BEST PAID Govt: Grads Should Take Up Blue Collar Jobs!

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Concerns of fresh graduates dominate dialogue with Manpower Minister
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 April 2009 2030 hrs
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SINGAPORE : The issue of how fresh graduates can cope in the current recession dominated a dialogue session between Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong and the Labour Movement's youth wing, Young NTUC, on Sunday.

As the latest batch of graduates receive their degrees later this year, many will no doubt be thinking - "What's next?".

At a dialogue with the Manpower Minister, the concerns of young Singaporeans were evident.

One participant asked: "As a fresh grad, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job? And if so, will it affect my application for PMET position after the crisis?"

Mr Gan said: "In recruitment, we will always ask, why haven't you been working for the last one year? If the answer is well, there are no jobs available, employers will not believe (this), because there are always jobs available.

"The question is, are you willing to do that job? So the employer will think, if in a crisis situation, you are willing to sit at home and do nothing for one year, not doing anything, that means you are not very flexible."

=> So he's saying that by becuming a bangra, u'll eventually find a white collar job? Or Sporns would have a higher chance by first renouncing their smelly pink ICs and cumming back as FTs if they still choose to cum back?

Some agreed that job-seekers' attitudes needed changing.

Stephan Tan, Healthcare Services Employees' Union, said: "We have been dependent on the government too much, waiting for help."

With graduate employment rates set to fall this year, it is no surprise that one question raised at the dialogue was whether degree holders from private universities would have the same job prospects as those from the three public universities in Singapore.

In response, Mr Gan said the government is in no position to dictate the hiring preference of companies, and it was up to each institution to market their own graduates.

Separately, some union activists highlighted the dilemmas faced by middle-aged retrenched workers, who find themselves matched to jobs they do not want to do, after going for re-skilling.

Isaac Lee, Amalgamated Union of Statutory Board Employees (AUSBE), said: "Some of them may be choosy, but some of them, they do need that job, they do need that income, so they are choosy about the income they are getting."

Other issues in the two-hour session included tougher action against companies which hire phantom workers and raising pay scales within the early childhood sector. - CNA/ms

 

[myfoot123]

This Gan Kim Yong is forcing shit into graduate mouth and ask them to smile after that. LKY has already said the shit will stay in your mouth for the next 3 years until obama perform miracle. Why can't this people choose what they want for the least even if they cannot have their dream job? Besides, why so many FT doing in Singapore? Gan Kim Yong look very relax on the sofa when he talked. Fuck him dead unless he step down and eat shit after cleaning toilet and tell us what it was like? Oh don't forget, he only wash drain (which is already cleaned) during election campaigning.

 

[yellow_people]

One participant asked: "As a fresh grad, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job? And if so, will it affect my application for PMET position after the crisis?"

Mr Gan said: "In recruitment, we will always ask, why haven't you been working for the last one year? If the answer is well, there are no jobs available, employers will not believe (this), because there are always jobs available.

"The question is, are you willing to do that job? So the employer will think, if in a crisis situation, you are willing to sit at home and do nothing for one year, not doing anything, that means you are not very flexible."

=> So he's saying that by becuming a bangra, u'll eventually find a white collar job? Or Sporns would have a higher chance by first renouncing their smelly pink ICs and cumming back as FTs if they still choose to cum back?

If the honorable Mr Gan Kim Yong is saying graduate chinks should eat shit and its good for you... then graduate chinks should eat shit as its good for you. But hey, life good in SG. In the words of the wise Chink Jah_Rastafar_I:


"So what do you guys think if sg was under malay rule? It would probably be under the sultan of johor's juristristion and i think all those johor criminals would be running rampant in SG.

What do u guys think?

Also SG has a majority pop of 75% chinese whom made the country what it is today. If the % were changed say more malays would SG be better or worse?"


Jah_Rastafar_I
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?t=23304

 

[Angelo]

hi Keling cowpie,

Eating shit aka cowpie is part of your racial culture and doesnt belong to the cinks anytime

 

[besotted]

of course, just becos grad think world owes you a living

our grads are weaklings. at least in the past, the weaklings have a good chance to become strong because life was not so luxurious and even if so, the ns will whip you into a man

nowadays, damn ah gua, go range take aircon bus.. bloody joke

 

[yellow_people]

hi Keling cowpie,

Eating shit aka cowpie is part of your racial culture and doesnt belong to the cinks anytime

Dear Chink,

You should really learn to take the good with the bad. That is what life is all about.

Your fellow chink proclaimed "SG has a majority pop of 75% chinese whom made the country what it is today."

For all that chest thumping and ethnic superiority all I see in this forum is a whole lot of whining.

So the question to be asked is did the 75% Chink population make this country better or worse? I think its the latter.

 

[yellow_people]

One participant asked: "As a fresh grad, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job?

What's wrong with a blue collared job?? Does it not pay the bills? LKY is absolutely right. Singapore Chinks should be sent abroad to be domestic maids and laborers. That'll teach them a thing or two.

 

[banova888]

hi Keling cowpie,

Eating shit aka cowpie is part of your racial culture and doesnt belong to the cinks anytime

Give credit where credit is due. Chinks in Singapore moulded Singapore throught their votes.
http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?t=23304

SG is the richest country in the region or SEA, 2nd richest country in asia.

Also SG has a majority pop of 75% chinese whom made the country what it is today. If the % were changed say more malays would SG be better or worse?

http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?t=23304

 

[banova888]

of course, just becos grad think world owes you a living

our grads are weaklings. at least in the past, the weaklings have a good chance to become strong because life was not so luxurious and even if so, the ns will whip you into a man

nowadays, damn ah gua, go range take aircon bus.. bloody joke

This is very insulting to Graduate Angelo.

hi Keling cowpie,

Eating shit aka cowpie is part of your racial culture and doesnt belong to the cinks anytime

 

[angie II]

"Well u can take a blue collar job here or u can migrate elsewhere,
be a dishwasher & second class citizen hehehe..."


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[londontrader]

"nowadays, damn ah gua, go range take aircon bus.. bloody joke"

Are you serious?
NS sure has changed since my time!

 

[metalslug]

Oh no you got banned for at least 24 hours...

hi Keling cowpie,

Eating shit aka cowpie is part of your racial culture and doesnt belong to the cinks anytime

 

[pia]

Since when have grads looking for jobs in good times or bad depend on govt for help??

 

[annexa]

One participant asked: "As a fresh grad, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job? And if so, will it affect my application for PMET position after the crisis?"

Of course will affect! When economy good, you will have no required experience, hence, structural unemployment. So gahmen will let in FTs to take that position while you languish in blue collar!

So simple. Stupid question. NEXT!

 

[STUCK_HERE]

Mr Gan said: "In recruitment, we will always ask, why haven't you been working for the last one year? If the answer is well, there are no jobs available, employers will not believe (this), because there are always jobs available.

If the answer was "For the past year, I have been working as a bus driver!", the recruitment manager will think "this guy is wasting his life away and has no ambition! NEXT!"

Fuck off, Mr Gan Cheebye!

 

[Angelo]

Dear Chink,

You should really learn to take the good with the bad. That is what life is all about.

Your fellow chink proclaimed "SG has a majority pop of 75% chinese whom made the country what it is today."

For all that chest thumping and ethnic superiority all I see in this forum is a whole lot of whining.

So the question to be asked is did the 75% Chink population make this country better or worse? I think its the latter.

Hi Stinko. u really should learn to take the good with the bad you know. being black is one thing, smelly is another. A forked tongue with reptile face can go miles with your fellow keling pals. But it wont go take you far u know, outside your keling circle of life. hahahahha. Admit it, Thats life.

 

[angry_one]

how about these jiak lao bee MPs and ministers take the pay of 3rd world politicians, so they learn the true value of working for their nation??? Or will they argue that 3rd world politicians actually take a lot of bribes so they make the same as their current pay now??

 

[Devil Within]

Below is a post from "Mr Wang Say So".

Mr. Wang's advice is so much more sound than Gan's expensive but empty advice.

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Learn from the Regrets of the Flatulence Analyst

Any job should do ...
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Flexibility will impress future employers, Gan tells youth who raise discrimination concerns
Monday • April 20, 2009
By Esther Ng

AS A fresh graduate, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job?

This plaintive question — sent via SMS by a participant in the audience, who worried that it would affect one’s shot at a PMET job after the economy recovers — drew some laughter as it was read aloud.

But Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong was in earnest as he advised this participant, and the other 80 or so youthful participants at the dialogue session with Young NTUC, to be flexible when job-hunting in a downturn. He urged them to “take up any job that is available”, as there would always be “opportunities to upgrade later on”.

Say an employer asks why you’ve not been working for the past one year — do you answer that there were “no jobs available”?

“Employers will not believe because there are always jobs available,” said Mr Gan. “Employers will think ... if in a crisis situation you’re willing to sit at home and do nothing, it means that you’re not flexible.”
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Any job should do? Gosh, that's such shockingly bad advice. It could only have come from a politician with a vested interest in being able to report lower unemployment figures.

The government may like to treat you as a digit, but you don't have to treat yourself like that. Please give your own future a little more tender loving care.

While times are bad in general, they are not equally bad for everyone. If you are really having serious financial difficulties, then Gan could be right. You might have to grab whatever job you can find (for example, I hear that MacDonalds still needs waiters). However, if you aren't that desperate, then do consider proceeding less hastily.

Fresh graduates may not realise it yet, but an impressive c.v, (and that means one which has been carefully built over the years) is one of the most important assets you can ever have for your career. And among other things, an impressive c.v. should reflect a clear sense of direction and purpose, with a consistent positive theme running through it.

For example, an impressive c.v. should show how the candidate had carefully chosen each role, had gained good experience in it, and had then used this experience to progress to his next, higher value-added role. The c.v. should show how the candidate consistently secured jobs with the most reputable companies in each field. The job history should demonstrate that the candidate really has the kind of skills, strengths and interests that he claims to have.

In contrast, a poor, "patchwork" c.v. would show a candidate moving from job to job, without any obvious strategy or plan. After all, he's there just for the sake of having a job, not because he's genuinely interested in it. And his jobs don't build on each other in a helpful way. One year he's a MacDonalds waiter; next year he's a primary school relief teacher; after that he joins the SAF; two years later, he's selling insurance.

Gan calls this "flexibility". But sorry, such a c.v. is not impressive to me at all. It is merely what happens when you take the"any job should do" attitude to your own career.

Now, if you're not that desperate for money, I suggest you consider being more patient with your job search. While you're still searching, use your personal time constructively. Read and self-learn; or take short career-related courses like these or those (whatever's relevant for you).

And take some time to chill out and relax too. Tough times won't last forever. After all, as the ever-astute Buddha had pointed out - nothing is permanent.


http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2009/04/lessons-from-flatulence-analyst.html

 

[lancheowman]

cut and paste parrot ....total waste of bandwith ...this devil wee-in-tin

 

[Devil Within]

cut and paste parrot ....total waste of bandwith ...this devil wee-in-tin

Yes, I cut your penis and fuck your prostitute mother. LOL!... The only waste I see here is your prostitute mother having a faggot like you. Your mother should get fucked more often by all brothers here. So you are doing a good job for once, pimping for your prostitute mother here.