Fresh Graduate - Job Hunting for engineer

“Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints.” from wikipedia.

I’m Engineer; my degree is in Electrical and Electronic Engineer. Just want to advice those fresh engineers. I know as fresh engineer, you are so eagerly finding a job relate to you major course. How to apply? jobstreet ? or other recruitment website or newspaper? For me fresh graduate, not only engineer, you have to choose the place you want to work at. This is important. As you don’t choose the location it is hard for you to make decision. Such as, you are living in Malaysia but you want to find job in Singapore, I suggest u directly go to Singapore to find job. Cause if you don’t go, even you got the interview session you will think twice, and because you scare you won’t get it.

The other thing is search around the area, do the survey, before that decide you field first. Such as construction site, factory, consultant, utilities or government agency. Then dig out all their HR email address or contact address, and prepare resume, CV , cover letter and photo. Just send it in even they don’t advertise that their got vacancy, because most of them need more manpower and sometimes they are not going to advertise unless they need them emergency. So they will ask you to interview before their advertisement then your chances higher than the others.

Most important you register with BEM, there is one practice says, “Any person who wants to take up employment as an engineer must be registered as a Graduate Engineer with BEM. BEM recognizes the experience gained by an engineering graduate only after he has registered as a Graduate Engineer. As such, it is prudent for an engineering graduate to register as a Graduate Engineer at the very beginning of his engineering career.” If you want to grade as Professional Engineer (PE) then you should register with BEM especially those who interest in consultancy and design.

Fresh graduate need to avoid changing job too frequently, like one year change two to three company. Please, no matter how hard it is, work for one year or more, better if you work three to five years. Those who just come out to work don’t feel that you are useless or what, cause working really different from studying, and first two months you might feel boring. Don’t worries about it, company employ you and they did pay you. One day they will need you, and as employee, you should also need to take enthusiasm to work, ask for job from your supervisor, manager. They will find something for you to do. Even not related to your field, don’t feel down, just work on it.

Salary also is very important, don’t work for salary with under the market price, if you take it, you will ruin the engineer market price. Normally, fresh engineer can get up to RM1800 the lowest. MNC can give up to RM2800. So set a target, and be confidence to yourself as if you yourself don’t believe you can get it. You will get the lowest.

Happy job hunting for fresh graduate. God bless you all.

Wealth Planner

Wealth planner, have you all heard of that ? Especially the insurance agency, always crown themselves as wealth planner. They just plan on your salary and the extra one should give them to buy insurance. Lol… heard so many times I also can be one of the wealth planner liao. Below are the way to plan:

For daily food, RM13

Breakfast = RM 3 for coffee or tea or milo plus roti, cereal and mee kosong
Lunch = RM 5 for economic rice and drinks.
Dinner = RM 5 for economic rice and drinks.

So per month RM13X30 days = RM390

For utilities,
Water = RM20
Electric = RM 50 (with refrigerator and one air-con operate at sleeping time only.)
Fuel = RM150 (one car traveling distance 15km-20km perday),
Phone = RM 60 per person
Internet = RM 88
Newspaper = RM 40
Cleaner = RM 50 (soap for washing clothe, floor, plate, cup)
Personal = RM 50 (shampoo, soap, gel, tissue)
Entertainment = RM 300 (MovieX4, Lim teh with friendsX4, Girl friend, massage, etc)
Lumpsum = RM102 (any addition expense)
Loan = RM 300 (car)

Total = RM1600

If your income only RM1800 to RM 2300, can use this planning lo. Then you can buy one medical card or life insurance for RM200, which actually include both. If still got money left then can save for future. For those earn RM 800. Then, have to cut the entertainment fee and other expense such as car loan, fuel, internet . The one salary RM2600 may plus house loan. Above that they can make investment like buying mutual fund.

Wealth planner = salesman, plan for your extra money to buy their item lol.. But make sure you guys buy insurance or medic card, as we don’t know what will happen next step we go. So for our family for ourselves, buy it.

Aluminum Smelter

Our Prime Minister agreed that China build aluminum smelter and paper factory in Sarawak. Means that Sarawak will have third aluminum smelter plant ? How about the Similajau one smelter le ? Why dun let the local company to do it ? Or I have misunderstood our Prime Minister thought ? Just investor allowed ? Not the contractor. Malaysian has shows ‘Malaysia Boleh’ Spirit by our Datuk Paul Koon which successes to build his smelter plant in Mukah Sarawak, the first operated smelter in Malaysia. I think the construction and operation should done by Malaysian, not the Chinese.

But for me, is the electricity supply enough for three smelter? Now Bakun still not fully operate. Murum one still not start construction yet. Coal in Mukah will finish one day. Aluminum smelter need large power, not like other plant need less than 100Mwatt. Aluminum smelter can up to 600Mwatt – 1000Mwatt or even larger. Even Bakun Hydro cannot guarantee that can supply to three smelter. How about other factory at SCORE? Heard that there will be undersea cable from Sarawak to Johor, is Sarawak really can supply so much power ? Hmm…

And DOE can control the factory effectively ? World traveler is attracted by the flora and fauna of Sarawak. But setting up so many high pollution plant will effect our home land. Although the SCORE is good for our state development plant but in the other hand, we hope that our government will protect our environment and health as well.

facebook

Just read the news, heard that facebook has been hacked by world class hacker. Just to alert facebook user , that their information are easily hacked and spread through the web.

So facebook user, don't put so much privacy in your facebook. Haha. You may see your sexy or nude photo somewhere else. So don't put anything lo. Especially your bank account, your personal ID and other personal thing la.

Have a nice day everyone.