SINGAPORE - Former marine operations manager Charles Chong has sent out more than 100 job applications in a year but has been invited for only a dozen interviews - and he still has not found a suitable job.
The 42-year-old left his previous employer, an offshore shipping firm, last February after it downsized amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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