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Hi Gilbert
This is to share my negative experience in job application thru e2i for a Resort World Sentosa position.
I was called on 14 feb this week by RWS to go for a swim test on at Queenstown swimming complex the following day morning. There was no email follow up on this swim test. When I arrived, I realize all candiates have to pay for their own entry into the pool and locker rental. After the test we were informed that we should go for an interview at Kallang CC either the next day (friday) or Saturday. I was told to report for interview after 9 am for my Friday slot, period. There was also no email follow up on this interview nor more information on the interview.
When I arrived for the interview at 8.45am on friday,I was told that interview only starts at 10.30am. Furthermore it’s more than an interview. Its a job fair. There were presentations by e2i and RWS staff. There were more than 100 other candidates in this job fair. As I had only taken a 1 hour time off from work, I was not able to do the interview.
The entire experience was time wasting & I felt RWS did not plan the entire interview process well.
Hi Aston
I was at the RWS-e2i job fair last year. I found the presentation useful. For example the Human Resource lady told us the progression levels at RWS operations. Crew -> Lead -> Team Manager -> Area Manager -> Manager -> Senior Manager -> Assistant Director -> Director.
However my friends and I found the their replies lacking. We applied and went for first interview for Marine Life Park positions. For example the RWS interviewers were able to provide us with the pay range for the various levels, when the Park will be complete so that we know when we can start work, etc.
Maybe because they are processing tons of applications that they can’t pay more attention to the applicants.
Also to share that they will ask applicants to fill up a questionaire (yes/no) to check if applicants can work shifts, work long, work in the sun, take pay cut, etc. My guess is that if you fill in a No, they RWS is unlikely to shortlist you for the next interview stage.
There seems to be a lot of jobs available but from what I gather, the top jobs were taken up by non-sporeans. E.g. the park operations director is a malaysian, the dive managers and curators are from Australia.
Hope the info helps. All the best everyone!
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There are Malaysias, Singapore, Pinoys, US, Europe etc.
Many people resigned due to culture differences & stressful working condition.
Agree with JJ that it is stressful working environment. At least RWS was upfront with it. The chief vet is from Philipines. Imagine Singaporeans in Singapore reporting to all these foreign bosses!
The reason I am upset with all these foreign bosses is that they are recruting their own kind! For diver manager positions, they state your must be PADI (cos PADI regional HQ is based in Australia hence it is the most common qualification there) and Australia Dive standards qualified. Why can’t they put dive manager must have internationally accepted dive qualifications (NAUI, SSI, PADI, BSAC, etc) and IMCA equivalent (an international commercial dive standard) instead?
10 days annual leave for more junior staff, 18 days for senior staff. The human resource lady said that expect OT and work on weekends.
Jobs which have no or few takers or high turnover rate, the employers will sometime co-operate with e2i, wda, caliberlink & CDC, hoping to ease the manpower shortage.
SDC, e2i, wda, caliberlink & CDC they don’t care whether the jobs are stressful, low pay, long working hour, culture differences, discrimination etc. They only care about how many got employed & how many sign up WSQ courses.
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I agree with Aston above. I applied for the Lifeguard post & went for the swim test in December 2011 at Queenstown Swimming Pool. As I was interviewed before by RWS, there’s no need for me to go for another interview. After completing the swim test, I asked when they will get back to me. I was only told that the Marine Life Park would only be starting in the 2nd or 3rd quarter 2012. Now, it is Feb 2012, so I can assume that I was unsuccessful. There was no notification of any kind. With such a big organization, I would expect them to get back to shortlisted applicants.
The presentation given by the RWS female staff is basically a well polished sales talk. The impression you get from her is that RWS is very receptive towards Singaporean applicants, especially from the way she talked about the benefits. The requirements for the jobs are also very vague. It’s only when you go for the interview that you realize it’s very tough.
RWS have been conducting a few job fairs for the same kind of posts during the last 1 year. If they are willing to provide further training for qualified locals, why are they still advertizing? Especially with so many jobless locals around.
I too, have given up on RWS, or e2i, for that matter. Why e2i? Because their objective is to get locals employed….jobs like security guards, gardeners, waiters, cleaners, etc. They only care about creating beautiful statistics for the Government. For most of us, what we really want is meaningful jobs with reasonable pay. Not jobs with salaries of around $1100. Yes, security guards can earn up to $1800 a month but their working hours is 72 hours per week. Calculate the rate per hour, it’s really pathetic. At 72 hours per week, you just have enough time for travelling & sleeping. What kind of life is that?
Hi Ben
I agree they are very reluctant to disclose the pay range. My interviewer will only say the pay will depend on my experience & qualification. I applied for a technician/engineering position. I pointed out that all my info incl my last drawn salary was stated in my resume & cv. Why couldn’t he give me a salary range? Also as what you have said there is no info also when i will get to start work if I am successful. The interviewer issac only said they will contact me if I am shorlisted. My last qn to him was will there be more interviews & if so how many. He did not gave me a reply.
Btw I had gone for swim test too also. I failed the tread water but passed the four laps swim. I queried issac & another tester why non lifeguards applicants have to do swim test, specifically tread water with hands above water, both can’t answer too.
How are the applicants supposed to make a career decisions based on above uncertainty? Will e2i really speak to Rws on our feedback?
Hi just to share. I am a regular swimmer at clementi swim pool for last many decades. I am close friends with a few current & former lifeguards at ssc.
Rws could have formally rent a few lanes at private or club pool but I think they wanted to save cost. Except for swimming classes by swim coaches registered with the respective ssc managed public pools or school swimming competitions private organizations cannot rent the pool or part use of the pool. Hence in Ashton’s case the two testers are probably from resort world but cannot wear resort world attire & discreetly conducted the swim tests, w permission or not from the pool mgmt I don’t know, at queenstown complex in an early weekday morning when there are less users. As this most probably a discreet arrangement they obviously can’t email the applicants or have large groups of applicants on same morning.
But I agree that Rws should have disclosed the test requirements & reason for these test requirements for that particular position you are applying.
For the actions & nonactions above, it certainly does not reflect well on Rws as a world class organization.
Lastly the 25 dolphins that they mentioned, are Rws aware that statistically a few will die during transport & first month of acclimatization at their new sentosa enclosure? It’ll be lots of stress for the dolphins and equally more stress for the staff managing them.
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Not only just the respective department & HR from RWS are lousy,so is MBS too.
MBS had conducted interviews by partnering with e2i & wda. When people went interview for the security guard positions, the interviewers would ask the interviewees some situational questions such as “What would you do when a drunked man was disturbing a female customer in the casino?” Interviewees who attended the WSQ security courses will answered the question that they will inform the control room & ask for backup, ask the drunked man to leave or use minimum forces to make the man leave.
But interviewers told the interviewees that they should use wrestling skills to pin down the drunked man! One of the interviewers even demonstrated the kind of wrestling skills to be use. These interviewers must have thought that the security guards are US police officers or Rambo. I don’t the interviewers are WSQ security trained or have any security working experience.
With reference to what jj said above…when MBS or RWS conduct recruitment exercises, normally e2i will provide screeners to filter the applicants first before refering them to the relevent company. From my experience (after attending numerous interviews with them), I found most of the screeners to be inexperienced. They certainly do not impress me.
I have also attended the WSQ Security Course & from what we were taught, we’re supposed to call for backup first. We are not supposed to use excessive force. The backup can also prevent any possibilities of false accusation against us. The idea is not to act alone.
Like I said, if the interviewers are not competent, how are they to get the right people for the job?
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Not every time when there is a recruitment exercise, e2i will provide screeners to filter the applicants first before refering them to the relevent company.
Likewise I also feel most of the screeners to be inexperienced.
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CDC, E2i & CDAC send a lot of people to attend the course but didn’t tell them that the course is not easy. Many assume this type of security course is easy to pass cos security guard job is basically a low class & low pay job for the old & low educated people to do. So the course should be easy. But they didn’t know that the course developers are highly educated govt officals from various departments (e.g. NSCS & wda) which don’t work as security guard before.
Certain situational role play scenario is also not practical e.g. a security officer noticed a CCTV camera was covered by a plastic bag & he inform the control room & the control room acknowledge it. But how come the control room staff fail to notice that the CCTV camera was covered by a plastic bag whereby the the CCTV camera is link to the screen in the control room?
The basic WSQ security course contained too much information, the course duration is also too short, the requirement to pass has set too high. It is basically a crash course. Many middle aged or old folks who attended the courses failed.
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After a few years in the forces, many of us army regulars will start thinking if grass is greener outside, and we need to consider moving to private sector.
After too long in the army, we do get worried about our skills not relevant outside anymore, and too old hard to find job, but really need a lot of courage to leave familiar place, work and people.
That’s why I feel inspired by my buddy’s story and want to share.
Thomas has a Diploma in Mechanics and signed on with RSAF as aircraft technician when he was 20 years old. After 11 years, he wanted to see if can make it in the private sector, but don’t really know how to start. One of our buddies suggested he try out this place called e2i (Employment and Employability Institute), somewhere at Ang Sua (Redhill).
So he went, and met a career Coach. We give a lot of instructions in the army, but this young lady coach is now giving advice to Thomas. But what to do, no harm listening. The coach advised him to go for a class for Executives.
I said abit sian right, still must go back to school. I thought find job just need to go employment agencies or look in papers. But he determined to try, and even though no need to pay, have to take 2 days leave.
But you know what, he said it was very useful. Kept talking about the trainer being very encouraging, the classmates shared their stories and then you will realise you are not so cham actually. So from no idea of the current job market, he learnt about different types of jobs available. And from there you got to pick your target and take your aim. From never go interview before, he learnt how to present himself at interviews, like proper handshakes and show confidence. He learnt how to do small talk in the elevator. After the class, everyone has a CV prepared.
Also important to have positive attitude. If you send a lot of letters with no replies, then try other ways like asking friends to recommend, find vacancies online, attend job fairs. Can be more flexible to consider working further from home, work during weekends, go for training to learn new skills, don’t be scared to use new technology, maybe go into service line, etc. Finding a job is like finding a girlfriend, if both sides are very fussy, it is difficult to happen.
After that he threw away the outdated resume from Ah Kuan and wrote a solid one at the class.. This resume helped him to get 2 interviews in 2 weeks, and he found a job in an aviation company within one month.
Happy for him, so lucky. So there’s hope for new job, man!
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Thomas was only 31-32 when he left to look for a job outside RSAF. 31-32 years young is consider his prime years. He also has a diploma in mechanics and 11 years of experience as aircraft technician. These should be the true reasons why he managed to get a job in a aviation company. Thomas’s experience & knowledge are appreciated by aviation industry but maybe not in another industry.
I don’t think the class for executive which taught him how to write CV & interviewing skill is the reason that help him got the job. Some of us here had attended these types of CV writing & interviewing skill classes before. It didn’t help at all.
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With reference to foreigner taking away our jobs, the Malaysian who are our neighbor is an obvious example.
There is a Malaysian bus that ferry them from Johor to Boon Lay Way pick-up-point and back home. At this pick-up-point,
companies offered free shuttle bus service to bring them into their Tuas’s factories.
This has been going on for a long time. This bus service started as a tourist bus for Malaysian to shop in Jurong Point Shopping Center and IMM. But now, it is officially used as a workers’ bus service.
From the long queue before and after work shift you will be able to tell how many jobs Singaporean lost.
Also, with the 2.5x exchange rate between Singapore dollar and Malaysian ringgit, it is a powerful magnet attracting all Malaysian to move down to Johor so that they can come over through this bus service daily. Best of all, this Singapore salary is more than enough to support their low cost of living in Malaysia and not surprising that they are owners of private property there.
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