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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->In good years, he easily drew $4,000 a month as a senior executive engineer. But these days, Mr Sam Tang will take on a $5 an hour job as a nightclub security officer to make ends meet.
The 31-year-old, who has been looking for a full-time job since January, said: 'I send out resumes daily, even to companies that are not hiring.'
Besides having a diploma in hospitality and events management, Mr Tang has an ITE certificate in mechatronic engineering.
He has worked in the navy, as a training consultant in a maritime firm and as an executive in an events company.
He left his last job in April last year because of a better offer, but it was a contract position which has since ended.
The divorcee lives with his parents in a five-room HDB flat in Jurong West.
'I'm already in panic mode. I've sold quite a few belongings and pawned off most of my valuables such as watches, rings and even my gold wedding ring,' he said. His ex-wife takes care of their two children aged two and five.
For now, he is looking forward to a faint light at the end of the tunnel - working on a ship.
The vacancy was recommended to him by a close associate a month ago.
'I already have the experience of working out at sea, I'm able-bodied and I will get to travel. Why not? Maybe one day if I work hard enough, I will get to be a ship's captain.'
Debbie Yong
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->In good years, he easily drew $4,000 a month as a senior executive engineer. But these days, Mr Sam Tang will take on a $5 an hour job as a nightclub security officer to make ends meet.
The 31-year-old, who has been looking for a full-time job since January, said: 'I send out resumes daily, even to companies that are not hiring.'
Besides having a diploma in hospitality and events management, Mr Tang has an ITE certificate in mechatronic engineering.
He has worked in the navy, as a training consultant in a maritime firm and as an executive in an events company.
He left his last job in April last year because of a better offer, but it was a contract position which has since ended.
The divorcee lives with his parents in a five-room HDB flat in Jurong West.
'I'm already in panic mode. I've sold quite a few belongings and pawned off most of my valuables such as watches, rings and even my gold wedding ring,' he said. His ex-wife takes care of their two children aged two and five.
For now, he is looking forward to a faint light at the end of the tunnel - working on a ship.
The vacancy was recommended to him by a close associate a month ago.
'I already have the experience of working out at sea, I'm able-bodied and I will get to travel. Why not? Maybe one day if I work hard enough, I will get to be a ship's captain.'
Debbie Yong
