A lot of ITE Grads have a good future ahead!

tortoise55 SG

+1, i agree with what you had said on having experience and nil experience. If you had to send a car for repair or servicing, will you let a degree student who study automotive engineering but who had no hands on experience in repairing automotive or a ite student who study automotive engineering and have hands on experience in repairing automotive.

But sadly, some people just think that having a degree is equal to having work experience and having a future. And entering ITE is meant to them as having no future. So I will put this question here, why have we seen those degree students comminting crimes when they have a great future? Example, the murder case in austalia? The laywer who absconded millions of clients money?

A ITE cert may not hold its ground against a degree, but I will stand by what I had said before, each job need a different skills level. And work experience need to be earn, you cant just study to get it. If you were the boss of my a/m example, you will hire the one who can do the job of servicing, because at the end of the day, you still need to sevice the car for the client, and is not by someone who know how an engine works, but do not know how an engine is seviced.

will4 SG

I have read ur post n agreed people having paper qualification not necessarily betterin doing the work. Neutral

sohguanh SG

Agreed with all of you. But the thing is in the gahmen sector it is a totally different story. To get entry, you basically need a certificate! Once you are in, you lead and co-ordinate with vendors outside to do the job. Your job is to ensure they do the job properly. It does not mean you know how to do the job cuz that is not valued after. They want your management skills as they value this as more important than hands on skills. They put management skills one cut above technical skills.

So you can't really fault ppl from taking degree or higher education cuz they want to move to such arena which IMO is money more easier to earn in the comfort of air con and you get to order ppl to do work. You get a sense of being a boss. Not to mention the excellent welfare and benefits who will not be shaken? Mr. Green

PS... there was once I heard a saying private firm ppl not that willing to employ a former gahmen sector employees for certain job scope as their dealings with them told them they are more of NATO character ppl.

DailyFreeGames.com SG

Yeah, gahmen sector is almost entirely about paper qualifications. I don't know if it's still considered iron bowl career, but I think it's quite stable and good money along that road, as long as the country continue to be progressing. Good lah, this will also encourage people to study more. It's cool to have a high education, but some people very yaya about it, then it's not so cool anymore.

During my NS, I noticed that gahmen sector people very slack though, and the best thing is alot of them have mastered their tai chi quan very well, so little soldier like me always do the work, coz I dunno tai chi quan, I am extremely dumb on certain things. Funny thing is when the work is supposed (very obvious) to be done by this guy, I also dunno why how come suddenly become my problem. lol, anyway glad the nightmare is all over.

KenPlus SG

Army mah u do the work well or not also get the same flat salary,hence the work usually push to us the poor Nsf,but sometimes hor nsf also can chu tai chi quan one lah it just that u need to throw one "sir" inside can liao loh hahhahaha

But i find it funny leh gahmen sector need paper qualification,but in army hor my camp last time all consists of students from ITE and some only o level loh,maybe now change lah ,but even my oc a cpt only have a poly dip

tortoise55 SG

haha, I think that there is no such thing as iron-rice bowl le. Even the army are kicking people out. Education is important to progress in this world, just that different people progress at a different time/rate, and thats why we see in the newspaper about some kids who got great results in poly or uni, but when they are younger, they were in em3 or normal tech steam.

tortoise55 SG

Thats why geh meh people died died dun wan to go work in private sector once they are in geh meh jobs, cause they may have the knowledge but they dun have the skill. Mr. Green

kailun SG

Oh no… Those private sector not willing to take in gahmen sector ex-staff, no wonder i can’t get a job before I quitting.

sohguanh SG

Depending on the position you are applying, you gotta prove to them you are not a NATO person in the gahmen sector. You perform jobs same as vendor outside. You gotta showcast your strong points. NATO not really a favored strong point in private sector unless you are applying for middle to high level management post Mr. Green

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