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  • (Reader Contribution) I’m An Engineering Graduate And I Haven’t Secured A Job For Months Now

    (Reader Contribution) I’m An Engineering Graduate And I Haven’t Secured A Job For Months Now

    The issue of our graduates still being unemployed after months of applying for one. How best do we solve the high unemployment rate among graduates?

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    “So after 1 month since my convocation, 3 months since my last exam in NTU (should be 6 months since I applied for job), I still couldn’t secure a job. I am worried of not being able to get a job by end of this year as the economic is getting worse and worse.

    Only went for < 3 interviews so far… Below are the prob I can think of now:

    1. My resume sucks. Well, I have edited (don’t know how many times) my resume to make it more professional.
    2. Working experience.
    2.1 I was working in the lab and helping them in their research project. Nowadays most of research companies are hiring Phd and Science students but not engineering student.
    2.2 I did apply for engineering job which is related to my major. I worked as engineering intern when I was a poly student but most of the job I have done was just office job.
    3. Academic results. Not even 2nd upper class honours. So this maybe the reason? I’m not expecting my salary will be very high. My expected salary range: $2700/2800 to $3000

    I wonder anyone is in the same situation as me? Anyway, all the best for those still looking for a job.”

    Source: Engineering student

  • Mohamed Salleh Marican – An Inspiration To Investors And Entrepreneurs

    Mohamed Salleh Marican – An Inspiration To Investors And Entrepreneurs

    Truly an inspiration to investors and entrepreneurs alike, Mr Mohamed Salleh Marican (or Mohamed Salleh S/o Kadir Mohideen Saibu Maricar as he is registered at the SGX) is the very embodiment of the epigram, “try and try until you succeed”. Undaunted by a first failed business, Mr Salleh put up what is now Second Chance Properties, and hasn’t looked back since.

    Now the company’s CEO and Executive Chairman as well as its founder, Mr Salleh is also a Spiking Sophisticated Investor. An SGX announcement last January put the post-transaction percentage of his direct and deemed shares of Second Chance Properties at 57.78%, and 8.45% respectively.

    If There’s a Will…

    Mr Salleh began as an entrepreneur in 1974, when he established a menswear tailoring business which he was compelled to shut down soon afterwards. He tried again just five months later by opening Second Chance, sticking to the menswear segment but switching to ready-to-wear retail. His determination paid off, and in less than 10 years, he had four outlets in Singapore.

    By 1988, Mr Salleh had adopted franchising, affordable pricing and a Western fashion image for Second Chance, which enabled him to grow the company to include 18 stores in Singapore and 7 stores in Malaysia.

    Mr Salleh’s first major award proved to be a double-edged sword, as winning created awareness of Second Chance as a local brand. As sales dropped drastically, he decided to change strategies again, and close 21 of his 25 stores. By 1992, he had diversified his business into ladies’ ready-to-wear for Malay women. The new line, dubbed “First Lady”, is still a bestseller today.

    Mr Salleh then followed up First Lady’s success with Golden Chance, which retails gold jewellery. Soon afterwards, during the Asian financial crisis, he again diversified his business to include property, which turned out to be his most successful venture yet. Property now accounts for over 60% of the company’s profits, with rental income being the top contributor.

    Today, Second Chance has over 200 employees working in 50 stores in Singapore and Malaysia. After listing on the SESDAQ in 1997, Second Chance moved to the SGX Main Board in 2004.

    Mr Salleh has since won several other awards, including the Inaugural Malay Businessmen Award from the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Berita Harian; the Entrepreneurship Excellence Award from Lianhe Zaobao and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre of Nanyang Technological University; the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and the Best CEO Singapore Corporate Award.

    Mr Salleh in Action

    Mr Salleh’s latest trading activities include increasing 1 million deemed shares of Second Chance Properties at SGD0.25 at the end of last January. A few days before, he had also increased 291,500 deemed Second Chance shares at SGD0.252.

    Follow the investing action of Mr Mohamed Salleh S/o Kadir Mohideen Saibu Maricar at https://spiking.com/v/mohamedsalleh, and track Second Chance Properties’ performance at https://spiking.com/sgx/528-second-chance-properties-ltd.

    Source: https://blog.spiking.com

  • Who Is Mohamed Salleh Marican?

    Who Is Mohamed Salleh Marican?

    Mr. Mohamed Salleh Marican is the Founder of Second Chance Properties Ltd. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and also served as its Executive Chairman since November 30, 2013.

    Mr. Marican has 33 years of retail business experience. He served for 3 years at National Service and left with the rank of Lieutenant.

    He served as the Chairman of Second Chance Properties Ltd. until December 2007. He has been Executive Director of Second Chance Properties Ltd since August 5, 1986. He serves as an Executive Director of Second Chance Properties Ltd..

    In 1988, he won the inaugural Malay Businessman Award, jointly organized by the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Berita Harian.

    In 1996, Mr. Marican received the Entrepreneurship Excellence Award that was conferred by Lianhe Zaobao and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the Nanyang Technological University.

     

    Source: www.bloomberg.com

  • Netizens Angry Over NTU’s Elitist Email

    Netizens Angry Over NTU’s Elitist Email

    An e-mail sent out by Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) to its final-year students has raised the ire of a number of undergraduates and netizens.

    Last Wednesday, Mr Joel Chong, a final-year student at the HSS, uploaded a screen-shot of the e-mail, which asked for inspirational stories from its undergraduates.

    Besides stories from prodigies, outstanding undergraduates with multiple job offers awaiting them, and those who have overcome great odds, the school also asked for stories from “graduating VIP students from an important or well-known family, sons or daughters of politicians, professors, celebrities etc”.

    That line has angered a number of netizens, and Mr Chong’s post has since garnered more than 400 likes and over 700 shares.

    Speaking to The New Paper yesterday, Mr Jonathan Ang, 23, a third-year student at HSS, said: “Why does it even matter what your surname is? That group shouldn’t even be there at all, it’s not about phrasing but the subject matter itself that is wrong.”

    Miss Emi Morihata, 21, a third-year student at NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information, was also disappointed with the HSS.

    “Their view of ‘inspirational stories’ is so superficial.

    “The fact that they are setting these narrow-minded measurements as indicators of an eligible candidate already shows that they are just doing it for the sake of publicity to showcase the school.

    “Graduation is a celebration of the students who have worked hard through the years. If they really want to highlight these hardworking people who overcame challenges during their academic life, such indicators won’t be on the e-mail in the first place.”

    Responding to Mr Chong’s Facebook post last week, a spokesman for NTU felt he had been unfair in singling out the particular line, causing “the spirit and meaning of our open request for nominations” to be “misinterpreted and distorted”.

    Responding to queries from TNP yesterday, an NTU spokesman said: “We understand the concerns raised and it was never our intention to focus on only individuals of certain backgrounds.

    “The highlighted line could have been better phrased.

    “Convocation is a celebration of our students’ achievements and knowledge, and as always, we will be as inclusive as possible and portray this by featuring stories of students from all walks of life.”

    Sociologist Tan Ern Ser felt the line in the e-mail suggested elitism.

    “In a meritocratic society, we celebrate achieved status – that is, achieved through individual merit, ability and diligence – rather than social background, which is not within our control.

    “Highlighting a person’s social background is not only elitist but also contrary to our core values.

    “Perhaps, the ones who penned those requirements have good reasons for doing so, and I am sure many would like to know what those reasons are,” he said.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

     

  • Trio Bids To Be First Singapore Team To Scale Everest Since 2009

    Trio Bids To Be First Singapore Team To Scale Everest Since 2009

    Three Singaporeans are set to embark on one of the world’s most perilous expeditions in a bid to become the first Singapore team to scale Mount Everest since 2009.

    Dr Arjunan Saravana Pillai, Ms Nur Yusrina Ya’akob and Mr Jeremy Tong will depart Singapore for the Himalayas on Sunday (March 26) and will have up to early June to reach Everest’s summit.

    The trio, whose expedition is being supported by Nanyang Technologyical University (NTU) and the National Institute of Education (NIE), have so far raised more than S$150,000 for their journey.

    For Ms Yusrina, 30, the coming trip will assuage the disappointment of a failed attempt to climb Everest back in 2015, which was meant to commemorate Singapore’s Golden Jubilee.

    The trainee teacher, who is pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Physical Education at NIE, was the co-leader of the Aluminaid Team Singapura Everest 2015 team who had to abandon their climb halfway after a powerful earthquake struck Nepal that year.

    “Having made it more than halfway up the mountain two years ago, I was disappointed that the team had to abort the climb. But had we departed just one day earlier, we would have been in a much more dangerous situation higher up the mountains,” she said.

    Her team members of the team are also experienced mountain climbers.

    Dr Saravana, 47, a teaching fellow from NIE has more than a decade of climbing experience, have climbed several peaks, including the 6,400m Mount Kang Yatze II in India.

    Mr Tong, 26, a graduate of NTU’s Sports Science and Management programme, became the first Singaporean to summit two Central Asian peaks above 7,000m last year — Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan (7,134m) and Peak Korzhenevskaya in Tajikistan (7,105m).

    However, the team, who hopes their mission will help promote a resilient and can-do spirit among Singaporeans, acknowledged the huge challenge Everest will present.

    “Beautiful as she is, Everest is also extremely unpredictable and volatile, which leaves climbers with a sense of humility and respect for the mountain,” said Dr Saravana.

    The trio consulted other Singaporeans who climbed Everest in the past, including Mr David Lim, who led the first Singaporean expedition that summited Everest in May 1998, and the Singapore Women’s Everest team — who were the last Singapore team to successfully scale Everest back in 2009.

    “We also trained for the past year, including two to three hour runs up Bukit Timah Hill and high-rise public housing blocks. We also do our own strength and fitness regimens, and rock climbing to improve our technical skills,” said Mr Tong.

    Ms Yusrina, added that her past experience on Everest will help the team plan better. “It’s not so much the mountain that you conquer, but yourself,” she said.

     

     

    Source: Today