I see, so the delay doesn't exactly mean that I didn't get the job or something right?PNGMK wrote:They definitely need more time IME.
I see and can I ask you another question?PNGMK wrote:I would expect updates to start coming soon if the offer is coming.
Thank you for useful advice! Actually, my recruiter is UK based specialized recruitment firm.sundaymorningstaple wrote:This is Singapore. Most recruiters here are not all that professional. They tend to use the shotgun approach for most positions. e.g., fire a large number of candidates that may or may not fit the bill and hope for a match. Or two or three. They will schedule as many interviews as they can in hopes that one will do the trick. They are NOT looking out for you, but looking out for themselves as the client pays the commission to them, not the candidate looking for a job (that is illegal in Singapore - although it is done but not in your face). Additionally, HR Departments tend to shotgun the JD to a fair number of body shops and as this is a rather small island, people send CV's to bodyshops here tend to send to as many as they can, so you end up with the same CV being sent to the Client by several bodyshops at the same time. The only practice that can be used is timestamping the time the CV arrived in their inbox. That is the agency that will get the nod to schedule the interview. It's a cut-throat operation here. HR departments are known to shop around as well and often sometimes send out JDs to fill non-existant positions but to fill out a tender exercise here (where the company letting the tender was to see a project management team by name and CV). So that's one that drags out and often is fruitless as they don't even get the nod by their client. It's frustrating to say the least.
You note that you have a UK recruiter as opposed to a Singapore based recruiter, and that, in and of itself, would give me some confidence that you wouldn't be treated as shabbily as you would by a Singapore recruiter. But, I don't know. I'd have to ask how well your recruiter knows the Singapore market. If she knows it well, then I'd expect my assumptions might be off base as she presumably knows how things work on the red dot.jhk56 wrote:I see. Does recruiter normally email me when I didn't get the job or just not contact me?
Strong Eagle wrote:You note that you have a UK recruiter as opposed to a Singapore based recruiter, and that, in and of itself, would give me some confidence that you wouldn't be treated as shabbily as you would by a Singapore recruiter. But, I don't know. I'd have to ask how well your recruiter knows the Singapore market. If she knows it well, then I'd expect my assumptions might be off base as she presumably knows how things work on the red dot.jhk56 wrote:I see. Does recruiter normally email me when I didn't get the job or just not contact me?
There are many unanswered questions. For example, does is your UK recruiter part of a global organization like Robert Half? If not, then how did the recruiter vet the job opening for suitability to recruit... I mean, why waste time trying to fill a position if the company won't ever take your candidates.
Is the company a multi-national? While Asian HR departments aren't anything to write home about, they generally have a reasonably clear picture as to whether they can recruit other than locally. If you're working with a local firm, then unless you've got a specialized role, neither you nor your recruiter ought to hold your collective breaths for something to break loose.
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