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Hi All, Kindly help with my employment pass application. i am from NZ and planning to open IT company with 40000 S$ paid up capital and shall be drawing [...]
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Hi Gilbert, I am currently unemployed due to my mental condition. I was [...]
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Hi I have a job offer with XXXXX Consulting Pte. Ltd.. They hired me as a [...]
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Seven uncomfortable truth facing our opposition:- 1. Too many opposition [...]
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Singaporean PMET lost job to a professional from India and seeking help
Hi Gilbert, My name is Leon Ho. I was retrenched last year and have since been looking out for a job. I was doing some trading before but it was not so consistent. As usual, the current market is tough, I have an interview tomorrow and hope I can get this job. I would like to receive your E-book, and would like you to provide some [...]
Mother seeking compensation from SCDF for NS negligence
25 October 2015 Compensation for Pte Ian Derek Low S9345149Z and family due to negligence by SCDF. Dear Sirs, Ian was discharged from Admiralty Prison on 19 September 2015 with a cocktail of medications (anti-psychotics, anti-depressions, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills…), a weight gain of 12kg, increased cholesterol levels and a [...]
Online interview: Malaysian PR with HDB flat in Singapore jobless for 3 months
Transitioning: What was your last occupation CS and you have told me that you were unemployed for a few months, can you tell us more about this and also your job search experience? CS: Last year, I have an opportunity to work in Taiwan as a Senior Process Engineer at ASE Chung Li Branch. I was headhunted by a Taiwanese recruitment agent via [...]
Six uncomfortable truth facing the PAP in GE 2019
The six uncomfortable truth facing the PAP in GE 2019:- 1. White versus white For the first time in it's 50-over years ruling history, the PAP faces someone who has turned against the regime in the mould of Dr Tan Cheng Bock - a six-term PAP MP who has recently received in-principle approval of his alternative Progress Singapore [...]
39-year-old jobless PMET worked in semi conductor industry for 14 years and requesting help
Dear Gilbert, I am 39 years old now and have been jobless since 23 Dec 2018 (more than 3 months). I worked in the semiconductor industry for the past 14 years since I graduated in 2004. I have submitted a lot of job applications and went for a few interviews but yet to receive an offer. I worked in Singapore from 09/2006 till 02/2018, [...]
36-year-old jobless PMET with honours degree seeking coaching assistance
Dear Gilbert, With a heavy heart, I decided to seek for help from you with regards to seeing a career coach for more advice. I have over 8 years of professional working experience (upper honors in grad degree) in civil service, corporations and private sector. Despite the wealth of experience, my age (36 years old) is working against me. I come [...]
Six groups of voters who will vote for the PAP in GE 2019
There are six groups of voters who will vote for the PAP in this coming election:- 1. Merdeka Generation The Merdeka Generation, comprising about 500,000 strong, is expected to throw their weight for the incumbent - especially after the announcement of the Merdeka Generation Package in budget 2019. This senior group will comprise about 20% [...]
Online interview: Jobless ex-textbook editor now ambivalent about switching to social work industry
Transitioning: First of all, thanks for allowing us to interview you online Kelvin and can you provide us with some background information on yourself? Kelvin: I started working as a teacher and has been a textbook editor for local textbook. I graduated with postgrad diploma in education and currently I am also holding a graduate diploma in [...]
40-year-old ex-teacher jobless for 4 years and feeling lost
Dear Sir, I am lost as to what I would like to do at 40 years old. I have been unemployed for 4 years and doing part time job to keep up with my expenditure. I was a teacher but found that I have lost my interest in teaching. I just completed my graduate diploma in counselling psychology and hopefully can head towards a career in health [...]
38-year-old jobless PMET unhappy with the uncontrolled influx of foreigners into the job market
Transitioning: First of all, thanks for allowing us to interview you online Philip and can you provide us with some background information on yourself? Philip: I’m 38 this year and I have been working for the past 14-15 years. I am married 3 years back and we still do not have a kid yet. But we do have plan to have one soon. I’m a [...]