Singapore Expats

Hello everyone,

My name's Chris and I'm from Wales, UK. I've recently been applying for summer internships in Singapore and KL (where I currently am) but haven't had much luck so far. Most job postings are looking for Singaporeans or PRs. To share a little more about my situation, here's an extract from my CV:

"I am a second year undergraduate student, studying BA Business Economics and Management at Nottingham University, Malaysia. Having lived and studied in four different countries I have experience in working in multicultural environments, and have learned to be independent and adaptable.

I enjoy an active life of studies, sports and travel. My goal is to remain in Asia to pursue a career in the financial services industry or as a market analyst, for both of which I have developed a keen interest. "

I would really appreciate it if anyone could offer me advice on this matter (e.g where to apply). I would like nothing more than to spend my summer as an intern in Singapore!

From having a quick look around the forum, I can see that I've got no chance. It's going to be very difficult (if not impossible) for me to get such an internship isn't it? I better start looking at prices for flights back to the UK.

But still, if anyone's got any advice (apart from go home), I'd really appreciate it.

http://www.internsg.com/?page_id=56&a=b ... egory_id=8

Hope this can help.

Thanks for that! Just applied to a few on there. Fingers crossed...

Hello, are you still looking for an internship?
I am looking for an intern to work in the finance department.
Please leave me your contact details if you are still interested.
Thank you.

chriswheadon wrote:From having a quick look around the forum, I can see that I've got no chance. It's going to be very difficult (if not impossible) for me to get such an internship isn't it? I better start looking at prices for flights back to the UK.

But still, if anyone's got any advice (apart from go home), I'd really appreciate it.

I got my internship before by perseverance. I was 19, my resume was empty and I wanted to go to Singapore, pretty impossible. I was a second year bachelor student in Europe.

I emailed embassies in Singapore for lists of expats in Singapore. These lists include email addresses and phone numbers. I emailed and called them all, including country clubs etcetera.

After 2 weeks I received an email of an expat saying that he had never seen a person with such a drive. He offered me an internship in his company and I had the best 6 months of my life.

It is possible, but you have to be more creative and lucky! If you go for the normal route, I guess it will be hard.

hi im 26 m , im a full time masters student (project management) at the National University of Singapore.

I am interested in an internship here esp in the finance sector, i have a background in civil engineering with 30 months of working experience.

please fell free to contact me

thanks and regards,

Abhishek

P.S. contact email: [email protected]

serve_the_servants wrote: I got my internship before by perseverance. I was 19, my resume was empty and I wanted to go to Singapore, pretty impossible. I was a second year bachelor student in Europe.

I emailed embassies in Singapore for lists of expats in Singapore. These lists include email addresses and phone numbers. I emailed and called them all, including country clubs etcetera.

After 2 weeks I received an email of an expat saying that he had never seen a person with such a drive. He offered me an internship in his company and I had the best 6 months of my life.

It is possible, but you have to be more creative and lucky! If you go for the normal route, I guess it will be hard.

This is what I am trying now, but the embassies keep telling me they cannot give me these lists due to privacy reasons. How did you do it?

PushTheButton wrote:

serve_the_servants wrote: I got my internship before by perseverance. I was 19, my resume was empty and I wanted to go to Singapore, pretty impossible. I was a second year bachelor student in Europe.

I emailed embassies in Singapore for lists of expats in Singapore. These lists include email addresses and phone numbers. I emailed and called them all, including country clubs etcetera.

After 2 weeks I received an email of an expat saying that he had never seen a person with such a drive. He offered me an internship in his company and I had the best 6 months of my life.

It is possible, but you have to be more creative and lucky! If you go for the normal route, I guess it will be hard.

This is what I am trying now, but the embassies keep telling me they cannot give me these lists due to privacy reasons. How did you do it?

Very true. I know that you'll never get this info out of the US Embassy... they don't even have it.

Anyone still looking for an internship in these areas such as Business sales and marketing, graphic design and editorial?

I realised that it is pretty difficult to look for interns other than partnering with schools and intern.sg. If anyone is interested, you can email me at [email protected] .

Or does anyone have any other suggestions of where to look for people who are interested in internships?

Apart from internsg.com you may also want to try

http://www.workexperience.asia

They have got quite a few good listings in Singapore

finance wrote:Hello, are you still looking for an internship?
I am looking for an intern to work in the finance department.
Please leave me your contact details if you are still interested.
Thank you.

do ur intern still available?