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by projsanti » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 3:51 am
I got a job but rejected for EP. I got EPEC issued by MOM before i came here. Company is offering me s$ 2500+ salary, i have full time masters degree from reputed university, approx 4 years of work experience but still what didnt satisfied them?????? My company got a response that the candidate doesn't meet the criteria. What do i miss? If i do not have to be given EP why was i issued EPEC? It doesnt make any sense first give permission to look for job then reject the pass after candidate get job? Am i lacking something to be eligible for EP??
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by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 7:08 am
Probably.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by carlsum1986 » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 9:40 am
projsanti wrote:I got a job but rejected for EP. I got EPEC issued by MOM before i came here. Company is offering me s$ 2500+ salary, i have full time masters degree from reputed university, approx 4 years of work experience but still what didnt satisfied them?????? My company got a response that the candidate doesn't meet the criteria. What do i miss? If i do not have to be given EP why was i issued EPEC? It doesnt make any sense first give permission to look for job then reject the pass after candidate get job? Am i lacking something to be eligible for EP??
epec does not guarantee u an ep...it is stated clearly there if I remember correctly..
was your epec issued more than 6 months ago?
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by x9200 » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41 am
EPEC is issued based on your educational and work experience background but these are not all the criteria you need to meet. There are some racial and perhaps country specific quotas. There can be No of others for obvious reasons not revealed to the public. Things like that.
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by singaporeflyer » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:07 pm
x9200 wrote:There are some racial and perhaps country specific quotas.
If I am not wrong there is no ethnic/country specific quota for EP.
Actually there is no quota based cap for EP even though the MOM will see the number of locals/foreigners employed by the company as a factor for EP approval.
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by projsanti » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:24 pm
My EPEC was issued some 40 days ago. So does that mean, i should better bag pack and go back home? What is a alternative left for me??
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by x9200 » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:25 pm
I would be surprise if there are no (at least hidden) quotas here. They are practically everywhere - including openly like for HDB, or some attempts (?) by MOE. Two top positions in this country are also following such model

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by projsanti » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33 pm
x9200 wrote:I would be surprise if there are no (at least hidden) quotas here. They are practically everywhere - including openly like for HDB, or some attempts (?) by MOE. Two top positions in this country are also following such model

So should I still keep confidence and look for job or go back not wasting anymore money for no purpose??
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by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 1:00 pm
My suggestion? Try looking for another position with another company. Then, if you are rejected again, it's probably because the MOM feels that there are sufficient locally trained citizens or PR already here to be able to fill the position.
The granting of and EP is a two part process. One it your academic qualifications & experience. You have passed that part if you have already gotten an EPEC.
The second part is the employer needs to justify to MOM WHY they need to hire a foreigner instead of a local. This is often the stumbling point. Even thought you are "qualified" there may well be '000's of locals with the same qualifications. Why should they let a company hire a foreigner to do a job when there are sufficient local available to to the job? Or the company might have had problems with MOM before and MOM are punishing them (has happened - errant employers often get black-listed or help up)
So, try again with another employer, if it happens again, go home. My best advice.
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by singaporeflyer » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 1:34 pm
projsanti wrote:x9200 wrote:I would be surprise if there are no (at least hidden) quotas here. They are practically everywhere - including openly like for HDB, or some attempts (?) by MOE. Two top positions in this country are also following such model

So should I still keep confidence and look for job or go back not wasting anymore money for no purpose??
What SMS said is perfect. Also what is your domain of work?
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by projsanti » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 1:59 pm
singaporeflyer wrote:projsanti wrote:x9200 wrote:I would be surprise if there are no (at least hidden) quotas here. They are practically everywhere - including openly like for HDB, or some attempts (?) by MOE. Two top positions in this country are also following such model

So should I still keep confidence and look for job or go back not wasting anymore money for no purpose??
What SMS said is perfect. Also what is your domain of work?
It is International Payroll company and I am MBA-Finance from reputed university of Thailand. The offered job profile is related to finance and International Business.
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by singaporeflyer » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 3:40 pm
projsanti wrote:singaporeflyer wrote:projsanti wrote:
So should I still keep confidence and look for job or go back not wasting anymore money for no purpose??
What SMS said is perfect. Also what is your domain of work?
It is International Payroll company and I am MBA-Finance from reputed university of Thailand. The offered job profile is related to finance and International Business.
Is your university listed here?
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... tions.aspx
MOM is refining its recognized university list in the past few months.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 5:42 pm
singaporeflyer wrote:
What SMS said is perfect. Also what is your domain of work?
I'm glad I got your approval!

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by projsanti » Thu, 02 Sep 2010 5:53 pm
sundaymorningstaple wrote:singaporeflyer wrote:
What SMS said is perfect. Also what is your domain of work?
I'm glad I got your approval!

Excuse me SMS, i didnt get that quit well.
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