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July 28, 2005
Levels of job opportunities - an entry for En. Ting Tong
I would like to respond to a comment in my entry "Background to my story."
Here, En. Ting Tong (whoever this is) wrote "I guess i have to compete with you in the market now."
I am not sure if this is correct, but I think it deserves some guestimations on my side.
A reject is feedback - I don't know what you are doing, but I don't see you as a competitor. If we would compete for the same job, and you get the job, this is still feedback for me. You are better than me, and I am happy for you. May be I wasn't the fit in the company, may be your qualifications are clearly better. There will be more for me.
There are different levels in a company - Clearly, I am pretty high up in the category that I am applying for. I am working in the market research environment for about 10-15 years now, and there are not that many opportunities for me. The opportunities are different. The air is thinner if you are higher up in the category. More is expected of you, and for sure, a company expects the utmost of you. I don't even know in which industry you work - as you might know in which industry I am!
I am a Mat Salleh - I heard from one leading recruitment agency already that it is pretty tough for a Mat Salleh/ expatriate/ foreigner, to look for a job nowadays. Singapore is struggling economically to move up the value added ladder, and honestly, Malaysia is not always that friendly to foreigners. Sorry to say so.
En. Ting Tong , if you read this, I would like to ask you to contact me via my e-mail address. I read some frustration into your comment - but might be totally wrong with this interpretation - but may be I can help you? Let's just talk, okay, because this is what I like to do. Talk and explore opportunities - for me and for others, because, you will ask, what is in it for me? It gives me pleasure to help, it is fun to see someone succeed. As simple as that!
Posted by Andreas at July 28, 2005 11:57 AM