Job/Career Fairs are Scams!

Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal

Now that I’ve got your attention - let me clarify. Job/Career fairs aren’t exactly “scams”, since you’re not paying any money, assuming you’re a job-seeker. But the thing is, almost all the people there are HR staffs. They know nothing about the jobs! I went over to Accenture’s booth and asked 2 staffs there - none of them were able to tell me about the openings available. Worse still, they said “go online” to see this and that. What the hell?! The whole registration process with JobsDB there took way more than 1 hour, and you just tell me to “go online?!”

There aren’t many IT positions available as far as I’m concerned. After Accenture, I lost the mood to check-out the other employers there, fearing that they’d say “go online” or “just apply first lah”. Jeez, I could have done all of this online (if I wanted to) - and even got more information on the positions.

So since I was already at KLCC, ended up watching The Mist, a movie based on a Stephen King novel. Was super nice! Gotta grab some Stephen King novels to read. The story was so, so, so dark - so different. Highly recommended!

Permalink | March 3rd, 2008

2 Responses to “Job/Career Fairs are Scams!”

  1. Jeffrey04 Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    There are loads of IT jobs posted at jobstreet anyway (i am not sure whether you mean this), it is just that whether you are able to find one that suits you.

  2. bckk Says:
    March 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    For me,the Mist is really a good movie, but my friends complaint it is sucks after the show end,probably they couldnt accept the ending ^_~’

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