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We are still looking for Safety Officer:

Job Description

• Assist in the implementation of work place safety health and environment.
• Responsible on the factory/Construction safety measurement.
• Ensure all safety rules and regulation are observed and compliance adhered.

Job Requirement

• Minimum Diploma Qualification.
• Must be Certified Safety Officer registered with MOM.
• Must possess Certificate in Fire Safety Manager.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Industrial Safety Officer.
• Experience in Industrial Relation.
• Working in heavy metal environment is preferred.
• MUST be able to start work immediately

1. Tell me about yourself:
The most often asked question in interviews. You need to have a short
statement prepared in your mind. Be careful that it does not sound
rehearsed. Limit it to work-related items unless instructed otherwise.
Talk about things you have done and jobs you have held that relate to
the position you are interviewing for. Start with the item farthest
back and work up to the present.

2. Why did you leave your last job?
Stay positive regardless of the circumstances. Never refer to a major
problem with management and never speak ill of supervisors, co-workers
or the organization. If you do, you will be the one looking bad. Keep
smiling and talk about leaving for a positive reason such as an
opportunity, a chance to do something special or other forward-looking
reasons.

3. What experience do you have in this field?
Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for.
If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can.

4. Do you consider yourself successful?
You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good
explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are
on track to achieve the others.

5. What do co-workers say about you?
Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific
statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith
Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It
is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself.

6. What do you know about this organization?
This question is one reason to do some research on the organization
before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are
going. What are the current issues and who are the major players?

7. What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job. A wide
variety of activities can be mentioned as positive self-improvement.
Have some good ones handy to mention.

8. Are you applying for other jobs?
Be honest but do not spend a lot of time in this area. Keep the focus
on this job and what you can do for this organization. Anything else is
a distraction.

9. Why do you want to work for this organization?
This may take some thought and certainly, should be based on the
research you have done on the organization. Sincerity is extremely
important here and will easily be sensed. Relate it to your long-term
career goals.

10. Do you know anyone who works for us?
Be aware of the policy on relatives working for the organization. This
can affect your answer even though they asked about friends not
relatives. Be careful to mention a friend only if they are well thought
of.

11. What kind of salary do you need?
A loaded question. A nasty little game that you will probably lose if
you answer first. So, do not answer it. Instead, say something like,
That’s a tough question. Can you tell me the range for this position?
In most cases, the interviewer, taken off guard, will tell you. If not,
say that it can depend on the details of the job. Then give a wide
range.

12. Are you a team player?
You are, of course, a team player. Be sure to have examples ready.
Specifics that show you often perform for the good of the team rather
than for yourself are good evidence of your team attitude. Do not brag,
just say it in a matter-of-fact tone. This is a key point.

13. How long would you expect to work for us if hired?
Specifics here are not good. Something like this should work: I’d like
it to be a long time. Or As long as we both feel I’m doing a good job.

14. Have you ever had to fire anyone? How did you feel about that?
This is serious. Do not make light of it or in any way seem like you
like to fire people. At the same time, you will do it when it is the
right thing to do. When it comes to the organization versus the
individual who has created a harmful situation, you will protect the
organization. Remember firing is not the same as layoff or reduction in
force.

15. What is your philosophy towards work?
The interviewer is not looking for a long or flowery dissertation here.
Do you have strong feelings that the job gets done? Yes. That’s the
type of answer that works best here. Short and positive, showing a
benefit to the organization.

16. If you had enough money to retire right now, would you?
Answer yes if you would. But since you need to work, this is the type
of work you prefer. Do not say yes if you do not mean it.

17. Have you ever been asked to leave a position?
If you have not, say no. If you have, be honest, brief and avoid saying
negative things about the people or organization involved.

18. Explain how you would be an asset to this organization
You should be anxious for this question. It gives you a chance to
highlight your best points as they relate to the position being
discussed. Give a little advance thought to this relationship.

19. Why should we hire you?
Point out how your assets meet what the organization needs. Do not
mention any other candidates to make a comparison.

20. Tell me about a suggestion you have made
Have a good one ready. Be sure and use a suggestion that was accepted
and was then considered successful. One related to the type of work
applied for is a real plus.

21. What irritates you about co-workers?
This is a trap question. Think real hard but fail to come up with
anything that irritates you. A short statement that you seem to get
along with folks is great.

22. What is your greatest strength?
Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples:
Your ability to prioritize, Your problem-solving skills, Your ability
to work under pressure, Your ability to focus on projects, Your
professional expertise, Your leadership skills, Your positive attitude

23. Tell me about your dream job.
Stay away from a specific job. You cannot win. If you say the job you
are contending for is it, you strain credibility. If you say another
job is it, you plant the suspicion that you will be dissatisfied with
this position if hired. The best is to stay genetic and say something
like: A job where I love the work, like the people, can contribute and
can’t wait to get to work.

24. Why do you think you would do well at this job?
Give several reasons and include skills, experience and interest.

25. What are you looking for in a job?
See answer # 23

26. What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
Do not be trivial. It would take disloyalty to the organization,
violence or lawbreaking to get you to object. Minor objections will
label you as a whiner.

27. What is more important to you: the money or the work?
Money is always important, but the work is the most important. There is
no better answer.

28. What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
There are numerous good possibilities:
Loyalty, Energy, Positive attitude, Leadership, Team player, Expertise,
Initiative, Patience, Hard work, Creativity, Problem solver

29. Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor
Biggest trap of all. This is a test to see if you will speak ill of
your boss. If you fall for it and tell about a problem with a former
boss, you may well below the interview right there. Stay positive and
develop a poor memory about any trouble with a supervisor.

30. What has disappointed you about a job?
Don’t get trivial or negative. Safe areas are few but can include:
Not enough of a challenge. You were laid off in a reduction Company did
not win a contract, which would have given you more responsibility.

31. Tell me about your ability to work under pressure.
You may say that you thrive under certain types of pressure. Give an
example that relates to the type of position applied for.

32. Do your skills match this job or another job more closely?
Probably this one. Do not give fuel to the suspicion that you may want
another job more than this one.

33. What motivates you to do your best on the job?
This is a personal trait that only you can say, but good examples are:
Challenge, Achievement, Recognition

34. Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?
This is up to you. Be totally honest.

35. How would you know you were successful on this job?
Several ways are good measures:
You set high standards for yourself and meet them. Your outcomes are a
success.Your boss tell you that you are successful

36. Would you be willing to relocate if required?
You should be clear on this with your family prior to the interview if
you think there is a chance it may come up. Do not say yes just to get
the job if the real answer is no. This can create a lot of problems
later on in your career. Be honest at this point and save yourself
future grief.

37. Are you willing to put the interests of the organization ahead ofyour own?
This is a straight loyalty and dedication question. Do not worry about
the deep ethical and philosophical implications. Just say yes.

38. Describe your management style.
Try to avoid labels. Some of the more common labels, like progressive,
salesman or consensus, can have several meanings or descriptions
depending on which management expert you listen to. The situational
style is safe, because it says you will manage according to the
situation, instead of one size fits all.

39. What have you learned from mistakes on the job?
Here you have to come up with something or you strain credibility. Make
it small, well intentioned mistake with a positive lesson learned. An
example would be working too far ahead of colleagues on a project and
thus throwing coordination off.

40. Do you have any blind spots?
Trick question. If you know about blind spots, they are no longer blind
spots. Do not reveal any personal areas of concern here. Let them do
their own discovery on your bad points. Do not hand it to them.

41. If you were hiring a person for this job, what would you look for?
Be careful to mention traits that are needed and that you have.

42. Do you think you are overqualified for this position?
Regardless of your qualifications, state that you are very well
qualified for the position.

43. How do you propose to compensate for your lack of experience?
First, if you have experience that the interviewer does not know about,
bring that up: Then, point out (if true) that you are a hard working
quick learner.

44. What qualities do you look for in a boss?
Be generic and positive. Safe qualities are knowledgeable, a sense of
humor, fair, loyal to subordinates and holder of high standards. All
bosses think they have these traits.

45. Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute betweenothers.
Pick a specific incident. Concentrate on your problem solving technique
and not the dispute you settled.

46. What position do you prefer on a team working on a project?
Be honest. If you are comfortable in different roles, point that out.

47. Describe your work ethic.
Emphasize benefits to the organization. Things like, determination to
get the job done and work hard but enjoy your work are good.

48. What has been your biggest professional disappointment?
Be sure that you refer to something that was beyond your control. Show
acceptance and no negative feelings.

49. Tell me about the most fun you have had on the job.
Talk about having fun by accomplishing something for the organization.

50. Do you have any questions for me?
Always have some questions prepared. Questions prepared where you will be an asset to the organization are good. How soon will I be able to be productive? and What type of projects will I be able to assist on? are
examples.

We are looking for Secretary:

Job Requirements:

• O Level above with 3 years secretarial experience in fast pace environment or working with expatriates, preferably in MNCs
• Good written and communication skills
• To provide secretarial support to 2 bosses (local & expatriates)

We are looking for Sales Executive for Conference Sales:

Role

• telemarketing to potential clients from our extensive database
• key account management
• consultative selling techniques
• building the new client base through research
• updating client data periodically

Job Requirements

• good telephone etiquette
• experience in sales or telesales or cold calling
• mature and well spoken
• excellent spoken English and /or Mandarin or another Asian language
• basic computer skills
• Commissions: up to $2000 per month (min $500/mth)

Very few people start out in one career path and end in the same one with no wavering in between. Thousands of people elect for career changes every year and it really isn’t as scary as it sounds. You simply have to develop the motivation necessary to complete the change, and once you’ve moved to your new career, you’ll feel much better about your professional life. Following are five reasons you need a career change.

Reason 1: Your Career No Longer Fits Your Schedule

We very seldom have control over how our lives change. If a sudden change in your schedule or home life makes your career too difficult to pursue, you might want to consider a career change. For example, if your mother becomes ill and must come to live with your family, you probably won’t do well in a job that requires evening and weekend work in addition to the weekday. Your career should allow sufficient time in your schedule to take care of personal obligations or you won’t excel in your job at all.

Reason 2: There is No Room for Advancement

Many people decide to change careers when they realize they have reached the ending point in their advancement. What’s the point in continuing with a career path if you can’t get anything more out of it? People need to be constantly challenged in their careers if they want to enjoy themselves, and it might be better for you to find a career in which you garner satisfaction. Not only that, but you should be able to increase your wages with every review; if your company isn’t willing to pay you more, it’s time to go elsewhere.

Reason 3: You’re Becoming “Burned Out”

Everyone has a breaking point, and if you have reached yours, a career change might be best. Career burn-out is one of the most frustrating aspects of work, and once you reach a stage of burn-out, there really is no turning back. A career change might give you renewed desire to go to work every day, and you won’t be as stressed or as irritable at home.

Reason 4: Your Job Creates Too Much Stress

Some people thrive in stressful work atmospheres while others begin to break under the pressure. If you are constantly worrying about what will happen the next day at work or if your health deteriorates because of your job, it’s time to find something else. A career change will relieve the stress while giving you something new to focus on. This is healthy, rather than returning to a job that makes you miserable.

Reason 5: Your Career is Boring

It is quite difficult to decide at age eighteen what will satisfy you until you’re sixty-five. Some people spend ten years on a career path only to discover that it’s less exciting than watching paint dry. If you’re bored with your job, you’re likely to make mistakes, which isn’t good for your or for your employer. To avoid becoming bored, you might want to consider a career change.

Source: gloryinlife

We are looking for HR Executive / Admin Assistant for Singapore role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare Offer Letters and other Official Letters.
• Handle employment pass applications, renewals and cancellations.
• Maintain and updating of employee’s leave and personal records etc
• Maintain Time Sheets.
• Prepare Pay slips and IR21/IR8A forms.
• Renewing, liaising with insurance company of staff insurance matters

Job Requirements:

• Diploma /Degree in HR or Office Admin.
• At least 1-2 experience in HR Administration.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Knowledge in Easy Pay Software will be added advantage.
• Good Communication and Interpersonal skills.

First thing you need to do for your job interview is prepare a well defined job interview strategy. Whether you are looking for an entry level position or looking for a new job, the competition out there is very steep and unless you are prepared for the job interview, you might be wasting your time. There are a lot of FREE interview tips you can read on the internet but that information may not get you the job so you have to move your job interview strategy up one notch. Just because you want a job doesn’t mean as much as demonstrating to the interviewer your behavior once you get the job. This means that you will have to make an EXTRA effort with a tremendous amount of intensity to get the nod that you are the right person to for the job. You need to demonstrate your perseverance and stand out from the crowd of resumes.

A job interview is exactly like a sales process. During the job interview process, you need to take advantage of every opportunity to make positive and meaningful contact with the company and demonstrate your talents and desire for the position. People do not get hired solely on their work experience because if that were true, the only thing a hiring manager would have to do is look for the person with the most experience and make an offer. Hiring managers look for successful behavioral traits and team spirit that translates to a successful employee.

So why do some people seem to get the job interview and others don’t? You need to careful review all the steps you went through on last interview. Did you follow the correct steps of selling yourself? Selling is an art of closing a deal. In a job interview, you are involved in a transaction of selling your product (YOU) and demonstrating how it will benefit the employer. Unless the manager is convince that the company will experience a significant benefit of hiring you, there is a high chance that you won’t get hired.

To get hired quickly, you need to have a well defined “sales” strategy”. Here are just a few things to do.

THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW IS TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

This is a vital part of your strategy. This is called PRE-INTERVIEW PLANNING. If you are not performing PRE-INTERVIEW PLANNING, you’ll rarely succeed in a job interview. Pre-Interview planning involves complete research on the company. Research the company’s current stock price, back ground of the top executives, details on their products and even go as far as making informative contact with an employee from the company before your interview. Now what you do with this information and how you present to the interviewer is your strategy! Demonstrating that you are very knowledgeable about the company, its products, and who is running the organization will show the company your behavioral skills of teamwork, involvement, understanding details and a desire to positively impact their business.

MAKE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE COMPANY

Contacting the company at strategic times in the interview cycle is very important. How you act before, during and after an interview is an opportunity to demonstrate your communications skills. This is vital to your strategy.

RAPPORT BUILDING IS VITAL

Rapport building is all about making the other person comfortable with your communications skills and demonstrating a high level of competency. Your response during rapport building is your strategy! Your conversation needs to be relevant to your personal work behavior. As an example, if the interviewer casually discusses the traffic going to work this morning, your comment should be that you like to go to work early to avoid the traffic. This demonstrates your commitment to your job and a behavior that adds value to the company.

ENGAGE IN FACT FINDING FIRST AND THEN PRESENT YOUR SKILLS

During fact finding, share your knowledge about the company in an interview and ask what they are looking for in a new employee for the position. Then, present your skills in a way to shed light on the company’s needs. Your strategy must demonstrate how the direction of the company, their products and the company goals relate to your specific skills and experiences. Your strategy needs to articulate your personal behaviors parallel what the company is looking for and where your career is going.

UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS BEFORE YOU START OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS

Don’t take objections personally. In sales, there are certain fundamental ways to overcome objections. The person interviewing you wants to see how you overcome objections whether you are interviewing for a sales job or not. Most objections appear because you have failed to show how your experience meets their needs, your ability to resolve work issues, solve their problems and accomplishes their objectives. It is imperative that you learn how to eloquently overcoming objections in a non-argumentative way. In most situations when a decision maker presents you with an objection, it is merely a statement that they want to know more about your experience or personality traits. When you hear an objection, understand that they are saying, “I am not sold on the information you have presented so far. Please give me more information about your qualities.”

CLOSE THE SALE BY ASKING FOR THE JOB

Like a good sales person, you need to know when to ask for the job. Be direct and to the point. First, tell them why they should hire you and then ask for the job. This is not a time to be passive, be direct and specific as to why you want the position.

Source: ezinearticles

Landing on a job is actually quite easy, if you are really in dire need of one. But that doesn’t always guarantee you a satisfying career, unless you learn to love your work. But of course you would want nothing less than your dream job, so why not make sure that you would get it? It all begins with a successful job application.

Here are a few things you should remember:

1. Apply for the job that matches your skills and interests

It’s your job that would make or break your career, so you must pair it up with your strong points. Better make use of the talents you acquired, as well as the things that you like doing. You may as well take up online education courses to prepare yourself in looking for the job that you want.

2. Consider your goals

You have goals. You want to achieve success. These must then reflect on your job application in order for companies to see that you are determined to get that dream job. Your goals also give an impression that you are highly motivated to go to work and become an asset to the company. Also, try to organize your goals because they help a lot in building a concrete career search. Your goals as well lead you to sound career choices, and serve as guides that keep you from getting lost during your job hunt.

3. Sell yourself with your resume

An important part of a successful job application is the resume. Your resume is not just a file you submit to the company you would want to be part of-it’s a piece of YOU. Design a resume that emphasizes all your strengths and expertise. Include your achievements, recent work experiences, or if you have just taken up an online education, then highlight it too. Employers do not always have the time to read your whole CV, and the first thing they look for are your key competencies. Once they find that, you’re immediately on their shortlist.

4. Interviews are just plain talk

When your job application reaches the interview stage, be at your best when meeting your interviewer. Present yourself with ease, grace and confidence. Most of all don’t let your interviewer scare you. He or she would just be inquiring more about your capacities as well as your desire to work for them. Tell your interviewer about your career choices, your goals, and what you want to achieve in your career search. Give them what they want-straight answers. Don’t worry, they don’t bite.

Keep these tips in mind each time you submit a job application, and it wouldn’t be long before you find that dream job running after you.

Source: ezinearticles

Job Location: Singapore

This position is for a technically strong SQL DBA who has worked extensively in a Data Warehouse environment. The DWA will be responsible for the data warehouse / database administration functions as well as system programming, troubleshooting, and system management for all data warehouse related issues. The DWA serves as a futurist within IT, keeping the enterprise up to speed with current data warehouse and database technology. Based on your experience you may be considered for the DWA position instead.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, design and implement data warehouses and data marts including capacity planning, schema design, batch and real-time load processes, data archival and backups
• Manage the existing corporate data warehouse: backups, batch jobs, performance tuning, and schema changes
• Define, implement and maintain ETL procedures and schedules to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of data in the data warehouse and various data marts
• Ensure the quality, consistency and security of company data and data warehouse systems following a defined set of procedures and facilities (change control, security procedures, backups, etc)
• Troubleshoot and recover down data warehouse and data mart systems
• Analyze, resolve end user / system reported problems and communicate problems and their resolution to the team.

Requirements:

• B.S. Degree in Engineering, Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent with at least five (5) years of verifiable experience in database and data warehouse administration
• Intermediate/advanced SQL skills required
• Demonstrated participation in at least one successful data warehousing projects involving inception, design, deployment and management preferably using Essbase
• Experience in data transformation / conversion / loading / unloading using ETL tools such as Informatica is preferred
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Highly analytical and strong problem solving skills
• Ability to interface with all levels of internal customers and external vendors
• Well organized, pro-active and a self starter; able to perform with minimal supervision independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Results and Performance Driven
• Experience with Financial / Trading Systems preferred.