Depends on the reason you are signing up for.
Some sign on with the sole purpose of getting some savings first
but having no intention to stay on in the long run.
Others sign on as they worship the idealogy of having no
greater calling than serving one's country.
I know of some who even sign on just to get a chance of entering
the 3 local university because with their average results or a
diploma,their chances are very slim if they applied on their
own.One diploma officer applied for all 3 local uni before signing
on and got rejection from all...he then signed on as officer and
got an offering fo EEE degree at NTU under the LSA scheme.
At the end of the day,you will ask yourself the same questions
that would have clouded your mind if you had a job in the private
sector:
1)Do I really like this job?Do I really have a genuine
interest?
2)Do I really know what to do or expect in this job or am
I applying for it just because I have some form of degree?
3)Is the pay good?What about the bonuses?
4)Am I in this for the long run?Is it worthwhile?
5)Do I even have a chance to have a social life?Maybe that
potential soul mate?(Many will deny it but let's admit it,our life
is not all about work,work place colleagues are still humans with
feelings.)
6)Will having this job make me
look good in front of my peers and relatives?(Applicable to
both sexes)
7)Can I transfer my knowledge and
experience from my current job to another one should the
opportunity present itself?Are they valid or relevant to the
position?
In the end,you have to ask whether
the job can satisfy most of your own self-interest.Even passion for
a job is a form of self-interest as you are basically
satisfying the need to do something that you like.
