October 2009

oh gosh.. is it really October? I hadnt had much clue on how these 3++ years had just gone by so easily yet so laboriously... (ok, a little exaggeration here)

what triggers this tot is becos after the end of digital media meeting yesterday, yx, fiona and jac were buzy snapping photos in gsr, along the corridor, inside the printing room. They wanted to keep some memories before the end of our last semester in sch. actually, I had plans to do the same too- take snapshots of different corners of smu: my secluded locker, biz block vending machine, fav hangout locations and most imptly, best frens of cos!

But then, it suddenly occur to me tat my journey at SMU is almost ending soon. 4 more modules and I can say goodbye to classes, projects. To be truthful, I am delighted but fretful abt this. Delightful becos there wont be worries of exams, tests, participation, projects. But fretful becos I am afraid of not securing a good job or rather- a career. Everyone knows how bad the economy is now- the pool of employees is big but the no. of positions are limited.

So it is really wake up call for our batch to start job search. Over sat, I had gone to a career fair at Suntec convention ctr with lixian and geri. It wasnt very impressive actually, and there wasnt much choices for us. A govt agency wanted Honours Degree, (for god sake, how many honors do u think an uni can produce huh) and some wanted immediate employment or wanted experience. So it wasnt a fruitful trip.

In the end, we bumped into a fellow who is promoting upgrading courses. He approached us and asked if we are looking for education courses. We felt flattered when he first tot that we were fresh poly grads... but not when he realised that we are fr smu and asked why we are at the roadshow. He commented that "I tot 90% of SMU grads are headhunted?" Speechless here*...

Well chap, there are still 10% who are not and do u really think that employers would crawl, begging for u to join them? There really need to be some efforts at your own end to get what u want. If you dont impress them, do u think they will notice u?

Anws, I prefer to go look for companies rather than wait for them.

Good luck to myself.