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Online interview on bringing in 20,000 new citizens/year to address»

Dilemma of our young jobless educated PMETs »

Hi Gilbert, As an IT personnel, we have the luxury (beside HR) to speak to everyone in the company. While speaking to a Filipino colleague why she chose [...]

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Changing jobs in mid-life is hard but do-able »

I WAS encouraged after reading last Saturday's series of articles ('Left turn [...]

Singaporean senior engineer at UGL Services sacked by »

Mr Fadil was happy when he managed to secure a senior engineer position [...]

Three Members in Transition Found Jobs And Started »

Transitioning wants to congratulate three of our readers who have found jobs [...]

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Why we need minimum wage: Salary range of our rank and file »

Much has being written about the pathetic salary earns by our rank and file workers. It is estimated that around 30% of our local workforce earns a [Read More]

My Daily Thought

Singapore for better or worse – one year after GE 2011 »

This month marked the first year after [...]

Why are jobless women PMETs easily rehired compared to our »

Transitioning has seen close to 500 [...]

Singaporeans – do you feel like you are being »

As the recent Labour day [...]

by Al Siebert, Ph.D., author of The Resiliency Advantage Losing your job through no fault of your own can wipe you out emotionally. How do you deal with your loss of esteem? With anger? How do you sustain your energy for searching for work? You know that prospective [Read More]

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Jobless local graduate struggling with psychosis

I remembered that it was one fateful night in December - I could not sleep despite my exhaustion. At the back of my mind, I kept thinking about work for no apparent reason. I wasn't doing too badly at work but there was this tension within me and the persistent worry about how I performed at work. I kept wondering about my probation and [...]

EP Holder in MNC Bank: “90% of the work force are Indians and I am sexually harassed by my Swiss boss!”

Hi Gilbert, Thanks very much for the work done in transitioning! I have never really mentioned this to you before but the Indian politics in the floor I am in is amazing. I have to agree with most of the points Francis highlighted in his story in Transitioning.org. My current boss is a very political fellow and the reason for my [...]

Truth about Singapore Management University: Elitist, muggerish and overcompetitive

Hi, I have graduated from SMU for almost three years. To be honest, I don’t have any sentimental or nostalgic feelings for the school. Rather, I feel detached. Truthfully, the school has enriched me for four years, broadening my horizon with loads of academic knowledge. However, it has also left me with a lot of negative [...]

Indian IT Professional Suffering from Office Bullying

Hi Gilbert, I am an IT Professional and this is my true story. In 2007, I came from India to work for one of the public sector projects in Singapore. During the initial settling phase itself, the new guys were bullied by the project managers and all are Singaporean PRs. I guess they wanted to prove their own worth. Many of these [...]

26-year-old Malay lady with diploma in fashion struggling with prolonged unemployment

April 20 Hi Gilbert, I came across your website and have nothing but wonderful things to say about it. I am glad that I'm not the only one who faces long-termed unemployment. I hope you can help me with some advice. I graduated with a Diploma in Fashion Merchandising & Marketing 3 years ago from NAFA. I have always been a [...]

Reader unhappy with poor service shown by OpenNet foreign workers

Dear Gilbert, I follow your Facebook articles on problems faced by our local PMETs. Now I can see how arrogant our FTs have become - once they dominate the IT industry here. I witnessed the same scenario in Call Centres, where the slogan 'birds of same feathers will stay together' came true as they literally build their [...]

30-year-old jobless PMET with a masters degree sent out 500 job applications to no avail

Dear Sir, My name is Ramesh. I am 30 years old and unemployed. I have completed my Masters of Science in Management from Anglia Ruskin University,England. I also have a Bachelor's Degree, 2 Diplomas and other educational certificates I have not been able to get a job since Dec 2010. I have applied for lots of government jobs [...]

55-year-old jobless Australian Chinese with masters degree switched to cab driving

Seldom do we have the priviledge of hearing first-hand from someone foreign who is facing unemployment issue back in their own country. Today, we have the precious opportunity to hear from a Australian Chinese facing prolonged unemployment. He is one of my my close friend whom I knew while I stayed in Sydney for the past few years. [...]

Jobless engineer terminated unfairly by PRC Chinese boss and replaced by a Indian foreigner

Transitioning has seen a few unfair dismissal cases recently and the growing trend is disturbing as such cases usually involve well-educated Singaporeans who are mostly in their forties. More significantly, they do not have a union to represent them during a very trying period of their employment and usually gave in to the company's [...]

Jobless polytechnic PMET getting aimless and needing career guidance

Hi Gilbert, Like many Singaporeans, I was unemployed for a long time. My last job was a Service Technician in the Marine (Automation) Industry. My employment unfortunately lasted only one month - 21 Sept 2010 to 19 Oct 2010. Let me explained why the employment was so short. After joining the marine company, I was sent to work [...]