Finding a Job

I have been contacted by many NUS graduates for some time now for advice on career in Singapore, finding about how job market works and others. And more often than not, I feel that students today are lacking the key abilities to position themselves in front of recruiters. I, during my MBA, also committed same mistakes and had a tough time to find a job where I fit well. I did commit serious mistakes, such as - I had more or less same resume floating everywhere for different kinds of job roles, I gave just one read to understand the job requirement, and many others.

Having met few candidates earlier, I see same issues again this and, hence, this is my attempt to explain -

• how important it is to understand a job description
• how important it is to position and up sell yourself according to the job requirement
• how important it is to network with industry people and alumni

I believe I can explain all the above points through a small story, which is quite powerful. I had attempted this on few candidates earlier and found same answers from everybody.

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New Zealand Tourist Visa in Singapore (for Indians)

Getting a New Zealand tourist visa in Singapore is pretty straightforward (compared to the Schengen visa). You should be careful of few things though which might be tough for people working in Singapore in a regional role.

1. Total Visa fees including the Visa Application Center fees is S$202 per application. An application can have multiple members. So, apply together to save money.
2. The time taken to process tourist visa is 15 working days. However, they returned my application in 7 working days.
3. There is no appointment system at the moment, but this can change in future; so advise to apply one and a half months in advance.
4. All related links can be found here.