pieces of the puzzle falling into place, thought lost.
Things seem to be finally moving in a direction which may be for the better for me.
I recent obtained a job through a staffing agency called "Randstad" which hired me for a company called "Vesta" which is an inbound call center for multiple cell phone agencies to recharge prepaid customers. The job itself requires very little thought as 95 percent of it is scripted but there is plenty of room for advancement. I have been told by some agents how easy it is while others try to discourage me by letting me know that they keep getting passed by. I am choosing not to let this discourage me and am pressing forward with my eyes on the target to become a team lead or perhaps a quality supervisor.
None the less, I still find myself at the end of the day feeling somewhat deflated as I feel this job will lead me nowhere and offers me nothing to better myself in the future. Yet they do offer promotions from within rather often from what I have seen so I have room to grow at least somewhat.
Then this morning I get a call at 8:30 in the morning. now for me, this is before my waking time so Im ready to kill who ever is on the other end of the line. It turns out to be a recruiting agency for Netflix, which is a company i have been applying for, for over 6 months with absolutely ZERO response. Talk about discouragement. Comcast telling me 'we are going in a different direction" when I haven't even been hired by them yet, other companies telling me similar things, I had begun to think I wouldn't be able to find anything above the bottom of the barrel.
Then this phone call came and they wanted to interview me right away. First my conscience kicked me saying I have just been hired with Vesta, perhaps I shouldn't take the chance, but I have begun to learn that a chance passed by is a chance lost, sometimes for good. I accepted an interview. But then I had a sudden thought about my attending Kumoricon since I am one of the heads of security for the convention, that if I switch jobs I would never get to go and would miss seeing all those friends whom I only see once a year. As much as I wanted this chance I knew in my heart I cant skip this. so I called them back with a heavy heart letting them know my situation.
To my shock and surprise, they were more then understanding, and willing to work with me, so instead of before the convention, I have an interview the day after. I will make sure I am very well rested and well dressed and well groomed. I will have my resume in hand and a smile on my face. My mindset for this will be one of success, I do not have time to think about failure.
I pray I get this job as their rate of pay will put me on par with what I was making when I left Yahoo and I know there is room for advancement. Additionally I have worked quite a few call centers, thus I hear the cries of agony about the different jobs out there, but I have not heard a single word spoken negatively about Netflix.
I want this chance.
I need this chance.
I want to redeem myself, in my own eyes.
I want to put my past jobs behind me and start fresh. I will find my smile every day that I work, I will find reasons to not let it get to me.
I will strive not to compete but to assist.
I will give my friends reason to re-evaluate their views of me.
well, to bed with me, I need sleep, tomorrow is my final day of training at Vesta, and I have a test to ace.
-Ky
I recent obtained a job through a staffing agency called "Randstad" which hired me for a company called "Vesta" which is an inbound call center for multiple cell phone agencies to recharge prepaid customers. The job itself requires very little thought as 95 percent of it is scripted but there is plenty of room for advancement. I have been told by some agents how easy it is while others try to discourage me by letting me know that they keep getting passed by. I am choosing not to let this discourage me and am pressing forward with my eyes on the target to become a team lead or perhaps a quality supervisor.
None the less, I still find myself at the end of the day feeling somewhat deflated as I feel this job will lead me nowhere and offers me nothing to better myself in the future. Yet they do offer promotions from within rather often from what I have seen so I have room to grow at least somewhat.
Then this morning I get a call at 8:30 in the morning. now for me, this is before my waking time so Im ready to kill who ever is on the other end of the line. It turns out to be a recruiting agency for Netflix, which is a company i have been applying for, for over 6 months with absolutely ZERO response. Talk about discouragement. Comcast telling me 'we are going in a different direction" when I haven't even been hired by them yet, other companies telling me similar things, I had begun to think I wouldn't be able to find anything above the bottom of the barrel.
Then this phone call came and they wanted to interview me right away. First my conscience kicked me saying I have just been hired with Vesta, perhaps I shouldn't take the chance, but I have begun to learn that a chance passed by is a chance lost, sometimes for good. I accepted an interview. But then I had a sudden thought about my attending Kumoricon since I am one of the heads of security for the convention, that if I switch jobs I would never get to go and would miss seeing all those friends whom I only see once a year. As much as I wanted this chance I knew in my heart I cant skip this. so I called them back with a heavy heart letting them know my situation.
To my shock and surprise, they were more then understanding, and willing to work with me, so instead of before the convention, I have an interview the day after. I will make sure I am very well rested and well dressed and well groomed. I will have my resume in hand and a smile on my face. My mindset for this will be one of success, I do not have time to think about failure.
I pray I get this job as their rate of pay will put me on par with what I was making when I left Yahoo and I know there is room for advancement. Additionally I have worked quite a few call centers, thus I hear the cries of agony about the different jobs out there, but I have not heard a single word spoken negatively about Netflix.
I want this chance.
I need this chance.
I want to redeem myself, in my own eyes.
I want to put my past jobs behind me and start fresh. I will find my smile every day that I work, I will find reasons to not let it get to me.
I will strive not to compete but to assist.
I will give my friends reason to re-evaluate their views of me.
well, to bed with me, I need sleep, tomorrow is my final day of training at Vesta, and I have a test to ace.
-Ky