Reader’s Mail: Unemployed with 2 degrees and 4 certs
Hi Gilbert!
I came across your site whilst surfing the web for a support site for the unemployed.
Briefly about myself … I am 36, Malaysian Chinese, female and resigned in April 2009 from my MYR150k / annum job. Reason being that I needed a break and the work culture of the organisation was doing me no good. I am still looking for a job (albeit a good job, altho in times like this it is hard to even say that). During the course of my unemployment I have done 4 papers and gotten 4 certs, worked at MalaysiaKini briefly for about 3 months (but felt I didn’ have the knack for journalism) and am currently working at a marketing job (that’s paying 1/2 of what I used to get). At the same time, I am sending out my CV to scores of companies (both within KL and Singapore) for jobs within my area of specialism.
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Hi Gilbert,
I’m one of the readers of your blog and also got myself unemployed involuntarily.
During this period of unemployment, each and every single day of staying at home becomes an increasingly difficult task to manage.
I was “enjoying” the first month of unemployment and by time the second month comes, every single day becomes an increasingly difficult task when you wake up in the morning, switch on the computer, search the jobs web directories for new postings (many were actually repeated postings) and have nothing else to do.
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And I think in that respect, we Singaporeans have a fair bit of improving to do.
I was chatting with a new acquaintance, let’s call him Pete, a few nights ago, and he was telling me how bored he was in Singapore.
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I refer to the well-written report “Authorities armed to the teeth” (Jan 13).
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There was a serious recession last year, so illegal money lending grew as the unemployed searched for funds. There is only so much that a person can borrow from friends and relatives. For some, loan sharks might even be their first choice of lender as it saves them the embarrassment of approaching people they know.
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Singaporeans celebrating Singapore Day at Hampton Court Palace in London. More overseas Singaporeans are also returning, attracted by the opportunities back home. — PHOTO: OVERSEAS SINGAPOREAN UNIT
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She was about to pay an agent $1,800 this week when she received an SMS from Humanitarian Organisation for Migrant Economics (Home), a migrant welfare group, alerting her that the transaction was a scam.
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THE list of casualties wasn’t as long as you might have expected from the worst global downturn since the 1929 Great Depression. By the time 2009 ended, about 20,000 workers had been laid off here, according to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).
And that’s less than the numbers in the previous two crashes – 29,080 during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and 25,840 during the 2001 Sars outbreak.
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