Contract or not

Just pen my honest thought.

This is not considered as condemning the nation or anything related to it. I am just stating that ways that the government can consider to reduce its spending.

Coming from a young gen,I am hoping for a better and prosperous Malaysia.

Given the current situation, I personally think that the government spending and expenditure will be lesser and better if the gov can come up with a contract system like what we already saw with the contract for HO and critical courses of MOH.

But surely, it will take years from now as it cannot happen overnight. If it is confirmed, the gov can reduce its current expenditure from RM 77.4 billion per year (2017).

There are few things that can be considered to reduce the Government's spending which are:

1. Decrease the number of "perjawatan" in all ministries and department from 1.6 million to only 600,000 (including 400,000 teachers and 100,000 MOH,Police and Army-related and another 100,000 for all federal departments,state depts,statutory bodies,local authorities, and ministries
2. Make the EPF as the only option for retirement instead of pension scheme that is currently implemented
3. Make a contractual basis for all government servants and each worker will be reviewed on a 3-year cycle in order to extend the contract and it continues until retirement. This will surely eliminate those who are not well-performed and MIA while working.
4. Decrease the retirement age at 55 years old instead of the current 60 years old benchmark.

I believe that our PM and the government agencies have done their best to ensure that our nation can remain as a developed nation by 2020 and become a high nation income as well by that year.

KUALA LUMPUR – Jumlah peruntukan emolumen bagi kakitangan kerajaan pada tahun 2017 adalah berjumlah RM77.4 bilion, Dewan Rakyat diberitahu.

Menurut Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri SK Devamany, sehingga 1 Januari 2017, jumlah penjawat awam adalah seramai 1.59 juta orang manakala pegawai kontrak di bawah ‘contract of service’ dan ‘contract for service’ adalah seramai 43,414.

“Kerajaan sentiasa melaksanakan kawalan saiz perkhidmatan awam, antara langkah yang dilaksanakan adalah pewujudan jawatan baharu secara tukar ganti dan penjajaran jawatan.

“Pengisian kekosongan jawatan akibat persaraan, peletakan jawatan, kematian dan penamatan perkhidmatan masih boleh dilaksanakan oleh agensi seperti biasa,” katanya.

Geosciencse thingy

Ini akan menjadi poast yang agak singkat kerana kekangan masa. So a little for those yang nak masuk bidang Geoscience,Geology,Petroleum Geosciene (UTP) dan Geofizik (USM).

-banyak bidang boleh pergi: banyak subdivision
-kerja swasta atau kerajaan (JMG)

Local:

1. UM,
2. UKM,
3. UMK,
4. UMS 
5. UTP
6. USM

Overseas: Banyak, UK,USA,Canada and Australia.

Sponsors:

1. JPA,
2. Petronas,
3. UEM,
4. Gamuda,
5. IJM

Fyi, boleh masuk ke pelbagai bidang which is:

1. Geohydrology
2. Petroleum Geology/Oil and Gas/Drilling/Mudlogger
3. Environmental Geology
4. Petrology
5. Paleontology
6. Archaeology
7. Mining
8. Structural Geology
9. Geophysics
10. Minerals exploration
11. Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Geology/Soil Investigation
12. Lectures/Academicians/Research assistant
13. Others-business/sendiri,PTD,cikgu,customer service,Pegawai Tadbir, dsb.
14. Government agency-JMG

This will be updated from time to time.

JPA Scholars: From SPA to Government Job Offers and My Experience

The selection process does not include PTD's PAC and Exam and other related posts that require candidates to undergo multiple selections and procedures.

My list below is just for job specific scheme. Eg, An engineering graduate applying for J41 post (Jurutera) and an accountant graduate applying for W41 (Pegawai Akauntan/Kewangan) post.

1. Get a JPA Sponsorship during your study or before study (like SPM)
2. Study for 3-5 years and aim above 3.5 CGPA or equivalent
3. Apply jobs through SPA one year before your final exam of your final semester of your final year (Apply jobs that either relate to your degree or not, as long as it fills all 15 choices. You never know what you gonna get)
4. Wait for job interviews from SPA (this is uncertain as it can be months or years after you complete your study).
5. If you get the interviews, go for it (Make sure you already have all academic transcripts and degree scroll before going to the interview)
6. After the interview, pray a lot so that you gonna get the job offer
7. Wait for the results (It usually takes 1-2 months to know the results)
8. If successful, accept the offer
9. You will be given 2 letters, one from SPA and one from your specific department. Eg. For engineering graduate just now, one from SPA and one from JKR.
10. In one of the letters (The Department), you will know your placement and report for duty date.
11. Arrive at the office on that day, along with all the documents that you need to give to the admin staff at that particular office. The staff will guide you from time to time.
12. Get to know all the staff and start your working day from that day onward.

As for my experience,

I must say that I have a moderately short time with the interviewers. One is from SPA, another one is from the department that you will be working with if you get the job offer.

In my case, the interviewers were Dato Norsham (SPA) and En Azizan Ali (MinGeoDept). From what I know and from reliable sources (including online blogs), SPA will contribute about 70% of your interview marks while the department officer will contribute 30% of your remaining interview marks. So, make sure you prioritize SPA interviewers than the department one.

My question started with:

• My biodata
• My university life
• How to make the field that you venture in be known to the community,elaborate.
• Current events-Helicopters Crash in Sarawak,the victims,MP of which parliament etc
• Technical questions asked by the department officers-Rock type,its uses,identify the minerals etc

After 15 minutes, they no longer asked questions because I responded every single question with the best extent of my knowledge and what I have read for the past few weeks on the internet, TV,radios, and newspapers and magazines/books. Make sure you impress them with all the knowledge and experience that you had gathered from school, university to early job experience. Those knowledge and experience are somehow invaluable because they might hold vital info about who you are really. Never remain silent if you do not a thing, unless you want to sway away from the question being asked.

Then, I parted with the interviewers and said thank you. It was just that I did not shake hands with them because I was already holding my file folder that was used for them during the interview session.

This is only for SPA aka Kerajaan Persekutuan as one of is Pihak Berkuasa Melantik.

You can also apply to Kerajaan Negeri, Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan, Badan Berkanun Negeri dan Persekutuan to increase the chances of you serving in the government sector.

Note that some badan berkanun is not that "government" after all because they are more or less like a private organization.

Eg. Bank Negara, Suruhanjaya Sekuriti

Eg. Malaysia Institute of Accountant

Keep on asking and searching for better opportunities from time to time.

Geologists who went on to become others

This list will be updated from time to time.

This blog post aims to collect individuals who are geologists by qualifications yet they venture out to become a leader in other industries of big multinational companies. 

1.President & Group Chief Executive: Jeffri Salim Davidson

Company: Sime Darby Berhad

Year: 2017

Jeffri Salim Davidson, 51, is the current Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer of Sime Darby Berhad. He started his career in Sime Darby in 1992 as an Accountant. He 'took a break from the world of Sime Darby' to see what is out there, but came back to the fold in 2004 as the Finance Director of Tractors Malaysia Holdings Berhad in the Industrial Division.

On 1 January 2016, Jeffri climbed the corporate ladder into his current role, before which he was the Senior Vice President, China, Singapore & Power Systems, Industrial Division. In that role, he developed the distribution network in China, doubled the business size in four years, nationalised provincial leadership, constructed Centres of Excellence in all provinces, and oversaw a major roll out of safety programmes.

He has held various senior leadership positions in Sime Darby Berhad including Managing Director of China Engineers Limited.

Jeffri began his career with Coopers & Lybrand. Jeffri holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from University College London, United Kingdom and he is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Management School in 2009.

My review: You need to obtain ICAEW to get into a firm or financial institution like what Jeffri did in London. Alas, it was decades ago and one might find the situation not quite the same anymore.