Permanent Job offered.

I have gone thru quite a few interviews within this month and successfully land a permanent job! (Another headache started as I need to get a car now... BMW...CLK...some European sporties start flowing on top of my head but I shouldn't do this, my logical right brain told me to get a cheap and economic car until it is more stable.)

I have recently been offered as a Data analyst/developer doing the MS SQL and some development work in Java. This should be fine for me. An opportunity in KL which is quite a very senior role is in progress. The pay of this NZ job is quite low (if compare to my contract job but hey, it is permanent and the contracted company doesn't seem good since they still couldn't get hold the project and still owning my wages!!). Honestly, the position is opened for 2-3 years experience developer but I still go for it (and spend lots of work on the manager explaining over-qualify is beneficial to the team, not a bad omen). The wages should be able to support myself or another family member. Give it maximum of 3. However, the "Ken" family has a headcount of 4. My wife will need to find a job once she permanently start to station here. My plan is to get the rental in KL to support us while wife is looking for job.

At the same time, I am asked to sign a 1 year contract as the manager told me that I am "over-qualified" for the role and quite risky if I am using this as a stepping stone. I fully understand that because I will do the same if I am the manager. Hiring over-qualified staff is good but the royalty won't be there since their value is actually higher. The risk of losing over-qualified staff is usually high. I haven't signed yet, but I need to see how is the detail and how fair it is to me. We can negotiate here.

Nevertheless, the market unemployment rate is still high. Many people are struggle looking for job but this has little improvement if compare to 4 months ago.