Jobs in Macau

[MelissaB]

Hi people

I'm from Portugal, and i want to go to Macau.

I'm thinking getting a job on the formation that i have - safety and hygiene on the work. I don't know, if there are companies that practice such audit in Macau.

What can i do, to increase the possibility, for a future job on this matter?

Thank you

[pearl river]

Originally Posted by MelissaB

Hi people

I'm from Portugal, and i want to go to Macau.

I'm thinking getting a job on the formation that i have - safety and hygiene on the work. I don't know, if there are companies that practice such audit in Macau.

What can i do, to increase the possibility, for a future job on this matter?

Thank you

check out
www.macauhr.com
for jobs in Macau
also try to write the casinos directly and see if they have a function that fits your studies. Macau is very protected labor market where most jobs go to the Macanese, qualified or not. Furthermore Mandarin and Cantonese languages are a semi-must unless you are a unique talent and are of very strategic importance to a company.

[MelissaB]

Originally Posted by pearl river;64368169 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting**************64368169******end_of_the_skype_highlighting

check out
www.macauhr.com
for jobs in Macau
also try to write the casinos directly and see if they have a function that fits your studies. Macau is very protected labor market where most jobs go to the Macanese, qualified or not. Furthermore Mandarin and Cantonese languages are a semi-must unless you are a unique talent and are of very strategic importance to a company.

Hi pearl river

First, thank you for the link you posted, that was one of my firsted moves, and already have my regist on there, but thank you anyway.

Well, the border of the language, is a big problem, because i don't speak either mandarin or cantonese.

It seem's to me, that i will not have great luck on my finding job's there.

[Sampanviking]

Hi Melissa

Try this site http:www.chineseseaturtles.biz as they specialise in placing Overseas Chinese and non Chinese in the PRC HK and MK.

[Glidewide]

Melissa:

Since you are from Portugal, I suggest that you try one of the branches of the Macau government as a possible employer. All government work is performed in both Chinese and Portuguese and I believe that there is a special arrangement for Portuguese to get work authorization in Macau.

[lighttramp]

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[NuncaPior]

Everybody knows Macau has to make more effort to increase the qualifications of manpower. It is clear Macau needs to raise the standards of qualifications of people that are serving the tourists. Needed more educated people in the market urgently! They need to speak several languages and be able to offer world standard services and stop relying on an average service.

[mrfusion]

Originally Posted by NuncaPior

Everybody knows Macau has to make more effort to increase the qualifications of manpower. It is clear Macau needs to raise the standards of qualifications of people that are serving the tourists. Needed more educated people in the market urgently! They need to speak several languages and be able to offer world standard services and stop relying on an average service.

exactly what are you not happy about?

what bad experience have you got in macau?

[NuncaPior]

It not about me, it is what the agents in the market say, including the Macau Government.

[madkaiser]

Hi all

I'm Portuguese, was born in Macau - I speak fluent Portuguese and English, no Mandarin or Cantonese, although I am of course willing to learn as soon as I get there. Was wondering if you can help me with my job hunt. I have been constantly checking out websites like Macauhr.com, Hello-jobs.com, and sometimes also the SCMP Classifieds website to check out if there are any suitable jobs for my experience. (also could you help out telling me about some other websites that I should check? - thanks)

I am in my late 30s, I have a Masters in Communication Sciences, more than 10 years experience with Content Production, digital marketing (covering areas like SEO, Social Media). Could there be a chance for me to get a position in Macau, or are all this kind of tasks/positions strongly interlinked with the knowledge of Chinese? (in terms of the Empoyers' perception I mean).

Thanks very much


Best

[NuncaPior]

Amigo, duas coisas que é importante saber: primeiro, tem ID card de Macau? Se sim, não será obstáculo arranjar emprego. Segundo, tem familiares ou amigos ainda a residir em Macau? Se sim, é esses que deve bater á porta imediatamente. É assim que as coisas funcionam em Macau. Claro que a distância a que está não ajuda nada.

[madkaiser]

Olá

Obrigado pela resposta. Não tenho BIR, mas presumo que não seja grande problema arranjar dado que nasci em Macau (ainda está vigente a lei 8/1999 - certo?) -

Quanto a família não tenho ninguém. Mas, obrigado pelo esclarecimento quanto ao "funcionamento" das coisas. Assim fico com uma melhor capacidade de gestão das expectativas.

Obrigado.

[NuncaPior]

Use as redes sociais e entre em contacto com as pessoas do seu meio. Julgo que ainda há vários portugueses no ramo. Estes serão a sua principal ajuda (ou óbice...). Por e-mail e vias normais normalmente não funciona porque simplesmente a chinesada é demasiado preguiçosa para se dar ao trabalho de responder.

[madkaiser]

Certo. Obrigado pela suas dicas. Bem haja.

[NuncaPior]

Sure-fire employment no good for local youth


Local youth are becoming less smitten with the gaming industry but the lack of competition in the MSAR labour market remains a negative factor, experts told Macau Daily Times.
“In economics, a correct sense of competition is important,” said Ricardo Siu Chi Sen, professor of business economics at the University of Macau.
“Quality of primary and secondary education is important to deliver a right life value system to the young generation and their sense of competition,” he added.
The firm restrictions imposed by the government on imported labour means local workers are just about guaranteed a job, which “may indeed have an adverse effect,” Siu said.

A senior MGM Macau executive is quoted in leaked US diplomatic cables as saying that these restrictions “were ‘dumbing down’ Macau’s young people by generating artificially high wages and employment opportunities for unskilled residents”.

A senior Wynn Macau executive agreed: “We’re increasingly being forced to hire unqualified and unmotivated local workers. Then we spend lots of money training them, only to see them perform poorly and quit after a few months.”

‘Many young people noticed that when the industry’s growth slows down they may face the risk of being unemployed (…) and may hardly be able to find other jobs’



“A bad attitude is a common weakness among employees in Macau,” said the leader of the human resources research team of the Committee for the Economic Development, Davis Fong Ka Chio.

Some staff are still caught up in the transition between working for a small and medium enterprise and “working for a multinational company, serving thousands of customers,” he explained.

“It’s a major challenge,” said Fong. “People need to be prepared to learn and serve people but with the fast development companies don’t have enough time to train them.”
Ricardo Siu believes the territory would be better off with more non-resident workers. “Maybe we could look at the experience from Singapore,” he said.
Singapore has been well known for rolling out the welcome mat for foreign workers, the numbers of which rose drastically during the 2004-2007 economic boom.

Even though the city-state took a fresh look at its open-door policy after the 2008 global financial crisis, one third of Singapore’s active population is made up of non-resident workers.

“Considering the administrative system in Macau, however, similar measures must be carefully planned and implemented,” Ricardo Siu stressed.

in macaudailytimes.com

Para aqueles que teimam que sabem tudo...

[visionsen]

With the number of casino and Hotels in Macao l had hoped the Government would have done something to improve the manpower situation. l am saying this because l visited Macao last five years and then two month ago still nothing has changed in terms of their poor services. Everything still remains the same.

[NuncaPior]

Indeed. Macau was not prepared for such a big flux of tourists. Skilled manpower in Macau is a real problem.

[madkaiser]

From what I've been reading I guess it all tends to stand on the way the Macau government wants this kind of economic growth to be sustainable, or not. Yes, there are several hundred million Chinese willing to spend their fortunes here - still, will Macau continue to be an attractive site in 10 years time? Isn't it true that the lifespan of Vegas is very much due to the capacity it has of reinventing itself and going way beyond the simple table and slotmachine offer?

[mlvonschaper]

Hi, job situation in general is quite good in Macau, the unemployment rate is below the average of Asia, and this marginal percentage comes down to a few hundred to thousand people maximum.

Nevertheless let's not forget we talk about the unemployment rate for Macau ID holders and here we are at the crux of the problem: Most jobs advertised are only available for Macau ID holders and many companies are reluctant to go through the procedure to apply for the "Blue Card" (as it is commonly called). When you check out hello-job or macauhr often enough you will see as requirement "high school" or "secondary school" and then "Macau ID card". So even if you are overqualified for the job it will still be impossible for you to apply for it successfully. Some industries are easier to enter, as e.g. newspaper and journalist industries or those with totally no local manpower (rail industry), but apart from that it will take time.