SGs are Shunning High-Paying Jobs in JobsBank Woh! www.jobsbank.gov.sg

[makapaaa]

[h=1]Q: THE SITUATION WITH THE JOBSBANK.GOV.SG WEBSITE[/h]


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Hi again everyone. A Facebook status from a friend caught my eye this morning - now allow me to explain that this friend (let's call him Mr Tan, not his real name) is a former classmate of mine from Singapore and now runs a medium sized company in the Eastern part of Singapore, employing about 40 - 50 workers which comprise of a mix of mostly locals and some foreigners. His business is very successful and growing and I often see him asking his friends to recommend suitable individuals to hire. This is his latest Facebook status update:
Mr Tan: "The Ministry of Manpower wants employers to post jobs on Jobsbank.gov.sg so that priority can be given to Singaporeans when we hire before we are 'allowed' to hire foreign workers because we cannot find suitable local candidates. The irony is that after posting the job listing on jobsbank.gov.sg, only foreigners have been writing in for the jobs, that means that even if I want to consider hire a Singaporean instead of a foreigner, I can't even do so."

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Allow me to show you two of the comments on this status update:
(Singaporean friend): We need to implement singpass logon for job application.
Mr Tan: Singpass lor. What if foreigners hack them to get to the jobs? I would hire that guy for his finesse leh. But seriously, if got Singaporean apply then I will of course see if I can hire them lah, but really don't have leh. Why young Singaporeans don't want to apply and then still kaobehkaobu say cannot find work? Even if you implement Singpass logon and no Singaporeans apply, then I bo pien still end up employing PRC or Malaysians. I am offering standard industry rates for my positions.
You get the idea - I have already blogged on this previous and have bemoaned how the government's FCF scheme is terrible ineffective. But Mr Tan's status update tells me two things: firstly, that there are jobs in Singapore for young people, the Singaporean economy is robust and employers like Mr Tan are indeed hiring (and offering quite attractive packages in fact for the right candidates) and secondly, these foreigners are far more hungry and proactive when it comes to applying for these jobs. Okay, I know we're just talking about one Singaporean employer's experience here but I do have some questions I would like to ask my Singaporeans readers as I want to understand this situation please.

Before we go any further, I need to give you this disclaimer:​

I am vehemently anti-PAP and so is Mr Tan. We both really dislike the PAP so much

. Mr Tan has already expressed a desire to hire a Singaporean if possible. Okay, now that we have gotten that disclaimer out of the way, we can now have a discussion about this issue. ​

Why aren't young Singaporeans applying for jobs like that, on this website designed to give them priority

? Either they are so laid-back and passive that they can't even be asked to apply for jobs on Jobsbank.gov.sg or they are so cynical that the jobs will eventually go to foreigners that they are not even bothering. (If so, then that begs the question: how are they looking for work then?) ​

I just don't understand how Singaporeans are always complaining about the number of foreigners competing for jobs in Singapore,

yet Mr Tan still finds it so hard to find a Singaporean to apply for jobs at his company?​

I don't know what the answer is, I'm not in Singapore anyway so I am opening this up to my readers in Singapore to try to answer that question. Kindly use the comments section below to share your thoughts, many thanks for reading.

Limpeh FT
*The writer blogs at http://limpehft.blogspot.com/

 

[chootchiew]

WTF gave the idea that Banking is high paying jobs ? First of all bank staff call themselves banker, e.g. a Accountant in Citibank call themselves Citibanker, similarly a IT administrator in Citibank also call themselves citibanker, this is bullshit.
An accountant in a bank gets the same pay as an accountant in another company that is not a bank.

 

[chootchiew]

WTF gave the idea that Banking is high paying jobs ? First of all bank staff call themselves banker, e.g. a Accountant in Citibank call themselves Citibanker, similarly a IT administrator in Citibank also call themselves citibanker, this is bullshit.
An accountant in a bank gets the same pay as an accountant in another company that is not a bank.

paiseh paiseh, it's JobsBank not Bank. hehe

 

[GoldenPeriod]

WTF gave the idea that Banking is high paying jobs ? First of all bank staff call themselves banker, e.g. a Accountant in Citibank call themselves Citibanker, similarly a IT administrator in Citibank also call themselves citibanker, this is bullshit.
An accountant in a bank gets the same pay as an accountant in another company that is not a bank.

never heard of a counter staff or IT guy calling himself a banker even though they work in a bank. Traditionally, bankers only refer to those who work in high finance,i.e. Investment Banking or Trading.

 

[chootchiew]

never heard of a counter staff or IT guy calling himself a banker even though they work in a bank. Traditionally, bankers only refer to those who work in high finance,i.e. Investment Banking or Trading.

They will not be so garang call themselves banker, but they call themselves citibanker, I cannot confirm for other bank, but Citibank yes as I worked there before.
Also the money they pay is actually bit lower than some other company, they add in 13th mth pay to the salary to make it look big. But it is nonsense to have the idea that working in a bank is higher pay.

 

[GoldenPeriod]

How can foreigners even apply on the Jobs Bank? That is only for Singaporeans. They should be banned from using it.

 

[batman1]

Heard a conversation between a Pinoy and Ah Ney in MRT .
Pinoy:My relative Johnston from Quezon coming soon to singapore under tourist visa to look for a permanent job.
Ah Neh:My cousin from Bombay also coming to Singapore under tourist visa to try his luck getting a permanent job.
No wonder sinkees are 3rd class.KNNCCB to MIW!!!

 

[winnipegjets]

Tell us the position and how much is he paying?

 

[nitecrawllerr]

Heard a conversation between a Pinoy and Ah Ney in MRT .
Pinoy:My relative Johnston from Quezon coming soon to singapore under tourist visa to look for a permanent job.
Ah Neh:My cousin from Bombay also coming to Singapore under tourist visa to try his luck getting a permanent job.
No wonder sinkees are 3rd class.KNNCCB to MIW!!!

Even angmoh also abuse the 90 days social visit stay. Even our msian neighbours abuse their social visit stay and looking for jobs here.

 

[da dick]

[h=1]Q: THE SITUATION WITH THE JOBSBANK.GOV.SG WEBSITE[/h]


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Hi again everyone. A Facebook status from a friend caught my eye this morning - now allow me to explain that this friend (let's call him Mr Tan, not his real name) is a former classmate of mine from Singapore and now runs a medium sized company in the Eastern part of Singapore, employing about 40 - 50 workers which comprise of a mix of mostly locals and some foreigners. His business is very successful and growing and I often see him asking his friends to recommend suitable individuals to hire. This is his latest Facebook status update:
Mr Tan: "The Ministry of Manpower wants employers to post jobs on Jobsbank.gov.sg so that priority can be given to Singaporeans when we hire before we are 'allowed' to hire foreign workers because we cannot find suitable local candidates. The irony is that after posting the job listing on jobsbank.gov.sg, only foreigners have been writing in for the jobs, that means that even if I want to consider hire a Singaporean instead of a foreigner, I can't even do so."

​

Allow me to show you two of the comments on this status update:
(Singaporean friend): We need to implement singpass logon for job application.
Mr Tan: Singpass lor. What if foreigners hack them to get to the jobs? I would hire that guy for his finesse leh. But seriously, if got Singaporean apply then I will of course see if I can hire them lah, but really don't have leh. Why young Singaporeans don't want to apply and then still kaobehkaobu say cannot find work? Even if you implement Singpass logon and no Singaporeans apply, then I bo pien still end up employing PRC or Malaysians. I am offering standard industry rates for my positions.
You get the idea - I have already blogged on this previous and have bemoaned how the government's FCF scheme is terrible ineffective. But Mr Tan's status update tells me two things: firstly, that there are jobs in Singapore for young people, the Singaporean economy is robust and employers like Mr Tan are indeed hiring (and offering quite attractive packages in fact for the right candidates) and secondly, these foreigners are far more hungry and proactive when it comes to applying for these jobs. Okay, I know we're just talking about one Singaporean employer's experience here but I do have some questions I would like to ask my Singaporeans readers as I want to understand this situation please.

Before we go any further, I need to give you this disclaimer:​

I am vehemently anti-PAP and so is Mr Tan. We both really dislike the PAP so much

. Mr Tan has already expressed a desire to hire a Singaporean if possible. Okay, now that we have gotten that disclaimer out of the way, we can now have a discussion about this issue. ​

Why aren't young Singaporeans applying for jobs like that, on this website designed to give them priority

? Either they are so laid-back and passive that they can't even be asked to apply for jobs on Jobsbank.gov.sg or they are so cynical that the jobs will eventually go to foreigners that they are not even bothering. (If so, then that begs the question: how are they looking for work then?) ​

I just don't understand how Singaporeans are always complaining about the number of foreigners competing for jobs in Singapore,

yet Mr Tan still finds it so hard to find a Singaporean to apply for jobs at his company?​

I don't know what the answer is, I'm not in Singapore anyway so I am opening this up to my readers in Singapore to try to answer that question. Kindly use the comments section below to share your thoughts, many thanks for reading.

Limpeh FT
*The writer blogs at http://limpehft.blogspot.com/

i already posted this leh. makapaa prata eater more powah than me ah??? this idiot itlle helper of sammy can't even cut n paste properly!!! paste so much useless html code for wat???

 

[Dark Knight]

There are a lot of so called "prestigious title" given in many of the MNCs especially the GLCs.
In GLCs they give the title as "director", "vice-president", "chairman" etc but does your job scope really reflects accordingly?

 

[Hans168]

EP levy & licencing of HR mgr will help solves this friggin problem...

 

[laksaboy]

WTF gave the idea that Banking is high paying jobs ? First of all bank staff call themselves banker, e.g. a Accountant in Citibank call themselves Citibanker, similarly a IT administrator in Citibank also call themselves citibanker, this is bullshit.
An accountant in a bank gets the same pay as an accountant in another company that is not a bank.

Indeed. It's like saying everyone who works at a hospital is a surgeon, or everyone who works at a school is a teacher.

Ever heard of support, admin or HR personnel? There are also accountants, lawyers etc who support the operations of the bank but have zero knowledge about the business of banking.