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[h=2]Recall Casino Yeo promising the Pinoy President that the FAP would reserve casino jobs Pinoys?
Resorts World Sentosa rejected job application by Singaporean, but gave jobs to pinoys on the spot[/h]Posted by temasektimes on June 6, 2012
In 2009, before Resorts World Sentosa (RWS )opened and was during mass recruitment, I went for a walk-in interview during one of the job fairs conducted by RWS. They were recruiting for theme park operators for the Universal Studios theme park in Sentosa. I was in dire need of any kind of employment as despite having 20 yrs PMET work experience and was an overseas grad in Economics & Finance, I couldn’t even get any job for asking salary of $1.5k per month.
At the job fair, I noticed lots of Pinoys , all looking like domestic helpers and I was one of the few Singaporeans there , dressed in long sleeves and a tie. I was then told by one of the RWS staff that they were recruiting massively due to the soon-to-be opening theme park and were giving out on-the-spot employment contracts.
My turn came and I was faced with a smirky female RWS HR manager, who proceeded to throw me super-tough interview questions and scenarios , as if I was interviewing for a management level post. However, I aced it (since I was a HR practitioner during my PMET days, before my retrenchment in 2008). Easy-peasy for someone experience in this line of work. Guess what? Despite being told that the theme park operator job pays only $6 per hour and was part-time work at 22 hrs per week, I still desperately wanted the job. The idiotic RWS HR interviewer, at the end of it, just gave me a quirky smile and said “we let u know”, which translated to “no chance in hell”!
When I left despondently, I saw a queue of the Pinoys all being given their employment contracts on the spot while I, a desperately out-of-work Singaporean, was simply neglected and made to look stupid!
In 2009, I must have attended more than 20 such job fairs and industry previews for IR jobs at e2i, submitted countless job applications and resumes and written applications or other job submissions to e2i staff without a single reply or email from both MBS or RWS, let alone getting any proper job interview. How many of you Singaporeans were like me then attending those useless “industry previews” without getting any reply? Do you guys remember the ordeal we went through?
I certainly did because the PAP govt proudly boasts that there were 68,000 jobs available for Singaporeans yet how many of us unemployed Sporeans were actually taken in by the IRs? In terms of percentage staff count, I bet you my last dollar that the IRs were shunning locals and all opting for foreigners like pinoys and prc and indians and malaysians , whom they dont have to contribute CPF and find them easier to hire.
Look at the same scenario in the casinos in Macau and u will see that they actually employ their locals first but here it is the opposite and locals always lose out to fts due to our discrimatory govt policies against Sporeans!
=> 60%: Nebermind lah! Still got coolie porridge to eat what?!
I also clearly remember a lot of govt & PAP propaganda about helping jobless Sporeans with their constant proclamations in the media about “retraining” and spending lots of tax-dollars on “SPUR training” etc etc. This is all a lot of bull!! Each time any Singaporean goes to e2i, they will recommend to u to register for a “upgrading course” and offer incentives like free course fees and even pay a daily allowance. However, all these “SPUR” training courses, conducted by WDA and e2i and SNEF are all a waste of time bec no employer recognises it and u can never get a job on the course qualification itself as employer have an abundance of foreigners to employ from.
The government however uses all the SPUR progammes as a tool merely to advertise to the public at large that it is doing a huge part in helping jobless Sporeans so it is no better than a sales pitch.
I remember going for one useless course for 8 days called Certified Service Professional. Complete waste of time because they basically just teach you to become like a waiter and adopt a friendly customer service mindset. Did I get any job after that, even as a bell-hop? Rubbish, not a single employer give me any call-up!
Don’t believe me? Go to MBS and RWS, see for yourself and do a headcount to see how many Singaporeans vs foreigners are in their employ. You see, so long as we have this unthinkingly selfish PAP govt , we will never get a job we want because in the end, the government don’t care for Singaporeans and prefer that we all kick the bucket faster so they can continue to replace us all with the cheap and younger foreigners!
TAXI UNCLE
*The above was first posted as a comment on The Temasek Times
Resorts World Sentosa rejected job application by Singaporean, but gave jobs to pinoys on the spot[/h]Posted by temasektimes on June 6, 2012
In 2009, before Resorts World Sentosa (RWS )opened and was during mass recruitment, I went for a walk-in interview during one of the job fairs conducted by RWS. They were recruiting for theme park operators for the Universal Studios theme park in Sentosa. I was in dire need of any kind of employment as despite having 20 yrs PMET work experience and was an overseas grad in Economics & Finance, I couldn’t even get any job for asking salary of $1.5k per month.
At the job fair, I noticed lots of Pinoys , all looking like domestic helpers and I was one of the few Singaporeans there , dressed in long sleeves and a tie. I was then told by one of the RWS staff that they were recruiting massively due to the soon-to-be opening theme park and were giving out on-the-spot employment contracts.
My turn came and I was faced with a smirky female RWS HR manager, who proceeded to throw me super-tough interview questions and scenarios , as if I was interviewing for a management level post. However, I aced it (since I was a HR practitioner during my PMET days, before my retrenchment in 2008). Easy-peasy for someone experience in this line of work. Guess what? Despite being told that the theme park operator job pays only $6 per hour and was part-time work at 22 hrs per week, I still desperately wanted the job. The idiotic RWS HR interviewer, at the end of it, just gave me a quirky smile and said “we let u know”, which translated to “no chance in hell”!
When I left despondently, I saw a queue of the Pinoys all being given their employment contracts on the spot while I, a desperately out-of-work Singaporean, was simply neglected and made to look stupid!
In 2009, I must have attended more than 20 such job fairs and industry previews for IR jobs at e2i, submitted countless job applications and resumes and written applications or other job submissions to e2i staff without a single reply or email from both MBS or RWS, let alone getting any proper job interview. How many of you Singaporeans were like me then attending those useless “industry previews” without getting any reply? Do you guys remember the ordeal we went through?
I certainly did because the PAP govt proudly boasts that there were 68,000 jobs available for Singaporeans yet how many of us unemployed Sporeans were actually taken in by the IRs? In terms of percentage staff count, I bet you my last dollar that the IRs were shunning locals and all opting for foreigners like pinoys and prc and indians and malaysians , whom they dont have to contribute CPF and find them easier to hire.
Look at the same scenario in the casinos in Macau and u will see that they actually employ their locals first but here it is the opposite and locals always lose out to fts due to our discrimatory govt policies against Sporeans!
=> 60%: Nebermind lah! Still got coolie porridge to eat what?!
I also clearly remember a lot of govt & PAP propaganda about helping jobless Sporeans with their constant proclamations in the media about “retraining” and spending lots of tax-dollars on “SPUR training” etc etc. This is all a lot of bull!! Each time any Singaporean goes to e2i, they will recommend to u to register for a “upgrading course” and offer incentives like free course fees and even pay a daily allowance. However, all these “SPUR” training courses, conducted by WDA and e2i and SNEF are all a waste of time bec no employer recognises it and u can never get a job on the course qualification itself as employer have an abundance of foreigners to employ from.
The government however uses all the SPUR progammes as a tool merely to advertise to the public at large that it is doing a huge part in helping jobless Sporeans so it is no better than a sales pitch.
I remember going for one useless course for 8 days called Certified Service Professional. Complete waste of time because they basically just teach you to become like a waiter and adopt a friendly customer service mindset. Did I get any job after that, even as a bell-hop? Rubbish, not a single employer give me any call-up!
Don’t believe me? Go to MBS and RWS, see for yourself and do a headcount to see how many Singaporeans vs foreigners are in their employ. You see, so long as we have this unthinkingly selfish PAP govt , we will never get a job we want because in the end, the government don’t care for Singaporeans and prefer that we all kick the bucket faster so they can continue to replace us all with the cheap and younger foreigners!
TAXI UNCLE
*The above was first posted as a comment on The Temasek Times
That's why Sporeans shouldn't encourage them by supporting them . If you have a greedy, spiteful colleague at work would you support him/her
The trouble as I see it, is that too many Sporeans are disunited. They don't realize that if they cooperate a little they could make life difficult for the PAP. Instead they have allowed LKY & company to behave like he owned Spore:( This island has been turned into an ugly place for ALL Sporeans.
