As a teenager, I dabbled in various jobs – from boutique to retail to electronic stores. I worked mainly as a sales promoter which involved long hours of standing and serving customers. Following that, and when I was an undergraduate, I was a telemarketer for close to a year where I mainly called and scheduled appointments for consultants.
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Back in 2000, I was a qualified accountant in the world of commerce and business. This was rewarding and lucrative career, albeit one which demanded a certain level of intensity – you have to be disciplined, and consistent in your standards.
An officer in the SAF, Kelvin Goh came close to signing on with the army; but a chance encounter with a job had turned his life around. Now, he has thrived in the finance industry for 15 years, a consistent top-performer in control of his own time. Kelvin explains how he made the transition below. “When I was still in NS, I had a thought of signing on as an Army Officer, as it was offered to me as an option,” Kelvin says. “I did not know what to do and had no direction in my life. Therefore, I thought that signing on was a very good way to get started”.
I have been in the finance industry for 19 years at this point. I joined the insurance line way back in 2002, right after University Interestingly, this was a job I had never imagined myself doing; let alone doing it for almost two decades.