is today. If some company wants to pay me a lot of money to work in Singapore in the future, sure I may consider it if that opportunity ever arose in the future - but that is a hypothetical question. I am very happy to continue working in London where I am very happy and no, for the final time, I do NOT want to return to Singapore to live, not even if you guys eventually kick the PAP out at the 2016 elections.
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| London is now home for me. |
It is beyond me that people want to talk about me on the forums - crikey, like I am not a celebrity, why should anyone take any interest in what the hell I do? But if you do wanna talk about me, then please kindly get your facts right, okay? I am NOT in Singapore. I am working in London. I will be visiting Singapore as a tourist for two weeks in July-August as part of my summer holidays, but this is a HOLIDAY and I will not be working in Singapore on this trip.
Thank you, rant over.
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| If you're gonna talk about me, then please get your facts right. |
Poor Limpeh, I empathize with your situation. A lot of Singaporeans tend to make silly assumptions even after being educated about their erroneous nature......(speechless here)....
ReplyDeleteThanks Kev, kumsahamnida. I have not set foot in Singapore since November 2011 - yet people still think I am in Singapore. For crying out aloud. Duh.
Deletehehehehe, *comfort*. I'll probably be on skype with a bunch of old friends in a bit for a class reunion. I'm sure the question "when are you coming back?" will come up. Thankfully, this time I have a firm answer rather than a curt "unknown!"
DeleteI get asked this silly question about the Lunar New Year all the time wherever I am, Canada, the USA, Japan, and goodness, South Korea too: "When are you coming back for the Chinese New Year?" Well, I never really celebrate it much, and plus, I do not take leave from work or studies specifically to jeopardize my standing just to go back to Sino-centric Singapore....urghhhh!
DeleteI enjoy reading your blog, will you consider writing an article on resume writing?
DeleteNo, for a simple reason.
DeleteI don't want to mislead my readers - sorry, but it is a very Singaporean misconception (and mistake, if I may be so blunt) to think that a well written resume is going to get you a good job.
It's style versus substance - if you have a good degree from a good university + relevant work experience, your resume can be a total mess and you'll still get the job interview. If you have neither a decent degree nor relevant work experience, there's no amount of dressing up and presentation that you can do on a CV to mask that fact that you are a poor candidate.
So IMHO, any kind of article on resume writing is a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. Sorry mate.
What is far more useful though, are job interview techniques, as it is so vital to perform well in job interviews: http://limpehft.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/2012-lesson-2-job-interviews.html
Sorry to be blunt but do have a read on the job interview article instead.
This is typically what happens for the tech industry in the US.
DeleteYour CV (a.k.a. resume) is a summary of your skill set and experience. After the initial point of contact, during which the prospective employer determines you are not a complete retard, they'd ask for your resume so they can study what you claim to be true in slightly greater detail.
During your interview(s) (Google has at least 2 rounds of interviews), you will be tested on what the company requires of you, and on the claims in your CV that are relevant to what the company needs/desires. As LIFT indicated - that's really the key point where your performance matters a great deal.
Your CV really only tells them what you claim to know/do. The onus is on you to be honestly confident of your skill set. Any attempt to exaggerate your abilities will be quickly exposed during a tech interview. Personally, my goal in any job search is to figure out if my skill set fits well with the company, so we can do great things together. If I just want to make money, I'd sell Hello Kitty toys ... :P
I thought the government sector in Singapore would pay more than what you would make by selling Hello Kitty toys. And you would have to do almost nothing.
DeleteI know I shouldn't use myself as an example - but I got my current job without even sending in a CV and I don't even have a copy of my CV on my laptop. But perhaps that's for older people like us who have been around for a while, I suppose I do remember the time when I had just graduated and had to apply for jobs - I had to send my CV out to so many people then in the hope that someone would give me an interview.
DeleteBut surely in Singapore (correct me if I am wrong please) - there are recruitment agents as well? I remember sitting down with this nice lady years ago when I was tempted to change jobs, she took my CV, polished it up and she then got me interviews and all I had to do was focus on acing the interview whilst she did the CV part for me. Don't you have people like that in S'pore too?
I dont work in Singapore, I work in Australia and CV are still a must unless you are someone famous (which I am not). Anyway the only other thing as a reader that I can recommend is that the layout of your blog doesnt run smoothly on PC, it seems to lag quite abit when it loads up an article. I am using a gaming PC which should be more than enough to run graphics intensive webpage but even then it still lags abit
DeleteWell I'm sorry then, in that case it would be best that you consult someone locally in Australia on that issue.
DeleteAs for the layout on the blog, again, that is a template that blogger provides and I don't have much control over the layout when I am using their template. I am not a techie guy who's good with computers, I just focus on the articles and the videos and there's not much I can do by that token about this template supplied by Blogger.