I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
6 April 2009, Monday
Thesis submission date.
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I asked my Prof for advice. And she said.
“YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN. I DON’T KNOW WHAT BUT YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.”
- Not true in our current context. Graduates were not spared either.
Some old news we kind of already know after meeting friends who graduated last semester at career fairs. They too had the same motive – to secure a job. Now, all they want is a job. Not a career. Depressing.
Grads among worst hit as jobless rate increases By Aaron Low
GRADUATES are hurting the most among the growing pool of jobless Singapore residents battered by the economic crisis. The number of out-of-work degree holders more than doubled last year to 14,800 [THIS NUMBER HAS NOT TAKE US INTO ACCOUNT] in December, from 6,200 a year earlier.
They joined an expanding group of unemployed residents – comprising Singaporeans and permanent residents – whose numbers rose from 56,100 in September to 69,900 in December last year.
- The Straits Times, Mar 17, 2009
Not going to comment on this information. But I thought it will be useful for students enrolling into the various business school (among the 3 public universities) in Singapore come June 2009, to make an educated decision. But of course, ranking and reputation are only some factors among others that you will need to consider.
But I am a marketer, what can I say, I am a brand whore, that’s because a brand signifies an expected quality that the organization will/can deliver.
I prayed long and hard last night that I will have a happy and smooth sailing day today. My motivation behind this prayer? A meeting with my thesis Prof and you know how stressful it can get. She texted me to postpone our meeting at six.fortyfour am.
In the end. I spent my day with my boy who just came back and bought me Vogue and Glamour.
A very blissful day. Prayer answered.
Now. I certainly don’t look forward to my scheduled meeting with my Prof.
You meet weird people everywhere.
One participant. Answered 12 pages of questions about his attitudes, feelings, and opinions towards an ad. Placed positive ratings, said the ad was interesting but was a little exaggerating. But when asked to write down anything that he can remember about the ad.
He wrote…
…
…
Nothing. What is freaking wrong with these people.
Dear Readers (just YOU, Ian),
I hereby apologize for the lack of (interesting) post in recent days/weeks/months as the chief editor/ random-shit writer of this lonely blog is too swarmed up with work. The lack of interesting events in her life doesn’t help.
So do be patient. You will probably need to wait for a few more months (2 to be exact) for the resurrection of this blog after she is released from her ill-fated lifestyle (caused by the unspeakable devil of t***s).
Regards,
Chief editor / random-shit writer of somethingboutrenes
Some of my readers may be wondering why the lack of post these few days.
I’ll let you take a peek of my schedule and you’ll understand.
Tuesday
First lesson in Labour Law. I’m glad I took it.
Open book. (checked)
Interesting and useful (checked)
S/U-able (checked)
Interesting classmates. (Oh)
Year 1 and 2 ask way too many questions because 20 percent class participation is too high a stake to not speak. For the first time in a class, I barely speak less than 10 words in 3 hours.
Wednesday
Assessment Centre (almost full day). We were asked to prepare a 5 minutes presentation on a given topic a week ahead. Played some ball passing game. Had a group discussion.
But what surprised me most?
“How do you sell a radio to the deaf? Answer in 1 minute”
Don’t ask me how I fared. Cause I was shocked and my brain blanked out momentarily (4.17 seconds to be exact).
Thursday
Morning: Trying to convince a dude from MOE that my secondary school’s alumni group is operating effectively, systematically and according to the school’s values. DUH.
Afternoon: Interview with “The Company that never sleeps” ’s HR director.
One of the toughest interviews that I’ve ever been to and it lasted almost 1.5 hrs.
Try answering.
(1) What’s the size of our economy? How much (in percentage) did manufacturing / import / export contribute to our economy?
(2) What’s the political system / voting system like in Canada? What about in the United States?
(3) What would you do if you are the Prime Minister? (answered) Ok, what else? (answered some more). Hmm. Anything else?
Conclusion: I need to read more and remember what I read.
Friday
A meeting with my thesis professor. Oh. Thesis. It was never good to start with.
Before I met her, she said. “Come prepared.”
When I met her, she said. “I thought I told you to come prepared.”
I need a huge brain; otherwise, I’ll need huge hands with a strong arm and a supernatural page flipping capability.
I need to be like Harry. Sponge-like Harry.
HAH. Just when you think it’s all over…
Tuesday
Sharing with my juniors from NP on how my school rocks!
Wednesday
Briefing with the company “with a clam-like logo” for their full day assessment centre
Thursday
Full day assessment centre
Friday
Interviewing with “clam-like logo” ’s competitor.
And on a daily basis, my thesis is haunting me.
(Now, I am not supposed to blog for the upcoming week. Don’t ask why.)
A little birdie forwarded an email to me this afternoon. LOL.
Hi xxx,
Happy New Year.
Was just having a chat with little birdie (who joined us at the end of last year) and we both agreed that xxx business students going for career interviews tend to dress too conservatively and look alike (you don’t want to be candidate number 1034 or was it 1043?). They should have a bit more colour in their dressing. The standard outfit of a white blouse/shirt with a blue/black suit may be safe but borders on the verge of being boring (oh no no no, you don’t want to bore your interviewer with what you wear before what you say). A dash of yellow, pink, beige shirt/blouse in a dark suit may have a greater impact.
Just our opinions.
In any case, we thought of dropping by to have lunch with you in the next few weeks to catch up and also discuss the possible implementation of an internship programme with xxx company.
xxx
Note: Little birdie, maybe you should have a series / posting to educate the rest of my readers on how to dress to impress.
The number of tags denotes the number of networking sessions that I’ve attended in year 2008.
Sigh. Job hunting sucks.
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