How long to wait before you receive job offer?
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I find that online job search are useless, 0% success out of what 100 attempts? Sometimes the employers advertise their jobs online but nv check afterwards. Newspapers are still the best source for jobs. If you already have a job, and your job is such that you have to interact with clients and such, you can try jumping over to their company. I haven't tried this before, is it against the "rules"?
Threadstarter, how much commission can you get a month? Frankly, 1200 basic is a bit low for diploma. -
According to a recent nus survey, I think average pay for NUS grads are quite high at 2.5K and above.Originally posted by newcomer:I find that online job search are useless, 0% success out of what 100 attempts? Sometimes the employers advertise their jobs online but nv check afterwards. Newspapers are still the best source for jobs. If you already have a job, and your job is such that you have to interact with clients and such, you can try jumping over to their company. I haven't tried this before, is it against the "rules"?
Threadstarter, how much commission can you get a month? Frankly, 1200 basic is a bit low for diploma.
How can your poly dip give you only 1.2K?
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Dip at least got 1.5. Unless your commission is damn high den alright ba.
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as you said ...i got the job from newspaper.....1 of my friend is getting $1300 for starting job training pay (probation period)....Originally posted by newcomer:I find that online job search are useless, 0% success out of what 100 attempts? Sometimes the employers advertise their jobs online but nv check afterwards. Newspapers are still the best source for jobs. If you already have a job, and your job is such that you have to interact with clients and such, you can try jumping over to their company. I haven't tried this before, is it against the "rules"?
Threadstarter, how much commission can you get a month? Frankly, 1200 basic is a bit low for diploma. -
Yea, the online job search useless one...like I am sending my resumes to companies dunno from which dimension in this world. Send but nvr reply. In the end, I shifted all my concentration to StraitsTimes Classifieds and I am getting at least 4 -5 interviews per week.Originally posted by newcomer:I find that online job search are useless, 0% success out of what 100 attempts? Sometimes the employers advertise their jobs online but nv check afterwards. Newspapers are still the best source for jobs. If you already have a job, and your job is such that you have to interact with clients and such, you can try jumping over to their company. I haven't tried this before, is it against the "rules"?
Threadstarter, how much commission can you get a month? Frankly, 1200 basic is a bit low for diploma.
Well, as for 1200 being too low, I actually did not want to put that low one in my resume. Its until I heard about some employers being bloodsuckers at picking your salary, ppl who offer the lowest pay got the job, and its been a while since I still haven't got any job...then i decided to lower my salary expectations to offer a more "competitive" starting salary.
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Sometimes it works both ways.Originally posted by vasteel:Yea, the online job search useless one...like I am sending my resumes to companies dunno from which dimension in this world. Send but nvr reply. In the end, I shifted all my concentration to StraitsTimes Classifieds and I am getting at least 4 -5 interviews per week.
Well, as for 1200 being too low, I actually did not want to put that low one in my resume. Its until I heard about some employers being bloodsuckers at picking your salary, ppl who offer the lowest pay got the job, and its been a while since I still haven't got any job...then i decided to lower my salary expectations to offer a more "competitive" starting salary.
You may want to put a low salary so as to get a job but the potential problem with that is that your next employer will be adjusting your salary based on your last drawn salary.
If it is low, your next employer will likely not give you an adjustment to say market rates next time unless you are a damn solid star performer.
I believe HR managers have guidelines that they cannot adjust salaries at their own whims. So if you switch jobs and your salary is 1.2K, your next employer may give you a 10% increment from your last drawn. There will also be a tendency to push down wages since they may think you are a lousy worker that can be exploited (since you have such a low salary expectation).
I would like to tell you everything is fine and you will get your deserved salary after working for 5 years or so, but trust me, things don't work this way now.
Increments will be less than before and any additional money you make will be through your variable bonus.
So your basic salary can actually remain stagnant for 2 to 3 years until u get promoted. If you can live with that, then by all means do so.
But think carefully before u take that low paying job. -
newbie like me is not the time to be choosy...until got experience then say
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eh, not necessary wor.Originally posted by newcomer:I find that online job search are useless, 0% success out of what 100 attempts? Sometimes the employers advertise their jobs online but nv check afterwards. Newspapers are still the best source for jobs. If you already have a job, and your job is such that you have to interact with clients and such, you can try jumping over to their company. I haven't tried this before, is it against the "rules"?
Threadstarter, how much commission can you get a month? Frankly, 1200 basic is a bit low for diploma.
i got no dip, pay is 1400 basic before cpf, without allowance. -
But think carefully before u take that low paying job
It cuts both ways like you said. It is well known having a lower starting pay means when you negotiate for your next job they will base their offer on your last drawn pay of cuz.
The main point is if that person is the only bread winner of that family and is jobless for months, do you think he should just get the job first as long as the pay can cover his family expenses? No money in spore can die ppl wan leh....
Ask for MP help, they see you got leg got hands still cannot find job muz be you too picky liao. Typical human behavoir I guess.
So to take up the job or not is mainly on individual. If that pay is desperately needed to put bread on the table for family it is confirmed muz take it up. If family is supporting you while you look for job then by all means reject it and await the next better paying job.
My few cents worth of opinion. OK I know it is more than a few cents
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I had a guy who called me up 6 months after my interview.Originally posted by vasteel:Let's say you just went for an interview today, and the interviewer told you that he will contact you by the end of this week if you are successful. However, normally how long do you have to wait before they contact you?
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Wah lau, too indecisive or too picky???Originally posted by Xcert:I had a guy who called me up 6 months after my interview. 
They really take their own sweet time sia... -
"all very pro"Originally posted by Xcert:I had a guy who called me up 6 months after my interview.