Study hard, get into university, graduate and land a nice corporate job. That’s the Singaporean dream for most, right?
Well, one Gen Z in Singapore took a slightly different route.
Jianhao, a 27-year-old NUS graduate, who studied chemical engineering and business, made the Dean’s List and graduated with first-class honours, chose to join his dad in his aircon servicing business.
This, despite having several job offers before he even graduated.
Now, here’s where his career gets even more interesting. Aircon servicing isn’t actually Jiahao’s only job.
He also works as a life insurance adviser, leaning into the unusual combination, calling himself the “Blue-Collar Insurance Guy”.
But despite having the qualifications and opportunities to pursue a more conventional corporate career, he still chose to get his hands dirty helping his dad.
And the reason goes back to the Covid pandemic.
In Mediacorp’s Gen Z Crash Course, Jiahao shared that his dad was running an aircon business when his workers had to return home during the pandemic, leaving him to struggle on his own.
“I saw my dad lose all his workers because they all had to go back. Then he was all alone,” recalled Jiahao.
Some of the work Dad was doing wasn’t exactly the kind you’d want your parent tackling solo either.
Jiahao recalled watching his father work on aircon compressors outside high-rise buildings, secured by a harness.
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