Thursday, March 10, 2011

Interview is in session!

When you have graduated from college, first thing in your mind is, will i ever get my dream job in the grueling - competitive world out there? will i ever do my job with confidence and to applied my 50, 000Rm of knowledge that i manage to get all in summarized in one lovely A4 sized certificate? I am sure every graduates wonder about this in moment or another.
For me, it was hard as by the time i graduated, Sarawak was not ready for me - an IT qualified graduate. Looking for an IT dream job is scares as looking for a needle in a haystack. IT job in the 2000 are not highly in demand and not a highly paid job. You will either have a choice between sales assistance in a computer hardware shop or a general worker in Taiyo or Silicon (which is now known as XFab). Don't get me wrong and i had applied to Gov job and semi-Gov, somehow i know they preferred to lean on graduates from Local U.
However, i manage to land a job offered by my old college as an administrative office. And I am happily worked there for 2 years. With the luck and my curiosity of better perspective, I have move to the another administrative work which not based on my qualification but on my 2 years experience in my previous job. Landed there and worked there for another 3 years. And after 5 years and many bad breakup relationship, i managed to settle happily with my man. I couldn't have ask for better life. Then come the splurge of luck, my man manage to land a promotion which required him to move to a relative place, Sibu. With that increase in money department, my man decided that it is time for me to be a housewife and tend to his needs. It was a lovely idea and it worked out well.
When you are single, job commitment is not an issue. When you are married, people questioned your commitment like a steak grilled and poked by poker to burn both sides. This is what happened: A while later, i was given the opportunity to work as an IT trainer in an IT center which is going to be step up in my own village, Kampung Serasot. Of course, I applied for the job and with my husband and families support, I am happy too. Finally I got the call, and I went for the interview. First question is always introduced yourself. One look at my application form, here come all the questions:
You are from Sibu?! You travel all the way from Sibu to come for the interview?! What if you are working in Bau and you have to travel far to see your husband?! Will your husband return to Kuching to work?! Are you able to work in this environment?! Being far from your husband? If you take this job, you are required to stay in the rural area, in the kampung. And so on and so on.
It was one of those interview, you know you've failed miserably. When did becoming married is a commitment issue? I was stunt. I knew what was expected of me when i applied for the job and it was no different with any other job. Take teacher for example. One of my best friend is a teacher and married to a teacher. She is working in Bintulu and her man in working in Miri. With 200km separate them, they still manage to have a happier marriage than any other couple i knew working together. Commitment issue is not an issue as long as you have the heart and mind on the job. If there's a way to measure commitment, I am sure jumping straight to it. As normal people or human being will do, its called Adapting. Human being are capable of adapting to changes around them. So, what i am saying is I will adapt to the changes required by my job. After with the support and love from both my husband and families, what else is there to worry?

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