Gen Y job seekers expect higher pay, better prospects
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A starting salary of $5,500 and changing employers more than 10 times.
These are some of the latest findings of two surveys on the job expectations of degree and diploma holders.
While the examples cited above are extreme, the studies compiled by human resource agencies JobsCentral and Adecco show shifting attitudes and prospects of Gen Y graduates.
With a healthy economy and unemployment hovering below 2 per cent, the ball appears to be in the job seekers’ court.
They make demands that, perhaps a generation ago, would seem outrageous.
But employers are more likely to look for selling points like ability to work with customers and potential to take on bigger roles, rather than focus on an applicant’s paper qualifications, HR practitioners say.
Read the full report in The New Paper on Monday (May 13).
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Thanks FI for posting this.
I ahve many comments on this.
Most jobs now go through job agencies, head hunters. I believe some graduate anmd diploma holders may be going for better prospects and pay. But there are a group of people with such qualifications that really need a job to at least make ends meet.
when a job advertise (by employer direct), a candidate can write in and deal direct with the company hirer HR - they go on with their reviews and interviews.
Th problme comes now with head hunters job ads. They advertise x dollars. But when an applicant see is suitabble and wanna get the job for x-y dollars, that is lesser pay, the head hunters usually will not select these applicants for interview event if they are match and very suitable for the post.
Becasue these HR are now swayed to pushing the applicant with the highest pay demand to the salary as posted in the ad. They aare earning commision of the advertised salary and they qill usually push for the highest even if an applicant is not suitabl than another that is more suitable.
Also you see the same company same ad always appear. if you do ever join one of them and work for a while there you will know why these repeated postings from same companies have a high turnover rate.
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HH do not post job ads. if u know wat HH is............
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Got HH for kopitiam assistants ?
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HH do post ads . They post in a very tasteful and professional manners. This is one way of getting potential candidates. On the other hand, they do hunting around "manually" for suitable candidates.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Got HH for kopitiam assistants ?
dont play play kopitiam assistant also a prefesion okay! -
These days it is very easy to spot positions or companies with high turnover. Look at the job ads which indicate clearly to tell candidates to state every reason for leaving every job you will know such companies and posts have very high turnover rate. Normally staff will not want to leave jobs if the working environment is healthy and good, good prospects and pay.
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Originally posted by Deacon Blue:
dont play play kopitiam assistant also a prefesion okay!they say insurance agents will earn big bucks soon because of increasing population and all the rich people coming in.
They say insurance agents (or wealth management advisors) can huat big big.
Who wants to join private insurance company?
Heard can make 10-20k month easily.
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did u "heard" about the rest?
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Originally posted by FireIce:
did u "heard" about the rest?
no.
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just now receive phone call from independent insurance company ask me if I interested in joining them as wealth management advisor.
I almost felt can make 10-20k monthly.
They were so convincing.
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insurance scam is your future?
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that is the sad truth of the generation gap with the new generations in the job market. they are very unrealistic...they demand high pay, but do not want to take responsibilities, are shoddy in their work and don't give a damn to instructions given. and they think they are always right. I can't imagine if one day this generation of workers becomes the supervisors...what will become the working world? hard to imagine.
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Should we be cheaper better faster?