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I got a call from Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) Malaysia for a position as Oracle PeopleSoft trainee. UIA didn’t teach me the software so I had very very little idea about it except that it’s something you can call Human Resouce Management System (HRMS) which I am not quite sure how it works rather than the much more familiar DBMS. Anyway it has saved me from embarassment when she asked me what I know about PeopleSoft. So I said what I know, and I said I didn’t learn Oracle in uni. But she told me it’s fine as this is a training program afterall, and in the email I got yesterday I understood as it’s an INSEP training which will be under SHRDC Shah Alam for 2 months (with govt allowances of RM500) before going to work at ACS. And not an appealing bit when she said you’ll be bonded with the company with 2 years, with (starting? fixed?) salary of RM1500.

I am so confused. I would love to try out new things like learning some system like Oracle and become professional in it, but I don’t know if it’s going to bring me any good? If my job is doing Peoplesoft and I have to learn it first, will that mean what I have learned for 4 years in UIA are cheap stuff that don’t even guarantee you a job? :( So sad to think that way…

She asked me when I could come for interview, probably next week as the training will start soon. I said I can’t decide now as I live in Kelantan and have to plan for the time and transport first before I can make a trip. So I will inform her later. That’s a rather polite excuse :-) Actually I am not too interested about the training part (I mean training allowances), and the 2 years contract. Have to speak about this to my parents first.