SG Career Search

HUNDREDS of job-seekers descended on Ang Mo Kio MRT station yesterday, hoping to land one of the 180 jobs up for grabs at public transport company SMRT. The queue stretched from the pedestrian pathway to a makeshift job application booth set up near the control station.About 850 people turned up for the roadshow, which started at 9am. Job-seekers there said the crowd started to disperse only after 2pm.Jobs on offer include customer service officers and assistant engineers. A company spokesman said two-thirds of the jobs are for certain stages of the Circle Line.Madam Pauline Yong, 40, turned up at 11am with her husband, but they had to leave halfway to feed their 1 1/2-year-old daughter. Both engineers by training and currently unemployed, they were seeking jobs as assistant engineers.'We want to enrol our daughter in an infant care centre,' said Madam Yong, 'so it's all right even if we get a pay cut.'The SMRT spokesman said another roadshow will most likely be held in two months' time, or when ' there is a sizeable number of positions in the company'.This article was first published in The Straits Times.