Category: Jobs

Jobs, contract, part-time or full time.

Vacancy for an Operations Manager – Suzhou, China

BLUE  HELMET   –   JOB  VACANCY  IN  CHINA

A manufacturing company with plants in Seremban (Malaysia) and Suzhou (China) is looking for an experienced Operations Manager to manage their Suzhou operation.

The candidate must have at least 10 years experience as an Operations Manager in a senior position.  Related experience in their field will be an asset, but critical criterial will be Leadership and Managerial attributes.

Requirements  :

  • A background in Engineering (polymer, mechanical) or in the Sciences (chemistry, physics) will be required.
  • Bi-lingua (English & Mandarin) is a must.

The job covers a wide scope of :

  • Production
  • Planning
  • Engineering (product design and process)
  • Quality assurance
  • Facility maintenance
  • Warehousing
  • Logistics
  • Customer service
  • Cost management

Related technologies are  :

  • Forming of plastic sheet
  • Injection molding
  • Vacuum forming
  • Metal stamping

Scope of Manufacturing  :

  • They are thermally forming non-conductive and conductive tapes using various forming processes. 
  • The end product is a tape with pockets wound onto reels. 
  • The end users are customers in the semi-conductor, passive, discrete, crystal component business as well as manufacturers of metal stampings, precision injected moldings, zinc castings, connectors, and other metal, plastic and composite components.

If your qualification meets with the above requirements, please submit your full CV & resume directly to  :

Mr. Ronald Ho 

Email:  goron@singnet.com.sg

mobile:  +65-9759 6979

Skype ID:  ronho883

Blue Helmet – Business with a Heart

An opportunity appears on the horizon to be operated as a business with links to SHC and her members.

We are looking for people having managerial traits with skills and knowledge in finance, administration and computers to automate as many repetitive processes as possible.  Collectively, interested parties will work together as one Biz Unit – SOHO Team that will work out the business model.  Amongst yourselves, please appoint your business officers and be prepared to stand before the Select Committee to make the marketing pitch to clinch the deal.  We encourage as many teams as possible to come forward.  There is enough business for everyone.

Typical business model will be to run automated finance & administration services to customers who are resident with us in the same office or externally.  There are more that one can do for Company, which wants to outsource their backroom work to reliable third parties like SOHO.

The Biz Unit – SOHO Team will think through the service product, it’s pricing and the operational flow and control needed.

If you do need help, just let KT Wong or Edwin Ong know, and arrangements will be made to have that support provided.  Just post your request here.

* SOHO = Small Office / Home Office

for & on behalf of  :

Edwin Ong

Protem Team Leader

Blue Helmet – 1st brainstorm session

Background to Blue Helmet, click here.

I would be calling the first brainstorm meeting on Blue Helmet on Thur, Sept 21 at the Capital Tower, right at Tanjong Pagar MRT.  1500 hrs to 1700 hrs.  I shall send the invitations to those who have offered to participate.  If you like the idea, and would like to join the brainstorm session, simply let us know here.  I must apologise I am not able to change the above date, due to my travel schedule.  But, there will be many other sessions to follow through.

Agenda:

  • Identify the objectives of Blue Helmet.
  • Brainstorm on the needs of retirees, with the focus on a meaningful, mentally active and financially acceptable lifestyle.
  • Brainstorm on broad ideas of how organisations and governments can tap the wide experience and knowledge of SilverHairs who have retired from full time employment. 
  • Brainstorm on an acceptable return to the retired SilverHairs.
  • Identify how SilverHairsClub can create a structure and the process to move ahead with Blue Helmet.

Call Centre job – Contact Lena Wang

I need to advise you that if there any of the members who are interested in working on a "permanent temp basis" either for half-day or full day, please ask them to contact me and I’ll arrange for an interview with my Call Centre Manager (under our third-party call centre).

 Ideally they should have some Customer Service experience. Full-day rate is in the region of $50 for a typical 9am-6pm workday.

My office tel. no. is 6416-6688, Lena Wang.

Job leads from Candy-June Wan

Please help to pass the word around to folks who might be interested and/ or suitable, that AWWA Educational Services is looking for relief teachers and teacher assistants.  AWWA (Asian Women’s Welfare Association) is a voluntary welfare organization and one of the services they provide is a school for children with special needs.  Relief teachers and teacher assistants are needed for a period of 6 to 7 months to cover for teachers/ teacher assistants who will be attending a full time Diploma course.  Most important criterion is the applicant enjoys being with children.  Details of the positions are as follows:

Relief Teacher Positions
Minimum ‘A’ Levels or Polytechnic Diploma.  Should have a credit in English at ‘O’ Levels.  Experience in working with the children with disabilities would be an advantage.   In addition to classroom teaching, individual will be involved in conducting group activities eg. field trips, outings, hydrotherapy etc. 

Teacher Assistant Positions
Minimum ‘O’ Levels with credit in English.  Experience in working with children with disabilities would be an advantage.  Duties and responsibilities include assisting teacher in the smooth running of the class and group activities.
Positions commence 26 June.  Morning session is from 7:45am to 1:15pm or afternoon session from 12:45pm to 6:15pm.  Please email application to violet_cheong@awwa.org.sg as soon as possible.
Candy-June Wan

What can SilverHairsclub members do to help ourselves with regards to jobs, when we are fired or retired?

Dear SilverHairs,

In response to various discussion topics that come up during club gatherings, I am inviting a few people from the SilverHairsClub to join this discussion.  We do this discussion via email.  I hope all whom I have invited can express and give some idea as to how to move in this direction.  For this discussion, we need to be positive, as negatives are plentiful.  We also need to respect others’  ideas.

Patricia has a point.  Her viewpoint and interest are always in the minds of most Silverhairs.  And I feel exactly the same as you, in that we are all experienced, but that sooner or later, in our environment, the situations change.  We lose our jobs somehow, and then we have still all the committments in the world.  Many of us need to work, even during retirement.  Fact is we have the skills, but suddenly on retirement or losing our jobs, this demand is lost.

I have cc’d Andrew and others, because Andrew has also strong views on this, and let increase the list so that we can come up with something.  Personally, I think MOM have been trying hard with our group, but due to supply and demand, jobs for upper level management are not always forthcoming.  This explains why many SilverHairs have gone into direct selling. 

If you ask me, I see a very small market for our group in Singapore.  Why?  We have become expensive, and employers do consider us a burden.  Also, I believe the expectations between employers and our group do not align.  One thinking the other is too expensive and the other thinking they will not pay for the services.

But, I do see that there is a group of people and companies who have a demand for people with experience.  Singaporeans are in demand, but perception is we are not cheap. But, then we have the experience.  I do see demands in the Asian region, particularly China and India, where Asian companies wanting to set up offices overseas want the expertise and experience.

Perhaps, this is the direction we can pursue.

Can each of you give your ideas on how to proceed from here.  What can the SilverHairsClub members do, with reference to this topic?

SilverHairsClub – for the over 45s.

Terence Seah
+65 9489-4360

Job Fair @ Tampines

This is just an information for our Silver Hairs Club members who are looking for a Job with either Dairy Farm, Courts or Ikea. You are invited to bring along your personal vitae / resume to Job Fair @ Tampines, next to Tampines MRT station on 16th. April’2006 (Sunday) from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm. On site Interview for all levels will be conducted. I will be there to help in this Job Fair. Have a Nice Day. Regards Patrick Yeo (Event Organiser for SHC Gamesday)

Edward Wong – Profile

Keep Busy With Short Term Assignment

I enjoy reading and browsing the SHC’s website and very encouraged by the suggestions of activities recommended. For members to meet up I would be happy to join an outdoor activity like brisk walking say three times a week on the hour of 6 to 7.30 pm and karaoke once a month.

My age of 61 I am keen to look forward to a part-time job of shipping or administration work as I have resigned from my job as a logistics supervisor few months ago.  

Looking for someone who needs your skills

Not all SilverHairs have a job to take them through their SilverHairs years.  Then, there are some of us who will always want to keep ourselves busy with a short term assignment, after retirement. 

Although we are not a job agency or a company looking at engaging staff, we do come across companies (Singapore or foreign) looking for certain skills and management experience.  If this is something you are looking at, please drop a short summary of your experience in this category on this website, clearly stating what you are looking for.

Terence Seah (Match maker – Jobs)

Jobs

Life is never all that smooth.  For the lucky ones, they have planned their long awaited retirement.  But, for many, we still have to work, probably till we cannot work.  Then, there are those who just love to work, and cannot reason to themselves how they can spend their Silverhairs years mentally and physically relaxed.

Some may be looking for a job.  Some of us may be able to help. Bear in mind, life is never that simple or that easy.  But, this is the section.

Terence Seah