It has been a tough few months for me. Mostly emotional challenges, fighting my inner demons etc.
Getting a placement within a company you are bonded to can either be really easy or really frustrating, difficult, exhausting and will downright destroy your self-esteem. It can be really easy if you are not fussy with the nature of the work you want to do or if you have a flexible degree like accounting and finance. For me though, it was the latter, for two main reasons.
First, I graduated with a law degree. The only place where I could logically be placed within a company would be the Legal department. But most people dont leave the Legal department once they enter. Maybe it's because of the job stability, the kinder environment (relative to law firms), maybe it's the pay.. I dont know for sure; only just know that turnover rate is low and that is a fact. Every division for Legal tells me they have no vacancy for a fresh graduate like me.
Secondly, I am a fussy pot. I dont do creative work, I dont enjoy auditing people, and I am not confident that I have any career prospect doing IT work. The only place I can fit in is the Legal department because I am a meticulous and anal person.
I also considered the Strategy department mostly because it was where all the scholars go; and if all the high-achievers go there, it shouldnt be too bad a place aite?
Well I came in at a time when the company's recruitment activities were slowing down. Even internal transfers were getting impossible at that point. There was no justification for a law graduate to be doing finance work. So even Strategy turned me down.
I didnt really think I was going to survive this ordeal. Almost imagined myself being stuck doing something menial for the next year or so until my bond was served completely.
I am not sure what changed my luck but today, I was called for an interview. It was my second interview in six months and it also happened to be my first choice of employment within the company. So I was estatic. But having being let down so many times in the past few months, my heart is numb to the joy and I shall wait until the transfer is official.
I am writing this because I hope it can serve as a reminder for my future self that sometimes things get to their worst before maybe getting better. I wont say things happen for a reason, because things can still happen for a BAD reason.
Well we shall wait till 3 August 2015 to know whether my new job is confirmed. Then only we think about how to celebrate it.
Getting a placement within a company you are bonded to can either be really easy or really frustrating, difficult, exhausting and will downright destroy your self-esteem. It can be really easy if you are not fussy with the nature of the work you want to do or if you have a flexible degree like accounting and finance. For me though, it was the latter, for two main reasons.
First, I graduated with a law degree. The only place where I could logically be placed within a company would be the Legal department. But most people dont leave the Legal department once they enter. Maybe it's because of the job stability, the kinder environment (relative to law firms), maybe it's the pay.. I dont know for sure; only just know that turnover rate is low and that is a fact. Every division for Legal tells me they have no vacancy for a fresh graduate like me.
Secondly, I am a fussy pot. I dont do creative work, I dont enjoy auditing people, and I am not confident that I have any career prospect doing IT work. The only place I can fit in is the Legal department because I am a meticulous and anal person.
I also considered the Strategy department mostly because it was where all the scholars go; and if all the high-achievers go there, it shouldnt be too bad a place aite?
Well I came in at a time when the company's recruitment activities were slowing down. Even internal transfers were getting impossible at that point. There was no justification for a law graduate to be doing finance work. So even Strategy turned me down.
I didnt really think I was going to survive this ordeal. Almost imagined myself being stuck doing something menial for the next year or so until my bond was served completely.
I am not sure what changed my luck but today, I was called for an interview. It was my second interview in six months and it also happened to be my first choice of employment within the company. So I was estatic. But having being let down so many times in the past few months, my heart is numb to the joy and I shall wait until the transfer is official.
I am writing this because I hope it can serve as a reminder for my future self that sometimes things get to their worst before maybe getting better. I wont say things happen for a reason, because things can still happen for a BAD reason.
Well we shall wait till 3 August 2015 to know whether my new job is confirmed. Then only we think about how to celebrate it.
