Old yet unreliable

A few days ago, I came in late for office, late kung late, nakanang kasi ang fx terminal na yan, ang aga ko na nga umalis ng bahay (7:40 am) tapos nang dahil lang sa kulang sa fx (both colorum at legal) malalate ako ng todo, i came in at 9:10 am, ohh diba? late talaga? manager? considering na 8:30 ang in ko dapat so that's like 40 SOLID MINUTES ng kahaggardnessan at kabwisitan sa daan, basta this experience really tested my patience. It's really embrassing kasi to come in the office na ikaw na lang ang wala, at new hire pa man din ako. Gusto ko kasi mas maaga ako pumunta ng office, para its less stressful at the same time i can start with the gazillion of workload i have to do. Nandyan pa ang pressure ng incoming cut-off dates at quotas.To make it worse, the VP/Managing Director of our division was already in his office, and i think (o baka guni-guni ko lang dahil sa stress) he saw me enter ang log on sa log sheet for my attendance. major haaay!

What I did to kind of make up for it was to stay up until 6:30 pm in the office, para ok naman yung entire stay ko, hindi madaya, though i'm not yet entitled with overtime pay since on-probationary pa lang ang employment status ko. But so as everyone knows, I love the feeling of sort of torturing myself with lots of workload, it's like work + stress = fuel, fuel to do more and produce more outputs, what the heck! magrereklamo pa ba tayo sa mga trabaho na mayroon tayo, eh there are many filipinos who are either underemployed or the worst, UNEMPLOYED.

Earlier pala, I met up with jai to eat lunch, syempre lakad nanaman ako papuntang LKG , besides eating lunch with jai, i also met up with Denise, she is the present VP-External of behavioral science society (in short, ang aking kapalit) the reason was, to turn her over the documents that are still with me, that she would be needing in her organization work, as well as for requirements in OSA, and siyempre di mawawala yung kamustahan.

When I was done with my office work, I totally forgot that it was American Idol today (David vs. David na ito!) anyways, as I walked my way through the fx terminal going home, I was surprised to know na walang nakapia, and wala rin fx. the barker/conductor asked me.

FX Conductor: dito po!
sherwin: (e di lakad naman ako palabas ng de la rosa carpark). nasaan ba?!
Fx conductor: ayun! (sabay turo)
sherwin:ahh ok!

Nang pasakay na ako ng fx...

driver: hanggang market (market! market!, the mall) lang ako.
sherwin:huhh? @%^#@!

barker: gago yung driver na yun.
sherwin:ahhh cge ok lang, hntay na lang ako.
barker: ay huli na yun, wala ng kasunod
sherwin :ha!!? !@#$@%^%
barker:huli na iyon, bukas na ulit.

As of this time, sa soobrang inis ko, umalis na lang ako, so naghanap na lang ako ng taxi. At take note kung ano ang personality ng mga taxi driver sa Makati. (basta elaborate ko ulit sa ibang blog). basta first time nangyari sa akin yun. basta kwento ko na lang sa ibang blog ko yung ibang kabwisitan so far na nararanasan ko sa pangaraw-araw kung pagiging commuter at the same time isang corporate guinea pig (elaborate ko lang din ulit) din.

till my next blog!

Comfortable

This is one characteristic I could prettty much describe my first job, a lot of things really does make it comfortable.

1. Proximity: When I was still looking for a job I really made sure that it would either be in Makati or in the Fort, or in some cases Libis. Pero ayun nga, based na talaga ako sa Makati.

2. Public transport: going to work was a lot more easier than the time I was still in collge sa USTe, dapat 1 1/2-2 hours ang alloted travel time ko. Manila kung Manila, commute kung commute, mapa-fx, dyip, trike, mrt, lrt pati pedicab isama mo na. lahat nasubukan ko na. In my work, paglabas ko ng bahay, after ng isang block, eureka! terminal na ng fx na biyaheng ayala-makati.

Pag pauwi naman ibang kwento, way back in college, the same time allotment depende sa oras at traffic. I still remember, nung freshmen pa ako, mas mahaba pa ang travel time ko kaysa sa mismong classes ko, half day lang kasi ako back then. ngayon naman sa work paglabas ko ng building tawid lang ako ng ayala ave papuntang legaspi village, tapos lakad ng kaunti papuntang de la rosa carpark, ayun! terminal na! ang swerte ko nga naman.

3. Work Space: Last monday, I was already designated to my work area/cubicle. so far, I am satisfied with it dahil una, di siya kasing lamig (ga-refrigirator!) ng conference room, sunod nakikita ko lahat ng papasok and e-exit ng office (katabi ng reception area), and lastly katabi ko si dien, ang maganda at very accomodative research associate ng john clements, she's always there to entertain my inquiries. On the other hand, mabagal ang computer ko, so kamusta ang oras na paghihintay sa pag-open ng pdf files? My boss assigned me kasi to research on the particular industry my future account will be coming from. basta, elaborate ko na lang sa ibang entry.

4. Accessibility: our office is very much accessible to places where I would get my neccessities like: ang 7-11 and Ministop, pagbaba ko ng bldg, andyan na, nandyan din ang ever famous na jolly jeep, ang starbucks, at marami pang iba, so ayun.

Enough with the things na kanina ko pa dinadaldal, by the way I am proud to say that I just finished a 2-day training on Effective Sourcing, yehey! (will post the pics soon) I know this would really help me a lot, since more than half of what I will be doing in my present work is really this. By the way I was commended earlier by my trainer na ok pala ako maghandle ng call, in fairness maayos sa isang first timer, considering na senior manager ng isang foreign IT company (name must not be divulged) ang kinausap ko. Clap clap for me!

Honga pala, i forgot to write about mother's day, so in exchange of that, I post this pic of me with my mom, this was taken when I was still that cute (and snob) toddler (pansinin ang simangot sa mukha). With all the things I mentioned earlier regarding my work, and knowing that my mom is always there around me...

...Life indeed is very Comfortable.

Ewan ko ba, pero it seems na all things are meant to be comfortable at least for me this time in my life. Thank God for these things!

God bless everyone, till my next blog entry ulit!

First Day High!

Now, I can officially say that I already have a job. It is my first day of work earlier. As I promised, I am going to tell some details of my job. Well, presently I am working at John Clements Consultants, Inc. as a Talent Acquisition Associate for their Executive Search and Selection Division. For those who doesn't know anything about Executive Search, well it is basically the process of recruiting, what we mean by this is not the ordinary HR-type of recruitment but things like Targeted Selection Interviewing and the likes. candidates either from an active databank, or headhunting (or mamirata!) for certain executive positions (take note, Sr. Managers up to CEOs only) for our client companies. Most of the companies that our division handles are multinational companies across various industries (name it!).

How was my first day so far?

Well it was pretty much ok, I was surprised to know that there were only two of us who had the position, both of us fresh graduates. As expected (as it was already mentioned in my Final Interview) we were bombarded with all the learning tools and modules we need to feed our brains with to be fit for the tasks and responsibilities they will be giving us in the near future. This is Executive Recruitment. This is done by more seasoned (as suggested by our boss to use this instead of "senior") recruiters and consultants. So it is really something I am not really used of doing or even expecting to get in to this early. Anyways I thank God for this job. For the next 6 months of this employment we will be under this super comprehensive recruitment/recruitment sales & marketing training, projecting this management trainee-ish effect ba! we were also given and will still be given special projects, which are expected outputs after the initial 3 months of the training.

Going back to school?

It is like going back to school really, we were given this manuals on everything executive recruitment and related topics for us to study in the whole duration of the training. Like school, we will also have exercises, quizzes, exams, activities etc. and some certifications for us to uberly develop our skills so parang careerin na ba ang recruitment? Not only this, by the end of the training we have to pass this particular certification/assessment for us to proceed to the next level, if not then back to square 1. talking about too much pressure! huhuhu.

Will write more about my job again as soon as i can, for now, I need to sleep! I have to freshen up those neurons for tomorrow's new round of cerebral torture! unlike kanina na sabaw ako kasi 3 am na ako nakatulog last night kaka-fillout nung requirements (sss, philhealth, pag-ibig etc.)

till my next blog!

Extremely Happy

Yay! may trabaho na ako! (in principle). I am still going to sign my employment contract on Monday. Thank God for this wonderful and immediate answer to my prayers. Talagang pinagdadasal ko sa Diyos ang trabaho na ito.

My job as I wish it would be, is very much HR-related. The company is the best in it's field. The office is in Makati. Just the right ingredients for my idea of a perfect job. It really came into my consciousness na this is the job na I really envisioned myself to be. I'll blog more of my job like: the particulars, specifications etc. as soon as mapirmahan ko ang precious contract na yan. Till my next blog entry! God bless everyone!