Adecco Talks To Singaporeans About The Job Market

headlines  Adecco Talks To Singaporeans About The Job MarketAn Adecco Singapore roving reporter takes to the streets of Singapore to talk to Singaporeans about job opportunities and their thoughts about the job market. The interviews were conducted in various locations throughout October 2009



Written by Amit Puri - Managing Consultant, Sandbox Advisors

Amit is an experienced career, business and HR professional. Previously, he has worked with organisations such as Bain & Company, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Amit has advanced degrees/qualifications in Career Counselling, Organisational Psychology & HR, Occupational Psychometrics, Career/Life Coaching & Business.


2 Responses to Adecco Talks To Singaporeans About The Job Market
  1. Arvind Leo Pereira
    December 3, 2009 | 3:36 am

    Most relevant part is when the person said, if you are not picky on the profile, then the situation is not bad, the reality of the matter is that, all of us are in specific jobs, we are not skilled to do any job.

    • sandboxadvisors
      December 4, 2009 | 8:02 pm

      hi arvind. I would agree and disagree.

      I agree that in hard times it makes sense to be less picky about the job profile, etc when there aren't many jobs available. So there is no harm in making some compromises to weather out the storm.

      If I understood your second statement correctly, you are saying that people have specific expertise and therefore are limited to jobs which use that expertise. While I understand where you are coming from, I also think that 1) There are certain skills that can be used in many types of jobs 2) I like message behind the quote 'Hire for attitude – train for skills'. So people can get technical skills through education and training (on and off the job) and (up to a certain point) I don't think this should deter companies or individuals from broadending their prospects.

      Amit

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