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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - SG: Employers prefer FTs and shunned me!</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Mar-27 11:38 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 8) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>30730.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>
http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,234791,00.html?
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#000000><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>'Locals want jobs in service sector' </TD></TR><TR><TD>But receptionist says employers in the industry prefer foreigners</TD></TR><TR><TD class=font12w><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>By Danson Cheong</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=font12w><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>March 26, 2010</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Locals shun jobs in the service sector, so employers have no choice but to hire foreign workers. Not if you ask Ms Emmi Sulaiman.
The 29-year-old receptionist said she has had door after door slammed in her face when she tried applying for jobs in the service line.
Ms Emmi had e-mailed The New Paper in response to Singapore Retailers Association executive director Lau Chuen Wei's comments in a report yesterday.
Ms Emmi claimed that for over a year, she had applied for five jobs at various F&B outlets but to no avail.
She recalled: "I went for an interview at a cafe. I looked around and the rest of the interviewees were all foreigners."
To her dismay, the cafe supervisor position she applied for went to a Myanmar national instead.
She said: "My friends working at the cafe told me the Myanmar national was hired for $1,200. I asked for $400 more."
But, Ms Emmi added, that was not an unreasonable amount to ask for.
"Let's get real,“ $1,600 is already barely enough for me to feed myself, my parents and pay the bills," she said. "Employers need to recognise that the cost of living in Singapore is high."
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http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,234791,00.html?
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#000000><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>'Locals want jobs in service sector' </TD></TR><TR><TD>But receptionist says employers in the industry prefer foreigners</TD></TR><TR><TD class=font12w><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=left><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>By Danson Cheong</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=font12w><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>March 26, 2010</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Locals shun jobs in the service sector, so employers have no choice but to hire foreign workers. Not if you ask Ms Emmi Sulaiman.
The 29-year-old receptionist said she has had door after door slammed in her face when she tried applying for jobs in the service line.
Ms Emmi had e-mailed The New Paper in response to Singapore Retailers Association executive director Lau Chuen Wei's comments in a report yesterday.
Ms Emmi claimed that for over a year, she had applied for five jobs at various F&B outlets but to no avail.
She recalled: "I went for an interview at a cafe. I looked around and the rest of the interviewees were all foreigners."
To her dismay, the cafe supervisor position she applied for went to a Myanmar national instead.
She said: "My friends working at the cafe told me the Myanmar national was hired for $1,200. I asked for $400 more."
But, Ms Emmi added, that was not an unreasonable amount to ask for.
"Let's get real,“ $1,600 is already barely enough for me to feed myself, my parents and pay the bills," she said. "Employers need to recognise that the cost of living in Singapore is high."
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