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Well here's some comments : Fristly what type of role will you be doing ? Is it ops support , projects or operations type of role? Most of the time, working alone in your location could pose some problems if your boss is not nearby or you do not manage him/her well enough. People tend to talk and co...

There are lots of contract jobs out there but looking for specialised skillsets. If you are good in a particular area, you will generally find that your pay goes up. So for consulting / Projects contracts, if you have specialist skills in derivatives, engineering, risk management or IAS-39 you will ...

i see, whereabouts in london are you located?
yeah if I do go over, will let ya know and we can have a pint!

wow hey thanks a lot this is really insightful! okay lemme go figure out my messy life now and see where the wind takes me heh... i kinda miss london tho, used to travel there on business quite a bit... i used to live at gloucester rd station at the milleniums... nice place... And I lurve the roast ...

I have sources for Diesel , PM me with your contacts and I will contact you

taikoo travel industry here is highly fragmented made up of many small agencies either family owned or jointly owned by a few shareholders. These companies would not pay much. Typically a travel consultant earns SGD 850 - 950 per month when they start off. Increments are about 5-10% max... I have a ...

Holy Cow!
Cannot imagine living far out of central since the national rail is not known for it's reliability... gotta wake up like 4 - 5am to get in to work?

Plavt Ahhh thanks a lot for your info sharing! ok so Income tax is at 30% irregardless of income level? Or is it much like in Singapore where there are escalating tax brackets/bands meaning it goes higher the more you earn? Hmm, looks like it costs way more to have same quality of life I have here i...

Plavt

you are still living in London now?

Hey Plavt Thanks for replying! yeah I guess I was being a bit vague... Cost of eating, dining and transport etc I am familiar so not much of an issue since I lived as a student in england before. I have a potential offer to work over in London and I guess it's a different kettle of fish... I have to...

Hiya guys This is definitely off-topic, off tangent but I thought I'd try my luck here if there is anyone from London originally. Just to understand a bit more of the housing, council and tax issues pertaining to working in London. ANyone can shed some light on the tax levels and if you rented an ap...

check your PM pls, have provided you contacts and list of products that we can move here in singapore rapidly. email me and we will take it from there.

Recruitment is a commission only line. As much as people tell you there are basic salary. You must firstly understand the fact that you are no different from an insurance agent. The basic salary is taken out of the commission they woul dotherwise pay you as a salary-free agent. Now this fact is very...

Hiya, I think you will be wasting your time by applying for placements in this fashion. You must understand that the Transport/Logistics services here like DHL,FEDEX, BAXTEr etc are worldwide firms and you should be writing to their head office for placements not to Singapore branch. If you are tryi...

According to your brief, you look like someone with considerable experience. As such, you need to be looking at executive search. The main ones are Robert Walters, Michael Page and Hudson/TMP. I would say that Rober Walters have a stronger FMCG team here. You should be able to locate their WWW addre...