LOLMum:

schweppes:

I can't predict my kids future jobs, but my dad certainly predicted mine.

Years ago, when I was a student, I used to chit chat with my frens daily over the phone, and he was always annoyed with me for hogging the only phone in the house.

dad : since u like to talk on the phone so much, when u start working, you will be a telephone operator.

And true enough, in my first job, I had to be on the phone for quite a bit - not quite the telephone operator but close enough!! :skeptical: :roll:

reminds me of a joke i posted in playground :evil:

LOLMum:

young boy : mum what is a call girl?

mum : hmmmmmmmmmm....someone who is on the phone all the time.

young boy : oh, just like you.

concern2:

phtthp:

just worry that by the time they grow up - Yes, healthcare industry forever need nurses, to look after sick folks in hospice, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. but problem is by then ... will nursing jobs (example) or service oriented industry jobs still be available to our own SG citizens, even in our own country ?


trends are changing now...
in the past, 'Who move my Cheese ?' - refer to jobs like factory production jobs (example) that had disappeared fast, because our SG factories shut down, relocate to cheaper costs of production countries for plant manufacturing like China, Malaysia, India, etc.

but now the reverse also true!
physically in our own country, many jobs are fast disappearing to PRs, foreigners, etc - esp. in service oriented industry.

look at situation around us, many nursing jobs had been snapped up ... by foreigners.

The foreigners have found more cheese in Singapore, but we have yet to find ours elsewhere... some would call us quitters you know, but actually, you could see more and more singaporeans are already moving, or have already made their moves..

schweppes:

I can't predict my kids future jobs, but my dad certainly predicted mine.

Years ago, when I was a student, I used to chit chat with my frens daily over the phone, and he was always annoyed with me for hogging the only phone in the house.

dad : since u like to talk on the phone so much, when u start working, you will be a telephone operator.

And true enough, in my first job, I had to be on the phone for quite a bit - not quite the telephone operator but close enough!! :skeptical: :roll:

LOLMum:

young boy : mum what is a call girl?

mum : hmmmmmmmmmm....someone who is on the phone all the time.

young boy : oh, just like you.

phtthp:

it may start with the lower rank of nursing or service oriented industry jobs in the beginning at first. But my concern is ... slowly, the same scenario is repeated - gradually trickle upwards into the upper higher income professional jobs brackets one fine day in future ...


some other jobs depends on the cyclical mood swing of our economy status .... there was a period of time where Chemical Engineers were in high, great demand. Many petrol chemical industries were eagerly sourcing & recruiting aggressively for young, fresh graduates in this field, offering very high pay $. This was the bumper crop year, during the good economical years.

then there came a drastic change in our SG economy, sudden downturn recession. Chemical Engineers find it very tough to find jobs in chemiclal products, petrol related industries - so much so that they all switch to relief teaching, because the chemical industries were not recruiting anymore fresh graduates. So they switch to relief teaching in Secondary schools. Some school Vice Principals who interviewed them - were very surprised! They are very good, but commented that was such a waste of their talent.

phtthp:

just worry that by the time they grow up - Yes, healthcare industry forever need nurses, to look after sick folks in hospice, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. but problem is by then ... will nursing jobs (example) or service oriented industry jobs still be available to our own SG citizens, even in our own country ?


trends are changing now...
in the past, 'Who move my Cheese ?' - refer to jobs like factory production jobs (example) that had disappeared fast, because our SG factories shut down, relocate to cheaper costs of production countries for plant manufacturing like China, Malaysia, India, etc.

but now the reverse also true!
physically in our own country, many jobs are fast disappearing to PRs, foreigners, etc - esp. in service oriented industry.

look at situation around us, many nursing jobs had been snapped up ... by foreigners.

LOLMum:

phtthp:

all right, let's cast nursing, service oriented job aside ...


do you forsee a trend wherby due to intense competition growing, one fine day there might come a possibility whereby professional jobs are also snapped up by .... growing rate of PRs and foreigners, in our own country ?

started long time already lah...........now picking up speed.

phtthp:

all right, let's cast nursing, service oriented job aside ...


do you forsee a trend wherby due to intense competition growing, one fine day there might come a possibility whereby professional jobs are also snapped up by .... growing rate of PRs and foreigners, in our own country ?

phtthp:

nursing is just an example that i quote, dear ...

phtthp:

just worry that by the time they grow up - Yes, healthcare industry forever need nurses, to look after sick folks in hospice, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. but problem is by then ... will nursing jobs (example) or service oriented industry jobs still be available to our own SG citizens, even in our own country ?


look at situation around us, many nursing jobs had been snapped up ... by foreigners.

KSP:

perhaps we should ask ourselves what are the jobs available for our kids in 15-20 yrs from now (assuming we are talking about kids still in pri sch now)....


- manufacturing/factories slowly moving out
- R&D/hotel/service/IR/banking/medical/gov jobs should still be around

LOLMum:

the way prices are going, dont even know if the girls could be sahm (it is a job in a way right) in the future.

KSP:

perhaps we should ask ourselves what are the jobs available for our kids in 15-20 yrs from now (assuming we are talking about kids still in pri sch now)....


- manufacturing/factories slowly moving out
- R&D/hotel/service/IR/banking/medical/gov jobs should still be around

concern2:

My son's favorite reply, \"I want to be myself\"