Choose my poison...
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Internship coming...graduating soon...so why am I unhappy? and whats my problem...?
I got job offers from 2 companies...Hardware Zone and Cortina Watch. Which should I go? I want both very much...but how man? Sheesh...totally lost man
Please help me decide.
Thnx
1/2 hearted guy
SpecOps87 -
I will go..HwZ
but then see which pay higher la.. -
you go work for hwz cannot surf sgforums liao ....
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Cortina
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Of course I'll go cortina watch, coz HWZ is public sector.
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hwz
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Thing is...Hwz give me clear jobscope...Cortina side still not clear. What if they say mkting exec...then end up go retail floor do sales?
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What position did HwZ offer you ?
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Govt one of course give you clear jobscope lar, if anything goes wrong, they know who to find mah.
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Choose yourself lor... don't give yourself an excuse for choosing the wrong one...
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Intern with HWZ lah.
Lots of interesting things to learn there.
Cortina may be good in the sense they are more relax and simple. Understand they are a smaller more refined environment.
But hey, its a internship, you may want to be in a place where you pick up more skills and its more vibrant so HWZ might be a good choice since you are young. -
Both sides offer mkting exec. or communications and mkting exec.
Pay wise not sure, but my school has a min. of $500/mth.
Lastly the reasons i like:
HWZ=Youthful, vibrant. More opportunity to be innovative.
Cortina: More challenging, as working with rich, powerful people. Develop interpersonal skills and customer relationship. -
Yuppers.Originally posted by SpecOps87:Both sides offer mkting exec. or communications and mkting exec.
Pay wise not sure, but my school has a min. of $500/mth.
Lastly the reasons i like:
HWZ=Youthful, vibrant. More opportunity to be innovative.
Cortina: More challenging, as working with rich, powerful people. Develop interpersonal skills and customer relationship.
Though I still see HWZ as more of a draw then the Cortina because you are young.
Especially if you have much further reaching plans to eventually be a entreprenur in the future yourself.
its easier to go from a hectic innovative environment to a staid standard environment then to reverse it.
Especially now since you are still young. -
im curious... what are you studying?
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Mkting.And today i went down to Cortina Paragon. Will share my experience after dinner.IT WASN'T GOOD
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It wasn't good
So why consider Cortina?
HwZ all the way
P.S Gizmodo still rules
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I always had a good impression of Cortina till today. Anyway, I will just follow through with the interview etc. as my aunt help set me up with them. So yeah,just follow through, at most even if they accept me, I will tell them that my school has assigned me to another company and that I am really sorry, despite how much I look forward to working with them.
Will talk bout my experience later. Now still quite pissed and on the phone with my friend. So yeah...GRRRRR -
Pls go Cortina...more future and gd socialising place...
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Frankly, I've never heard of cortina watches, fcuk I don't even know where their shop is.
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-.- its one of the biggest retailers in branded watches apart from Sincere....i go there often....there's one at Millenia Walk....Originally posted by ditzy:Frankly, I've never heard of cortina watches, fcuk I don't even know where their shop is. -
Sincere? I've never even heard of that one.Originally posted by fairlady_xoxo:-.- its one of the biggest retailers in branded watches apart from Sincere....i go there often....there's one at Millenia Walk.... Millenia walk? When was the last time I went to millenia walk? I reckon it was 2002, fcuk I was just passing thru. -
I mean, I agree with Cortina being a good place to socialize. But I shudder at having to work under that old man. Seriously...if you ask me a marketing student about how to run a retail business. 1st Rule of Thumb: Approachability by the customers.
Lets be frank, how many people have actually seen Cortina overwhelmed with customers before? Okay, that extreme, but is it even possible to have them serving like 8-10 customers in their shop at one go? I believe LV has more then that at their shop in any one time man. I always wonder, what if one day, this really really rich guy, say some prince from some M.Eastern country comes by, and is dressed in berms, tee and sandals wants to buy a Patek Phillipe watch? Does he tell him to fug off? And for your info, I was dressed in jeans, tee and have a blazer on with proper shoes. So there you have it.
Anyway, when I went in, there were only 2 customers, he told me flatly that they were busy and he is short-handed. Anything refer to HR. So of course, I was like WTF?!!! I just went through the rain, to get here, so that I can have like 5-10mins of your time. So yeah, I didn't tell him off or anything, I just thanked him for his time, and it was my pleasure to meet him, before leaving. Seriously...very turn offish experience. I have had the opportunity to interact with Sim Wong Hoo when I was working at Creative during their Warehouse sales 3/4yrs back, and he was honestly a caring boss. He was concerned about his staff, despite me being the lowest in the food chain, a part-timer. He asked how was the sales, the food, and if we had enough time to eat. Reminding us that though its important to sell,do not forget to take our meals to prevent gastric problems. How down to earth is that man? -
Different people different tatics, in Creative you were lucky to have a good boss but to be honest how many good bosses are there in the real world?Originally posted by SpecOps87:I mean, I agree with Cortina being a good place to socialize. But I shudder at having to work under that old man. Seriously...if you ask me a marketing student about how to run a retail business. 1st Rule of Thumb: Approachability by the customers.
Lets be frank, how many people have actually seen Cortina overwhelmed with customers before? Okay, that extreme, but is it even possible to have them serving like 8-10 customers in their shop at one go? I believe LV has more then that at their shop in any one time man. I always wonder, what if one day, this really really rich guy, say some prince from some M.Eastern country comes by, and is dressed in berms, tee and sandals wants to buy a Patek Phillipe watch? Does he tell him to fug off? And for your info, I was dressed in jeans, tee and have a blazer on with proper shoes. So there you have it.
Anyway, when I went in, there were only 2 customers, he told me flatly that they were busy and he is short-handed. Anything refer to HR. So of course, I was like WTF?!!! I just went through the rain, to get here, so that I can have like 5-10mins of your time. So yeah, I didn't tell him off or anything, I just thanked him for his time, and it was my pleasure to meet him, before leaving. Seriously...very turn offish experience. I have had the opportunity to interact with Sim Wong Hoo when I was working at Creative during their Warehouse sales 3/4yrs back, and he was honestly a caring boss. He was concerned about his staff, despite me being the lowest in the food chain, a part-timer. He asked how was the sales, the food, and if we had enough time to eat. Reminding us that though its important to sell,do not forget to take our meals to prevent gastric problems. How down to earth is that man?
In Cortina each customer is precious cos their commision and job hangs on whether the customer buys the item or not the watch is a "want" not a real "need". In Creative is different cos the customer who buys the item becos is a "need" not a "want"
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Disagree with that...regardless...retail/service line what counts most is service. Irregardless of whether or not the customer is buying. Tell me this, being totally objective...whats the difference between the response and that of an ah beng at SLS?Originally posted by zeny:Different people different tatics, in Creative you were lucky to have a good boss but to be honest how many good bosses are there in the real world?
In Cortina each customer is precious cos their commision and job hangs on whether the customer buys the item or not the watch is a "want" not a real "need". In Creative is different cos the customer who buys the item becos is a "need" not a "want"
You got a lot to learn in life.
When the focus is the commission and not the customer satisfaction...the principle purpose is already wrong. You don't sell an inanimate object, you sell an experience. -
Hwz... sure beri relax coz now owned by sph.