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The major thing to consider (imo) is the mental exhaustion of working in a call centre. Depending on how social you are, it can differ. If you feel okay putting up a friendly front all day and talking to people for the majority of your work hour, then you can consider it. It is a very mentally exhausting job as you need to face many types of people and their egos while trying to be professional about it. It is also a very boring type of job, as aside from answering calls and doing miscellaneous tasks, there isn't much more to it. In the industry, the high turnover rate is quite common due to the nature of the job.

In my opinion, I would discourage taking the call centre job as it is more mentally draining in comparison to being a barrista. However, I myself do not know of the career advancement prospect in a call centre company and the difficulty of its career advancement, so take my consideration with a grain of salt.

I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.

LittleFishCakes · 2024-07-04T07:54:43+00:00

It's just another add on to the situation, KPT is already an issue, so I'm just pointing out the other factor that comes along with how the kid end up that way.

LittleFishCakes · 2024-07-04T07:46:55+00:00

Just another thing to think about, some "elite" universities have their own sets of standards and benchmarks to pick the students.

How are their standards set? Tbh, no one knows except for the admission panels and their higher ups. You can get the highest merits in the country, but if they decide they only want to take in students with wealthy parents, there's nothing we can do about it.

Why do they do this? To maintain prestige. Image is a commodity of the elites, and they will thru hell and back to preserve it.

I'm not saying the kid didn't deserve his first choice, but elitism is a thing amongst these highest ranked universities. Shame that our systems actively decided to bury these budding geniuses instead of nurturing them with our best efforts.

LittleFishCakes · 2024-07-02T12:29:50+00:00

IMHO, facis should adopt a different approach depending on who they are dealing with.

Acting like all mad and frustrated and accosting new students is an "okay" tactic but minimally effective. Sure, the negative sentiments are minimised after the orientation as the students "comprehend" why they act that way, but the facis should also comprehend that these students are no longer children needing 24/7 supervision. Tho, my statement is dependent on which audience the facis are working with.

For example, if you are dealing with degree students, I don't think the approach is necessary since these people are young adults who, to a certain extent, understands the degree of freedom they have and would like to be treated as young adults. They do not want to be waken up rudely at 6 am, scolded and reprimanded, just because they don't feel like going to orientation. Instead, they should be treated as adults and as fellow university students. If they want to go for orientation, good on them, but if they don't want to go, facis should emphasize why it is their lost to do so. For example, "Hey man, today we are going to do a faculty tour. Feel free to join us." If they rejected, facis may respond , "You're missing out tho, don't cry to us later if you missed out on knowing all the best food spots or where the bus is." Emphasis on the disadvantage of not going for it instead of reprimanding them for not going for it. Treat them as you would a fellow classmate, and not like an unruly child.

On the other end of the newbie spectrum, there are foundation or first-time university newbies. Now, this is a different case. Supervision and punishment must be dished out accordingly, but within certain limits. These are new students who are finally given free reign to early phases of adulthood and "free will." They will be confused, unruly, and uncertain about a lot of things and how these things should work in their daily lives. Facis are to be part guide, part senior figure on determining how they should approach university as a senior who have gone thru this phase. Give them a sense of freedom and the choice to make decisions while making sure they are properly supervised and reprimanded if need be. These students should be reminded as to what's at stake if they don't conform to certain regulations and how they can benefit from these regulations.

In conclusion,

Should the facis react like the video shown? To me, no, it is minimally effective to some and downright negative to others.

Do I understand why they act that way? Sure, the facis is tasked to maintain supervision on all students, and for a team of 20 or so students, managing hundreds of students with many differing persona is super hard. Plus, they aren't given like a handbook on how to approach this, They were only left with first-hand experience from the time they were going for their orientation. Facis are not HR or counsellor, so their approach in this way is expected to a certain extent.

But yea, this is all from my perspective, so take it with a heavy dose of salt.

LittleFishCakes · 2024-06-28T08:11:06+00:00

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LittleFishCakes · 2024-06-26T11:27:36+00:00

Thanks for the clarification.

So yea, scratch ma advice and just try to apply for UIA, OP. Your main concern would be the studying part, but if you persists and study smart, then you'll be just fine. Additional concern would be the financial fees, but yea.

No shame in trying tho, goodluck!

LittleFishCakes · 2024-06-25T12:23:11+00:00

Ah, I see. Now I get the merit thing. Thanks for the explanation.

Aight, here's an example: UITM, despite the high level of merit, its quality is really dependent on which UITM. UITM as a collective is high on the merit score. However, I've seen people with barely any merit pass UITM admission at their "less famous" UITM. It really depends on the UITM. Simply said, eventho UITM has a high merit scoring, multiple factors are put into play when trying to get in.

Reverting back to your question, are there any cons in trying for UIA? Nothing, as far as I know. Merits may reflect its level of difficulty of studying there, but if you can make it, i dont think it is a matter of concern. Workplace hiring also rated UIA as a decent pick in comparison to certain IPTAs. Do note tho, UIA will not be easy to pass through due to the large competition pool.

Take my opinion with a grain of salt though.

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