Comments on: Interview at Pathfinder Alliance or Forward Careers at Fuji Xerox Tower?

By: charlene

charlene — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:25:13 +0000

i think its kinda hilarious when i read all the Negative comments here. Is there any that’s more positive?

some common sense that is, which office doesnt have a door to secure the documents in their offices? especially with all the confidential, personal details of others such as, name, ic, address, phone no.,etc.

Let’s not say office, which HOME doesnt have a lock? which house’s door opens widely for 24 hours when nobody’s home?

it’s also interesting when humans dont like ppl to judge them by the first look and regard as “Bad,Lousy, bla bla bla” yet judgement is made when you guys didnt even give them a chance to express themselves. your thoughts brought the negativity to your surrounding and what ever they said is just like burps to you.

give a thought and think it through. if the job isnt suitable for you perhaps it might not be the same for someone else. then why judge it so negatively?

what’s more TRY is a little word but it makes a big difference. the Clothes that you like doesnt mean that others MUST like it too. just take LV for an example, not everyone likes it but why do they buy? its just cos of the branding, and there’s also replica. everywhere bounds to have a follower cos its humans who creates companies, every HUMAN wants attention not just companies.

allow yourself to decide, ultimately a job decides your own future. its up to you. why get influenced by other’s comment? are they even YOU?

By: Marq

Marq — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:30:49 +0000

Pathfinder is actually a group of Prudential Agencies together, forming a company to take care of their support needs, so that the agents can have more support in their work, be it IT, admin, etc. As such, there will be positions unrelated to Prudential. Important thing is to ask what exactly position they are asking you in for, otherwise you should not go down.
JobCentral is visited not just by Prudential. AIA, Manulife, NTUC, etc, all have recruiters watching that site, so its not just Prudential, its all of them.
No offense, but to the guy who wants to get into a management job straight without any sales training/period, I believe no company in the world would allow that, not just insurance companies. How will you be able to manage people if you do not know what they are doing?

By: alsoRecentlyWentToGNK

alsoRecentlyWentToGNK — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:52:38 +0000

Recently also went there for an interview , got called by someone say the viewed my resume at jobsCentral and say that i am suitable for this job as a financial consultant, abit surprised and confused at first because never apply for this post and my field of study nothing to do with finances. The caller told me pay will be around $3000 . So who dont want $3000?? you dont want meh ?? Still i was a bit sceptical so log in to jobscentral because i remembered a few company wanted to see my online resume , then check the company GNK, then google to find out more and came across this site but still stubborn and just take my chances lah who knows maybe my interview is different from what is said here. Went there outside can see prudential sign then go in the room , the guy say ” are you open to a career in sales” , i said no, he was like shocked and said not at all? Then i say i thought job was as a financial consultant , he said yeah and it requires to do sales also then ask about the pay (i have the $3000 in mind), then he say pay is based in commission …. then i say never mind i just come to find out more and what is the job scope like …. waste my time … be careful they are in jobscentral and will always wanna see your online resume , lots of different companies name but i think they all under prudential.

By: cheesygal

cheesygal — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:45:10 +0000

Did anyone took up the job of HR Exec? Whats the benefits like? Is it a contract or full time job? Do share more cos I got offered an interview for this position. Tks

By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Fri, 14 May 2010 07:39:07 +0000

14th May 2010
Hey is really good to put up comments on these issues.
Today i received a call to go for an interview at FujiXerox Tower and was told to call them when i reach there as and mentioned the security is tight that’s why cannot reveal the unit ##. This is really strange …if the company got nothing to hide and why so secretive…that’s when i check on the website and realised so much comments on these…thanks i will not attend the interview then…..phewww

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Mon, 10 May 2010 10:08:11 +0000

Yeah i got a call last sat and ask me to come interview in monday.. called by evon lim.. she told me that she will send email. after an hour , i didn’t receive any email. so i wonder why she didn’t send email. finally, i found her email in spam folder. her email address was identfied as spam mail in gmail. i feel really uneasy about that coz i feel as scam… Monday i went for interview coz i also take as going down is no harm. i saw this webpage from my phone when i am waiting evon. i feel more disappoint but i still wait a few minutes to meet her since i am already in room…. WTF , i found i wasted time she is directly trying to recriut as agents… WTF she call me as management trainee. she told me only after 2 years in sales can join to management trainee. i told her immideately, i am not interested in sales (especially such kind of insurance sales) which is really FUCK up…

By: zyk

zyk — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:16:46 +0000

I agree with Alex.

I went for the interview at Pathfinder.A as telemarketer but they use the term as “asst financial consultant”.
Well, I got the job as telemarketer as what i want!

By: zyk

zyk — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:07:10 +0000

By the way…..be aware of ads that asking you to sms your particulars to apply the job instead of email your resume, as my experience with the Lan Kui Fong street uses this method!! then they call you to turn up for the interview ( or rather the slide show and talk to persuade you to became a member!!!!!!!)

By: zyk

zyk — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:58:31 +0000

Hi to all,

After reading all the comments above, here are a few things i would like highlight……

Whether it is Pathfinder.A you are talking about, or can be any company that has the same marketing approach, here is my experience that i would like to share with you.

1) recently i went for an interview, when i asked what position was i actually applying for, the guy said “telemarketing”, when i asked further what kind of product he didn’t answer but persuade me to go down for the interview……..so i went down to Lan Kui Fong street (opp Bugis Justion) so when i reached there they asked me to take a sit because the “talk” is going to start soon! what talk?????
yap! it was more like a seminor where they gathered about 40 people to sit in! In my mind i was thinking i am not here for a talk but should be one to one interview! Then the talk started, along with slide show…..it was a health suppliment product and diet products!! After the talk and slide show, they asked “so how many of you decided to join as member? And how many of you would like to join as direct sales? how many of you would like to buy this health products to try out first and introduce to your friends and family? ” I got angry! it was obviously a pyramid marketing where you join as a member and sale to your friends to get commission not the tele position as i thought i were applying for!!! I was pissed off!! i felt being cheated! it’s very dishonest to waste other people time to go down all the way then ended up different things!!!

2) about the Pathfinder.A…….many of us do not really understand the term they use, for instant when they say “assitant financial consultant” it could mean “telemarketing to an agent” or “consultant” it could mean “agent”, so make sure you ask them to verify well, also they are many different departments there although in general it’s about insurance and financial planning, sometimes different departments use different terms, so be sure you ask.

The bottom line is…….ask more before you go down for any interview!
Good Luck to all!

By: mandy

mandy — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:06:02 +0000

gosh~! Thanks for this man. I’m gonna reject the interview coming monday. So lucky to see this post and didnt waste my time heading there to be disapointed! Really appreciate!