Sunday, March 04, 2012

It seems like just yesterday that I entered NUS.
Meeting my guy friends who were in army back then was the time of my life. No educational talks, just chill and relax.


When the guys finally entered university, our talks revolved around school and work. And wow, I'll be graduating in 2 months' time!
How time flies.


Everyone has been asking if I've been looking for a job. Students in the same cohort have either found a job or have been called up interviews.
I've only been to career fairs which have been futile.


Went to the career fair at Suntec today.
It wasn't as useful as the career fair in NUS but I've talked to more people today.
Half of the career fair was for course seekers, people looking for courses to study in universities. The other half was mostly banks and issurance companies, and sales isn't exactly the job I'm looking for.


I was so happy when I was NParks's booth there.
They are usually not around during career fairs, so I went to enquire on the prospects in NParks. The booth turned out to be a department from NParks looking for workers to work in private landscaping companies. I wouldn't mind working in a landscaping firm but they were looking for gardeners. ):


After talking to the people there, I realized it's really hard for me to land my dream job.
Nature conservation is a niche job. It's not like the general sales/HR/admin jobs that any company can offer.


I want to do something similar to what I did in Field Studies.
Digging soils, moving upstream in the river, measuring turbidity of a river.
I want to work with plants and trees, conserve the nature reserves. Anything to do with environmental sustainability. Which means, I've only got NParks in my choice.


So hard to find a job I really like.

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