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Independent Singapore
5 days ago
- Business
- Independent Singapore
Singapore jobseeker plans to pause job hunt after 6 months of rejections
SINGAPORE: After nearly six months of sending out résumés and sitting through dead-end interviews, one mid-level finance manager in Singapore is planning to hit pause on his job hunt for the rest of the year. Posting on the r/askSingapore forum on Friday (May 30), the man shared that he had sent out 'lots of applications' since January but received very few interviews in return. Those that he did get, he said, 'led nowhere.' 'I thought I was gonna land a job… and for the amount of applications I sent, I don't think I got a lot of interviews even,' he wrote. Frustrated, he said, 'I'm going to stop looking for a new job if I can't find one by (the) end of June and start again next year. Who else has also given up job hunting this year?' 'Keep going and keep trying; that's the only way to get out of the tunnel…' Under his post, many users expressed that they understood where his frustration was coming from, having been in similar situations themselves. Despite that, they still encouraged him to keep applying and not give up entirely. See also How Exactly Is Entrepreneurship Changing The Workforce? To motivate him, one user shared, 'Don't give up. Last December, after four to five months of searching, I landed what I thought was my dream job. However, I didn't pass probation due to a company restructuring. After a short break, I started a three-month part-time contract in April through my network. Amazingly, just two weeks into that, I received another job offer!' Another commented, 'Got terminated in January. Landed a new job this week. Sent roughly 150 applications on MCF, five interviews, and three offers. Keep trying; don't give up. The job market isn't great, not gonna lie.' A third said, 'I got retrenched in mid-March. Started spamming job applications from the moment I got escorted out of my former office. Lost count of how many applications I submitted or how many interviews I attended, but I got my first offer (a decent one) in late April, accepted it, and started work in mid-May.' A fourth user added, 'This job market is tough; it really takes a toll on one's mental health. Keep going and keep trying; that's the only way to get out of the tunnel.' See also Filipino K-pop fans accuse Shopee of scam over girl group meeting In other news, a man turned to Reddit on Thursday (May 22) to ask Singaporeans whether financial independence and early retirement, also known as FIRE, is realistically achievable without drawing a monthly income of S$10,000. In his post on the r/singaporefi forum, the man explained that he had recently been exploring FIRE-related content and was feeling increasingly discouraged. He observed that many of the examples and advice came from the U.S., where home prices tend to be lower and average incomes are significantly higher compared to Singapore. Read more: Man asks if FIRE is possible in Singapore without earning S$10k/month Featured image by Depositphotos (for illustration purposes only)
CNA
17-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
Money Mind 2025/2026 - Silver Linings?
22:59 Min Money Mind 2025/2026 With gold prices hitting record highs, should you consider investing in silver? How to switch career in your late 50s. Plus, 2,000 applications and counting: one Gen Z's job hunt in Indonesia. Money Mind 2025/2026 About the show: Money Mind tells you how to make the most of your money with tips for investors, business ideas for businessmen and analysis of the economy, companies, markets, financial products and trends.
Times
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Even as a war-hardened reporter, seeing your home defiled is horrific
My bedroom in Sudan was a refuge. A quiet space with dark curtains, lit by the dim lights draped around the painting above my low Japanese-style bed. I would collapse onto that bed and get under the covers to escape the demands of the roaring world. The anxious job hunt after university. The chaos and violence on the streets of Khartoum during the 2019 revolution. The family arguments that made me storm into the room in anger and then come out to make peace. Many of the experiences I had outside that room became formative only after I processed them safely within it. But one day, when I was not there, the world crashed in uninvited. Two years ago, war broke out in Sudan. The
