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[iceddd]

Hi HH,

I'm a fresh grad, a few months into my first job. I'm not really happy with the jobscope and career progression, and I may want to try for another industry. However, I'm bonded to the company. if I were to break bond, will it reflect badly on me to the future employers? Do I need to state it anywhere? If I were to omit this job out of my resume, will there be any repercussions? Thank you

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

Hi HH,

I'm a fresh grad, a few months into my first job. I'm not really happy with the jobscope and career progression, and I may want to try for another industry. However, I'm bonded to the company. if I were to break bond, will it reflect badly on me to the future employers? Do I need to state it anywhere? If I were to omit this job out of my resume, will there be any repercussions? Thank you

But first, you must examine, what don't you like about jobscope and progression? If you want to progress to the next level after less than 6 months in your first ever job, then welcome to reality. People sometimes take 3 years to progress to the next level.

Do you not like 1) the industry ? or 2) the job scope?

Generally, breaking a bond is fine, but you must have a very strong valid reason why you are breaking it.

If you are bonded, what it means is you have to pay them back the money.

As for repercussions, for omitting it from your cv. It depends on your industry you want to work for in the future.

If you want to work for government or banking sector, they will do a very detailed background check on your background, and it might surface (or not) depending on the level of the check they do and the seniority of the role you are applying for.

Other industries are fine. They won't bother checking

 

[iceddd]

But first, you must examine, what don't you like about jobscope and progression? If you want to progress to the next level after less than 6 months in your first ever job, then welcome to reality. People sometimes take 3 years to progress to the next level.

Do you not like 1) the industry ? or 2) the job scope?

Generally, breaking a bond is fine, but you must have a very strong valid reason why you are breaking it.

If you are bonded, what it means is you have to pay them back the money.

As for repercussions, for omitting it from your cv. It depends on your industry you want to work for in the future.

If you want to work for government or banking sector, they will do a very detailed background check on your background, and it might surface (or not) depending on the level of the check they do and the seniority of the role you are applying for.

Other industries are fine. They won't bother checking

thank you for your quick answer. I would say majority is that I do not like the industry. I do not forsee myself staying in this industry even after I have served my bond. I'm not expecting to progress to the next level after 6 months, but I have seen many before be still stuck in the same jobscope after 2-3years. So I was thinking of cutting loss early, since my experience in this industry would not be relevant to other industries I might be joining in the future. and also, I heard many people receiving a fresh grad package when they switch industry after working for a few years. is this true?

I do not want to waste my time, and have been considering breaking the bond for a while. I was hoping to join the government sector for stability, but since they do background check, I will have to reconsider breaking bond

 

[UnlimitedBladeWorks]

Hello Headhunter,

I am a project manager with PMP, looking to switch industry. How important is it that recruiter looks at the relevant experience in the particular industry? So far, it seems that most would want a PM in the similar industry but I believe domain knowledge is secondary, though still important for a PM. How should I go about for the interviews if I am looking to switch industry.

Thanks.

 

[Micki78]

Hi headhunter,

I received an interview invitation for an post which I did not apply. Is this considered headhuntEd? The company just stated the post but did not stated any job description at all. Is this norm?

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

Hello Headhunter,

I am a project manager with PMP, looking to switch industry. How important is it that recruiter looks at the relevant experience in the particular industry? So far, it seems that most would want a PM in the similar industry but I believe domain knowledge is secondary, though still important for a PM. How should I go about for the interviews if I am looking to switch industry.

Thanks.

Domain knowledge is important, and the reason why Industry is important simply because in some industries, they work with certain technologies.

But often it is more important to demonstrate things like whether you can handle large projects, multiple large projects, or even regional projects.

Hi headhunter,

I received an interview invitation for an post which I did not apply. Is this considered headhuntEd? The company just stated the post but did not stated any job description at all. Is this norm?

Any role, if they don't have a JD, even if it is an informal one, is something which you should take with a pinch of salt.

Because if there is no JD, then you won't even know if you can do the role or not (and percentage of the role you can do, be it 20%, 50% or 100%), how senior it is, etc.

 

[Rheinl]

Hi HH

have two interviews for public sector lined up and they are a month apart, i have been working in 10 months in pte, both positions have exp range of 3-5 years but welcome fresh grads too

1) am i still considered a fresh graduate?

2) with regard to 1), does this entitle me to any salary negotiation with regards to my current pay?

btw i know this is google-able but was just wondering if you knew any strong valid answers to

1) why move from pte to public?

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

Hi HH

have two interviews for public sector lined up and they are a month apart, i have been working in 10 months in pte, both positions have exp range of 3-5 years but welcome fresh grads too

1) am i still considered a fresh graduate?

2) with regard to 1), does this entitle me to any salary negotiation with regards to my current pay?

btw i know this is google-able but was just wondering if you knew any strong valid answers to

1) why move from pte to public?

1) You are considered a fresh graduate, if the job you are applying for, you have no prior relevant experience whatsoever. (even if it is intangible skills like project management)

Is like you do accountancy, but apply for a bank operations job

2) Depends on your previous job, and your new job, and whether there is any semblance of skill fit. (if only 10% then can forget about pay negotiation, but if 50% or more, then can still negotiate)

3) Stability in govt sector with stable bonuses.

 

[hawthawthawt]

Hi HH,

A hiring manager offer me a position after viewing my information on linkedin.
I only work for 9months in my current company and have no intention to leave as of now. Wad are the ways to reject the offer?

And also, is this practice of headhunting through linkedin common and reliable?

Thank you!

 

[HeavenWar]

Would you be kind enough to direct me to the syllabus for CEI Basic with EMFA, without attending the course?

 

[Micki78]

Domain knowledge is important, and the reason why Industry is important simply because in some industries, they work with certain technologies.

But often it is more important to demonstrate things like whether you can handle large projects, multiple large projects, or even regional projects.




Any role, if they don't have a JD, even if it is an informal one, is something which you should take with a pinch of salt.

Because if there is no JD, then you won't even know if you can do the role or not (and percentage of the role you can do, be it 20%, 50% or 100%), how senior it is, etc.

I got the jd from the company. Kinda different from what I last did. So u think I can ask for more? Usually job switch should ask for how many %

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

Would you be kind enough to direct me to the syllabus for CEI Basic with EMFA, without attending the course?

http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/employment-agencies/pages/cei.aspx

Hi HH,

A hiring manager offer me a position after viewing my information on linkedin.
I only work for 9months in my current company and have no intention to leave as of now. Wad are the ways to reject the offer?

And also, is this practice of headhunting through linkedin common and reliable?

Thank you!

So he offered you even before he interviewed you?

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

I got the jd from the company. Kinda different from what I last did. So u think I can ask for more? Usually job switch should ask for how many %

Then can ask them why they think you are suitable?

Job switch depends on the type of job they want you to do, and depends on how much you are currently on.

20% of 2k is obviously less than 5% of 50k a month.

 

[HeavenWar]

http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/employment-agencies/pages/cei.aspx


I've managed to find the topics!

What i meant was, upon googling those topics, i managed to come across several stipulations on the MOM website.

Would those information be sufficient to pass the CEI exam? I was also wondering if there's a textbook version (assuming there's one from previous attendees), that'll enable me to google or torrent it

 

[Ask A Headhunter]

http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/employment-agencies/pages/cei.aspx


I've managed to find the topics!

What i meant was, upon googling those topics, i managed to come across several stipulations on the MOM website.

Would those information be sufficient to pass the CEI exam? I was also wondering if there's a textbook version (assuming there's one from previous attendees), that'll enable me to google or torrent it

The test format and questions change every 6 months to 1 year.

Even if you do manage to find it via google, doesn't mean you will do well.

Oh and, the questions are extremely tricky. Just because you go for the course doesn't mean you will pass, and just because you don't go doesn't mean you will fail.

If you solely memorise every single thing, you will fail. (at least that is what i observed most of the time from my colleagues)

You must understand the logic and reasoning why certain things have certain consequences.

 

[HeavenWar]

Even if you do manage to find it via google, doesn't mean you will do well.

If you solely memorise every single thing, you will fail. (at least that is what i observed most of the time from my colleagues)

You must understand the logic and reasoning why certain things have certain consequences.

I understand and appreciate your insight regarding this. Thanks HH

 

[Mistic]

Went thr a few pgs, have afew qns (These might been asked b4, appreciate if you could reply to them again, as 77pgs is too much to filter thr)




- Is there an est based markup from the last drawn salary and also the difference in markup between being headhunted and applying for a new position? (i.e. maybe 30% of your last drawn for HH position, while 15% for applied position?)




- What are the chances of getting a 50-100% increment? Let's say u are seriously underpaid at your current job, and the market rate for your current scope is maybe 70% more then your current drawn, is it ok to put a 100% markup at your expected salary?


- How are allowances/ commission/ incentive treated? will they be taken into consideration as part of your main package? (As some company only look at basic and don't account for allowances..etc)


- How is oversea assignment measures? and any min. duration, for it to be taken into consideration.


- Also will your current expat package be taken into consideration? Or will they only see your based excluding your expat package/allowances..etc.








That's all at the moment might have more.

 

[vbhelper]

I've been to 2 rounds of interview.
1st round was with HR + immediate supervisor
2nd round was with Head

Do HR + immediate supervisor convey their decisions and whatever u said in the interview to the Head? I got repeated qns from the Head and wonder isn't it better to merge both rounds together.

I've done the personality profile test. Does this test offer u higher chance if your profile matches their overall department profile too?

 

[HorseyPow3r]

What's the best answer to the question "why do u want to leave ur current job?"

I say current place unstable environment, retrenchment happens very often, they kpkb say it happens everywhere, and I'm leaving because of push factors and not pull factors. I say cos I in same place many years and looking for new challenge, they ask me how long can this search for challenge be sustained.

When I eager for the job, they say I desperate to leave. When I seemed less eager, they say I didn't want the job badly enough. Fml la.

Sent from my toilet using GAGT

 

[dizcreet]

Dismissed From A Job But Trying to Move On

Hi,


I would like to ask for your humble advice,on how do I actually go about in future job interviews, filling up that portion of have you ever been dismissed before ?

I know that honesty is the best policy but won't my chances in the job interview be affected?

And if i do go about this white lie,would the HR be able to find out about it ? or how would they go about to screen a potential employee?

If I were to be honest,how do you suggest I respond to questions on why I was dismissed?