Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Great life lessons learnt

Its been quite along time since i last did blog and i know much has elapsed since then.Enyewe i had taken i gues a long break nikihussle jobo,and must admit that the pursuit was rather interesting than the boredomness i had thought it would generate.I graduated in September this year an occassion characterised by rather a cold spell than the kawaida sunny one,i clearly did mark the words of our pr0-chancellor which with authority he did confer the necessary certification,a session educative enough to know of courses that i never thought were in existence in the university,not that i would have changed or sthg of the sort but for informational purposes.Graduating is rather a milestone in a lifetime i tell you.Atleast for the first time you have people who will bring you presents incase you are a he,not to mention the loads of congulatulation you receive from everybody, 90% of whom hardly even knew of your existence,endless photos from everyone holding a camera...damn i thought they were for free!...,and other loads of crazy stuff....i cant forget the feasting part anyway.



Much of that aniwe,and as i was saying hardly did the pro-chancellor proclaim of the hardship to be encountered in what would turn out to be a hard pursuit but despite that, i dont take him for the blame, as it is for each and every graduate to experience this kind of struggle atleast once a lifetime if not a couple of times,judged by his class...ok i mean 1st class,2nd class an so on.

Actually let me spare you the science and give you the theatrics in my actual expedition.First there came these days i couldnt miss reading/buying the Wednesday and Friday Daily Nation's.Ofcos i did get much from it; from mere clerckerial advances to highly payable outsourcing work from overseas,let me tackle an incidence of the latter bearing in mind that i am a graduate prone to the I.T sector.

One eye-catching advertisement which could never have escaped my attention was that of an abroad company sourcing for experts locally to what i like to call an IPO/Premier of their company,-you guesed right they required alot expertise,and my gamble may be would fall alot chance here[man, no jobo xperience!]-,i did the exams but the worst part is that i had to wait for days before i got the actual endorsement,the patience shone in me neverthless as i tell you the actual pay was more than attractive,dude £8 per hr is no joke.

As it goes with many outsourcing companies you have to sign a declaration sort of an agreement with them,so here came my turn.Ok let me put it this way:Things can be tricky,really tricky.There was one a part in the declaration form that required you to make an online payment,of a full five gees(ksh5000) or to sound alot less £38 equivalent.I had to seek advice on this,i mean 5 gees out and nothing in,AT ONCE! shall never be allowed by any graduate of sound mind.The company on this tricky part had a 7 days ultimatum on which you were supposed to forward your scanned declaration.I had to write to the concerned parties telling them of my setbacks and lucky enough they new alittle of the likes of me and had a full procedure to cater for this.

With this effect i slowed my rate,for atleast a week as i followed up the matter.In the mean time,i happened to learn of a new recruitment by one clearly established outsourcing firm in the
country from a friend of mine and decided to give it a shot.The company is one of its kind since you dint have to look official to turn up for their interview,aswell their interview was no written and had to be done from the computer i scored 26 words per minute typing with an accuracy of 97%,the oral part ensued and i tell you i f**ked up!,i had to brag of my other waiting job after i realised they would be paying me peanuts as compared.Great lessons learnt guys i tell you.

As the story ends its only today that i got contacted by the first company after months of relentless looking for work.I can tell you am finally overjoyed,and.... guys,guys this ain't patience,...nooh...., i call it missed opportunity.Neverthless there are great life lesson learnt.

2 comments:

Klara said...

I feel u kabisa..Findin ajob is like finding aperfect mate(Just kiddin) All am tryin say I understand what it takes...
So ma congratulations dia.

bantutu said...

Congrats mob man!!!! So that Giniss inaflow lini?