Job Street

Due to some unpleasant experience in my team now, I do have the intention of changing my job. Before this, I like the culture of my team and of my company, however the culture seems like changing subsequent to the change of the top management team.

I do not actively search within the local industry as I do not want to start all over again in similar industry. Although through jumping ship, I will only get higher pay and wider experience. However, my current role offers me high exposure to the EXCO team and also my huge human network here.

I just give myself the opportunity of working overseas, or I should say it in this way. I have narrowed down my path only to overseas.

Now, what is the problem?

There is a field for us to select expertise. I hardly find one of them to fit my experience. If relating to finance, all is about corporate finance, M&A which I do not have. If relating to investment, I'm even worse, coz it will come together with banking.

What else fitted? Business Analyst? Haiz.. be it.. Perhaps I'm not that lucky enough to get head hunted.

Interpersonal Skills

Recently I was offered with a regional deal which is of the same team. Well, from the intonation of this starting, I guess most of you know what is the outcome for this.

I did went for an interview for the said offer, however, I failed to secure the position due to my title. 3 interviewers (3 of them also Directors), have the same feedback on me which is lack of communication skills. I was actually competing with another colleague and he is so fortunate to be selected as the candidate.

I do admit that my colleague have an extraordinary communication skills. Even though he has less experience in my team, but he is able to provide suggestions and ideas without solid ground. Given this, he has the win point.

Actually, I'm ok with anyone who are able to get this offer, except him, I really feel imbalance. All the while, I'm the one who do all the ground work to support him. Just because of he has less experience, I have pass all new initiatives projects to him as he can start fresh and from my end, I will just support him because I'm familiar with the reports. With this opportunity he is able to demonstrate himself to external parties.

He always complain that the modeling work is difficult, he is busy, he is tied down, he is assigned with alot of works etc. However, he has the luxurious of time to go smoking, to go chit-chatting, to go home earlier than me!!!

It makes me feel that no matter how strong of my technical knowledge, I won't be able to move up. Lesson learnt - leaders need not to know everything, but to speak and social. The ability to think is damn important.

The complication to this is, I have to absorb all of his work as PD business partner. With the current workload, I already OT for 80% of my working days. I raised this concern to my superior and the respond from her was to ask me re-align the job scope myself. What a pretty answer!!! I can't imagine my life in the coming few months.

Sigh!!