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Thanks for the input - most grad programs are sadly below my salary range.Apply for a grad program
What is your salary range?Thanks for the input - most grad programs are sadly below my salary range.
Do you have dependants?Thanks for the input - most grad programs are sadly below my salary range.
A minimum of R 15k net per monthWhat is your salary range?
I don't but do have medical aid, car and studies to go towards (plus a stupid UIF loan that I am paying up).Do you have dependants?
If not, could you save up enough to get you by the graduate program?
If it makes sense for you and lands you at a bracket you'd be happier with as well as a role you'd be more keen on?
I do hear you & wholeheartedly agree but the state of recruitment (with recruiters mainly driving the stigma) is that they need to fit job seekers into overly specific boxes with too targeted requirements.Why do you need to limit yourself to certain job titles?
What you study and what you end up doing later in life are often unrelated… unless you study something very specialized like dentistry.
A qualification in the form of a diploma or degree is just a piece of paper that makes it easier to open up some doors to the job market. Thereafter, it’s about how well you sell yourself. I’ve got 2 degrees and what I do now is totally unrelated to either of the degrees. My wife is the same, what she does now is also totally unrelated to what we studied. However, we probably wouldn’t have been able to get to where we are without those qualifications.
While studying engineering, I also had high hopes of doing something in the field. Then reality struck and I realized that there isn’t many engineering positions out there and I took what I got at a decent company.
Yeah that’s true. Unfortunately, recruiters don’t really understand the actual job requirements and just look at a title. The other difficulty is that companies don’t always stick to the same job title convention. So position X in one come could be totally different another. My title is like that and I often get called for totally unrelated stuff.I do hear you & wholeheartedly agree but the state of recruitment (with recruiters mainly driving the stigma) is that they need to fit job seekers into overly specific boxes with too targeted requirements.
Appreciate it - the frustration is real :/Yeah that’s true. Unfortunately, recruiters don’t really understand the actual job requirements and just look at a title. The other difficulty is that companies don’t always stick to the same job title convention. So position X in one come could be totally different another. My title is like that and I often get called for totally unrelated stuff.
Good luck with your search though.
Are you using LinkedIn to apply?I do hear you & wholeheartedly agree but the state of recruitment (with recruiters mainly driving the stigma) is that they need to fit job seekers into overly specific boxes with too targeted requirements.
Correct - I apply for jobs via LinkedIn & job sites.Are you using LinkedIn to apply?
Out of interest, is that salary requirement to meet your basic needs or is it sort of market related for someone with your education in the financial field?A minimum of R 15k net per month
It is to meet my basic monthly obligations (more so given the rampant fuel price increases).Out of interest, is that salary requirement to meet your basic needs or is it sort of market related for someone with your education in the financial field?