Being Research Assistant in UM

Assalamualaikum. Hello there.

Lama kan tak menulis. Yes I'm so lazy to squeeze my brain to write new post here.

So I actually dah kerja sebagai Research Assistant di Universiti Malaya for a month now. And a lot of people (my friend actually)  tanya about being Research Assistant here in UM. And many actually has mistakenly thought I'm doing Master here. But hey bukan tau, tapi insyaAllah ada peluang nak jugak. Kita doa sama2 k. :)

OK first.

My friend, Safiah yang suruh I apply jadi RA sebab dia dapat kerja jadi RA di Jabatan Kimia. So I apply bulan Oktober tapi dapat offer job ni masa January. Haa lama tau, igtkan memang tak dapat but Alhamdulillah who knows rezeki Allah tu ada je,sabar.

So nak jadi RA dekat UM memang ada banyak peluang since they are open to all (Malaysian citizen only) and it is easy to apply according to the project that suits your Degree.

Click on this link to apply -> http://ra-recruitment.um.edu.my/

Basic things you need to know about being RA (based on my experience, it may be differ to some)

1) It is not a permanent job. As you can see, if you assigned to a project there must be duration time kan to complete the project. As the project finish, so will be your job.

2) Some project requires you to register as postgraduate student. Not all but some.

3) There is a good opportunity to further Master. To some case (not all okey) , some supervisors ada yang baik hati akan tawarkan you untuk sambung Master after you dah kerja sebagai RA dengan dia. But you will need to write new paper (means you need to do new reseach project). So for second class grader, don't worry, you still has the chance to further your study.

4)  If you want to have high income being an RA, then you should quit and find other job. Being an RA was never about money. Reality is, the basic income for an RA is RM1.5K and if the grant is high it can goes up to RM 2K. It all depends on the grant actually. Being an RA is more because of the knowledge that you want to learn.

5) Being an RA you will have flexible time here. You can still run your errand while working without ever worried if your boss gonna find out. Because actually, there is no boss here. You work by your own, but of course you need to finish your job and have a good outcome for your research.

6) You can do other job too. Besides being an RA, I also become lab demonstrator at Engineering Department in UM. Bayaran gaji pun lain2 yea.

I think that's all you need to know. If there anything that should be added perhaps you can drop a comment. Thank you. Assalamualaikum. :)

Happy working! :)