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In The Office

HR Mindset

January 22, 2010 – 4:09 pm

Today I got a call from a recruitment agent during lunch hour. It was a total waste of my time.

#1 – He did not know where he had gotten my profile.

#2 – He did not check the company background of where I am working now. He couldn’t wait to reveal the company searching for talent, probably thinking it is a some big name. By telling me how good the new company is, he is indirectly telling me my current company is bad.

#3 – He did not ask me what will be my major consideration for switching jobs.

#4 – He asked me to put my expected salary lower but insisted that the new company can afford to pay more than what I’ve asked for. His reasoning was HR department are conservative about salary jump.

If the “Big Name” is going to have such conservative HR department, what is the difference between that company and my current company?

Is it worth it to jump to another company just for that couple of hundred extra? After EPF and Tax deduction, how much is left?

I know what they’re looking for and I know my capabilities. I am also aware of the current market rate for such position. He himself said that I am a good match. He also agreed that what I am getting now is below market average.

So why ask me to lower my salary expectation? What I am asking is not even double my current salary?

Is this what talent search is about? I doubt so because previously I had a good experience with some other head hunting company. It’s just that timing wasn’t right and the job scopes didn’t quite fit at that time.

Please drop some light and share with me your views on talent search.

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My Work

WordPress week

July 2, 2009 – 9:50 am

Just came back from a lovely late night snack with the bf. We went to a place called The Hot Chocolate Cafe near Damansara Heights. It’s an old place but I have not been there before. We had a nice dessert. Something different from what we normally come across in other cafes.

This week I am drowning of work in the office. Our new hotel is opening soon in East Malaysia. No, I don’t want to stay there. To me, a holiday needs to be pampering and moderately luxurious because I don’t get to go on one that often. At the same time, all the hotels are sending in their new layouts and designs. Honestly, I won’t be touching that until the new hotel is launched.

On top of that, I have some online system going live for the shopping mall. Not forgetting Megasale starts tomorrow. None of the mall has supplied me with the materials to be published online. Friday morning I will have to rush to put up the ad on websites and touch screens. GREAT!

Why WordPress week? My boss has given me another assignment. Something close to our department, so it is very important. The idea came after our meeting with an agency for another website. They had proposed to use WordPress as the platform. In the entire meeting room, only the presenter and myself blog. We both use WordPress.

I know the how-tos to use the platform. So the boss asked me if I can use it to build one for this pet project of his. WordPress or not, I’m the one who has to do the job anyway. I am all for using a CMS platform, so that someone else will be responsible for putting in the contents. My job will be to make sure the website functions and looks the way it is suppose to look.

So I’ve been busy working on the theme and flow. Almost done on this part.

Next comes to setting up a workstation to run WordPress on server environment. I have not done this before but I know it can be done.

Part of me is glad I have a chance to do something new based on what I have picked up on my own. At least I have something to say for the appraisal before year end. I foresee this is the direction to go for the company’s website as well.

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