Doesn't talent count for anything?

The employement market in our Negara yang Tercinta is messed up I tell ya.

Just a browse through the recruitment section of any local newspaper and you'll find that everyone is looking for 2-3 years working experience in related field. The only people who employ fresh grads are the direct marketers that teach you how to "Sir, can i interest you in this brilliant piece of calculation device? Go ahead, press the number 5 button. See, the number '5' shows up on the screen!" during your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at your local eateries. And how does this count as 'Experience in related field'?

So where does one get the 2-3 years working experience in related field? Companies that cut and dice your salaries into chunks so small it wouldn't even give a tee bit of resistance when you bite it. They give you the minimum wage with which you may survive, and expect you to come fully dressed, hair freshly cut, properly shaved, nice shoes, with own transport. So how does that equate lar?

And then there are those who are out to make a quick buck out of unsuspecting juvenile spawns that just came out into the pond. Oh, we will be hiring you as a senior, but you will still be getting a junior's pay because you do not have enough experience. And when Mr. Senior cannot perform his duties, then he is incompetant issit? It's like hiring a tadpole to do a frog's job... and the worst is, the pond doesn't train the tadpole because apparently, he's the 'senior'.

And so the story goes...

So what about talent? Doesn't talent count for anything? Why can't companies take a fresh grad for three months probation (which is the usual practice), give him a good salary (because he's talented and is a good prospect) and gauge his performance during the three month probation period? In the end, if it doesn't work out, the only loss you'd have made was you've wasted three months' worth of salaries due only wah. And if you'd have employed someone else at on a smaller figure, but has no talent?

So working hard (and showing it to the boss that you are) is the trick to a boss' heart is it?

suck-ups...