NHO week

NHO - New hire orientation

it was my first week with peoplesupport and it was fun. our trainers, arwin, cloud and iris were really cool and friendly. i just hope that my trainer for next week would be just as friendly. i also had my first 2 calls this week. the only downside of working is that i have to commute back home every fuckin day! and that my training starts at 2pm-10pm... sucks... good thing in working for a callcenter... FREE COFFEE!

actually, i never imagined myself working for a call center. i have always thought that call centers are no brainers and that im too good to be working at one. but after just 1 week, i realized that working at a call center isn't really a no brainer, because you really have to know how to troubleshoot quickly and it also sharpens your communication skills. honestly, it does. and the pay is REALLY good. i realized that call centers are not only for fresh grads with no experience but it is for everyone. i met a dentist and 3 engineers who said that their previous job didnt have the same salary as working in a callcenter. i guess that employment these days is really hard. one engineer who worked in a japanese company had a starting pay of 10000 while in the call center offered him 20000 as a starting salary.

highlight of the week:
i met this girl, mitzi. she's really nice and friendly. she makes working in a call center much easier for me.

HIRED!

anyhoo... the next day i went back to makati to look for jobs in other call centers. fortunately, my friend mya came with me.
9AM
the first one that i went to the usual interview and exam (yada yada yada). they said that my next interview would be on monday, november 21 (4 more days)...

11AM
since i didnt like waiting, me and mya walked until we reached the corner of ayala and gil puyat. mya told me to apply there and said that it's also a nice call center to work in. i walked in, and the guard told me to fill up the online application form at a certain station. after filling up the application form, i was instructed to use the phone beside me to have my initial interview. the usual initial interview came through and this time i didnt screw up. the interviewer asked me if i was doing anything that afternoon so she could schedule my exam.

after me and mya had lunch, she had to go home since she hasn't slept yet. i thanked her for her help and she left me all alone again.

2PM
i entered the building again and went in to take the exam. DAMN... it wasnt even an exam. it was a multiple choice exam which covered US geography, spelling, grammar and reading comprehension. there was even a typing test, the passing was 30 WPM. LOLZ... they call that a exam!?!? after the exam the proctor(Andrea) asked me a couple of questions, she asked when do i plan to start on working. i looked at my watch and told her, "12midnight... tonight?". she laughed and told me that my final interview would be 4PM that same day.

4PM
i waited for my final interviewer(Nice) at the lobby of the building. i noticed that the rooms where named after hardwood trees (yakal, narra, etc.) also like the rooms from my high school. the usual interview questions were asked but this time i answered them well. hahaha... i should know the right answers because i screwed up the last time. where do you see yourself 5 years from now? do you plan to go back to school? when can you start? she also made me take a call simulation(which i failed). before we ended our interview, she said that the company has to call my personal references in my resume before i would get a call from them for my job signing. right after the interview, i lit a cigarette while dialing the numbers of my references in my resume. i told them that the company was gonna call them and i asked them to make me sound hardworking.

5pm
the company called and asked if i was still in the area for my job signing at 6pm.

6pm
i was waiting in the lobby for the third time that day for my job signing. talk about instant hire. anyway, i was really excited, but my excitement became shyness when i saw who was gonna entertain me about the job. her name is candice and she was about 5'9 and she looked like barbie almalbis (read: very very cute). anyway, the my starting salary was 18500 per month. blah blah blah... i signed the contract.. blah blah blah... before leaving the room, she said, "you know, karl, you remind me of my friend. but he doesnt work here anymore." and the only thing that i said was "you remind me of barbie almalbis." (SH!T... my brain stopped working when she said that to me...) she said "i'll take that as a compliment." (i was speechless after that.)

INSTANT JOB!
1st day of work: NOVEMBER 21, 2005

Charge it to EXPERIENCE

after the interview, i found out that i didnt make it... it took them 3 damn days to tell me that. dudong paperbag told me that while i was being interviewed he talked with another guy who was also applying. we answered the same stupid answer. good luck to dodong paperbag and hope that i get accepted too. My interviewer told me that they would be storing my application for 6 months. (after that period, i can re apply again.)

TIP OF THE DAY:
During your final interview, when the interviewer asks, " MR. , how long do you plan to stay with the company/ where do you see yourself 5 years from now?". always answer that you will stay for so and so years, even though you're just gonna stay for 6 months. LOLZ

how the hell was i supposed to know that. it was the first time that i applied for such a job. oh well... thats life.... CHARGE IT TO EXPERIENCE!


ako ay badtrip

nightfall needs a job

i never thought that i would write about this, but i am really broke and i need to get a job that offers a monthly income of 15-20K PhP. i didnt feel like studying this sem so i decided to go job hunting like any undergraduate bum. and like most bums, the first place i applied was in a well known call center in makati. but nightfall is not alone, he is also with his former boss, dudong supot (dudong paperbag). the two of them walked into the waiting area for applicants at around 10am. nightfall got called for his initial interview first and then dudong supot got his turn. the interviewer told them to wait for the results of the interview, and after 15 minutes, they both got their results and luckily they both passed. on the letter of the results, they were notified that the next stage of the application process was the simulation exam that was gonna be held that same day at 5pm(it was only 11:30am).

how to kill 5 hours:
1. eat a meal (lunch - 45 minutes)
2. buy cigarettes (smoke = 15 minutes)
3 and 4. buy coffee at starbucks or any other coffee shops (4 hours) and smoke the pack while drinking coffee.

after wasting money and time, the tandem went into a 24 hours store and bought red bull for extra energy. the gruelling exam took 4 hours and they both passed the examination stage. they left the building at 1030pm and the hungry and tired nightfall got home at 2am.

now they will partake on the final interview, which is scheduled on the 14th of november. will they both be hired? or will one fall?

to catch the next episode, stay tuned in this blog and wait for the update.

if you want help nightfall find a job feel free to post in the comments thingie below the post. thanks!


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