Life can seem unbearable at times, but don't let it keep you down. Meditate on God's goodness, talk to Him, and know that He hears you. When life knocks you to your knees, you're in a good position to pray.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Paano Ba Ako Napunta Sa Call Center?
Okay. So I have been planning to write something about how I got into my present job since I read my batchmate's version of her own, and that was last week pa, pero ngayon lang ako nakapag-umpisa. Hindi ko kasi alam kung paano ko ikukuwento eh. ewan ko ba kung bakit napakalaking issue pa sa kin kung anong dialect ang gagamitin ko dito, kung english ba o tagalog. Oh well, now I have finally decided on what to use --- the dialect I am most comfortable with --- Taglish.
I never really imagined I will land in a job like this. My career in a call center did not start with the company I am in right now. It all started when I decided to get a job while finishing my engineering studies (which I ended up not finishing din because I got hired in in this company at the time we're doing our last requirement for graduation). We're in dire need of money before and I so much wanted to get a degree course so I looked for all the possible ways just for me to be able take the course I want. I am the eldest and so I need to be able to at least help my parents support my younger siblings (I still have 3 sisters and 2 brothers after me) with their studies the soonest possible time. I was a graduate of a 3-year diploma course in Electronics Technology and was only able to get a job after a year of being a bum (ang hirap talaga humanap ng trabaho pag fresh grad), I was only 19 years old then. I was never happy with finishing only a 3 year course, hindi talaga ako satisfied. So after I was able to save up a little money for me to be able to enroll for Engineering study, I resigned.
So, naikuwento ko muna ata ang buhay ko ah? Anyways, dun naman kasi yun nag-umpisa. So technically, i don't have a job when I started my engineering studies. Hindi naman ganun kalaki ang tution fee ko since I enrolled in a state university (Technological University of the Philippines), I was only paying around 300-500 per term. Take note ha, per term yan, hindi per unit. Ang mura noh? Anyways, kahit ganyan lang kababa ang tuition fee ko, syempre I have my daily spendings and the books and stuffs required for schooling so hindi enough ang very konti kong naipon from my first job. Saka isa pa, 6 months lang ako nagtrabaho dun and since the company is in Laguna (so provincial rate), hindi rin kalakihan ang kinikita ko. Below minimum pa nga eh. Time came that I asked for money to support my studies from my parents din. Syempre, ilan kaming nagka-college na nun tapos meron pa kaming high school at elementary so nahiya naman akong makipagsabayan.
Ang maganda, merong part sa school namin na naglalagay sila ng job postings. Pero hindi ako dun nakahanap ng trabaho. Hindi ko na matandaan kung saan talaga namin nakita yung job posting, pero merong malapit na call center sa school namin noon na nangangailangan ng telemarketers, at hindi pa boom ang call center business nun. I was really not interested dahil nga telemarketer. Allergic ata ako sa sales no! But then, trabaho pa rin yun. May pera pa rin. Saka wala naman mawawala kung magt-try so, go lang ako. I submitted my resume. Gone through the screening, and eventually got the job.
Pero dahil nga sales I never lasted that long with the company. So after I was "forced resign" there (di ko na ikkuwento, bagong story na naman yun), bum na naman ang lola nyo.
My quest for a job (kahit ano nga lang, basta may sweldo) started again. Graduating pa naman na ko nun at mas-lalong kailangan ko ng pera. Since I don't have time (and money) to walk around prospective job hunting places like Makati and anywhere nearby school, I made use of the internet to scout for a decent job. Sign up sa jobstreet, search sa google, tingin sa Manila Bulletin, email ng resume, basta I am making sure that something will happen to me when I go to a certain place before I decide to go out. Mamamasahe lang ako kapag iinterviewhin na ko and/or mag-eexam. Wala kasi akong pera nun at syempre, gusto ko pag nanghingi ako sa nanay o tatay ko, may mangyayari naman sa magagastos ko.
Dami ko rin inapply-an. Syempre ang sinubukan ko mostly ay yung in-line sa course ko. I applied to several Electronics company pero lagi kong hindi natatapos ang screening kasi, hindi ako nakakapasa. Kainis nga e. Sabi ko tuloy sa sarili ko, "mahina ka ba talaga o wala kang natutunan?". I don't want to be hard on myself naman kaya sabi ko na lang, I need to study more.
Itutuloy... (basta, nai-kwento ko na yung first call center experience ko)
I don't intend this to be my life's chronicles but I might write some of my experiences here.
Even so, everything that's written in here are either products of my excessive contemplation, or just plainly, pure boredom.
In any case, I still try to write as sensible as possible, for what I really intend to do and I hope is achieved in every writing,
is to impart or share some of the things I learn and sometimes, some struggles in life. Don't expect all seriousness in everything in here though.
In short, this blog is my outlet. My noted thoughts and reflections.
About Me
Name: Goldi
Home: Pasay City, Philippines
Birthday: June 2
Hobbies & Interests: Jesus, music, books, journals, internet, computers, tech stuff, gadgets * sound tripping, singing, playing musical instruments (I know guitar and flute recorder, I just wish I can play them well), watching movie with a tub of popcorn drizzled with melted butter (yum!), reading * observing, pondering, reflecting, learning * laughing or making people laugh (though I'm not good at it) and laugh with them, make people smile, or just listen to their stories. Minsan, trip ko lang din mang-asar =p
About Me: I'm a simple, idealistic but down-to-earth, & friendly person. Quiet most of the time, but friendly enough to have a nice talk (or even a hearty laugh) with anyone. "I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20 NLT
Principles I live by:
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." -Psalm 37:4
"If people talk negatively about you, live in such a way that no one will believe them."
"God is a God of happy endings. If you're not yet happy, it's not yet the end."
"It's not what we know but what we do that counts." -Our Daily Bread
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -Dumbledore, Harry Potter 2
"Girls should assume that until a guy expresses interest, they're just friends." -J. Harris, Boy Meets Girl
"True love doesn't just wait; it plans." -Boy Meets Girl
"Eros will have naked bodies; friendship naked personalities." -C.S. Lewis
"Ideals are like stars; we will not succeed in touching them with our hands but by following them, as the sea faring man in the ocean, we will reach our destiny." -J. Harris, Boy Meets Girl
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