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Notice 1: Job Recruitment Fraud PETRONAS has been made aware of unauthorised individuals or organisations falsely using the PETRONAS name in emails in an attempt to recruit on behalf of PETRONAS and solicit up-front fees obtaining immigration documents including for visa or work permit for expatriate posting within a PETRONAS Groupwide from interested job-seekers or members of the public. PETRONAS wishes to stress that it has not authorised such e-mail based recruitment. However, periodically, PETRONAS engages recruiting and/or placement agencies to help us attract potential candidates for specific positions. PETRONAS appeals to the public not to respond to the e-mail or any such emails. The modus operandi of the party or parties behind the fraud is to pose as PETRONAS’ recruitment department and charge job seekers certain amounts of money to secure job opportunities with PETRONAS.  There are a few quick ways to recognise fraud: 1.     PETR...

This post will show you how to know what's going on with your job application in SPA8 Portal. As you can see they have improved their website with those application process and now we can see their automatic updates as they review our application day by day. A random conversation with a friend of mine once upon a time: Friend: Kau suda apply SPA ka? Me: Sudah. Baru jg yang bulan lalu. Lama tu kan mau tunggu. Biasalah. Friend: Ya. Memang lama tu mau tunggu. Me: Kenapa lama tu ah? Friend: Ramai bah orang yang apply tu. Ikut queue tu. Siapa duluan apply, dia duluan kena tgk application dia. Me: Ya kah? Friend: Ya. Lagipun ikut quota jg tu brp rmai dorg mau employ. Me: Haiz. Ada yang sa dengar dapat kerja sudah dr SPA dorg apply pakai result SPM ni. Friend: Apply pakai result Diploma pun ramai tu suda kena panggil exam & interview semua. Me: Jadi yang Degree ni xda pun kena tengok kan. Apa macam oh. Friend: Ikut nasib bah tu. Me: Mau apply balik la ni...

Women with stressful jobs are twice as likely to have a heart attack. Results from a study by Dr. Michelle Albert, which were presented at the American Heart Disease Association, revealed that  women who have stressful and demanding jobs are two times more likely to suffer from a stroke or a heart attack in comparison to women with less stressful jobs. Tight deadlines, stress and work demands or worries about losing you job in a tough economy, especially on top of running a home, released ‘fight or flight’ hormones in the women with stressful jobs which immediately raises blood pressure. Other side effects from having a stressful job were heart problems, higher cholesterol, blocked arteries, strokes and were 43 per cent more likely to need bypass surgery in comparison to those in less stressful jobs. A similar study related to stressfound that they can also age you by a decade. British newspaper, The Daily Mail, reported that scientists found that stress is “the over-riding fac...