FRIDAY BLUES
ya allah.. malasnya aku nak buat kerja.. somehow i always get this feeling when friday comes. whenever i have work to do that's due the next week i would perpetually lie to myself (without fail) that i can bring it home and work on it during the weekend. but i never do. sigh..
petang ni nak gi berbuka puasa ngan a couple of friends who i used to work with. they are my colleagues from my first job after i graduated.. jusco. i was there for 3 months before i left for another job. i have come a long way since then.. it's been almost 3 years since i left.. and i am now earning significantly more than what they paid me in jusco. although i was only there for 3 months, my stint there thought me so much.. it has taught me the value of money (they paid me soomething that comes to about RM8 per hour. at that time, everytime i want to buy something.. i would convert the price into how many hours do i have to work to be able to buy that item. a real eye-opener!). i also learned more about myself when i was there. i found out that i am actually quite independent. you see, coming from a middle-class family and having a certain type of personality, i have always been perceived as manja by my friends. i am the second youngest in the family and i have younger brother. the funny thing is that one of my friends once commented.. 'eh kesian adik u kan.. dpt abang yg manja macam u. mesti u manja lagi lebih dari adik u'. hmmph! i actually resent that. if only they know what happens in family, they won't be saying such things. anyway, masa kerja kat jusco... byk benda yg aku kena buat.. and most of them requires me to lift stuff. omg.. angkat kotak shampoo, angkat kotak detergent, angkat toilet roll, angkat beras ... aku pun tak tau la kenapa diorg hire management trainee untuk buat benda ni. waste of resources je. apart from that.. kadang2 aku kena kutip trolley yg customer tinggalkan kat parking bays. but it was a good experience. a humbling experience. everytime i see those staff pushing trolleys in one long line.. it would remind me of my job in jusco. it also reminds me to be grateful of what i have. not everyone is born with opportunities and choices (wah.. profound la pulak..eheh)
anyway, i'm looking forward to meet up with my friends this evening. kesian jugak kat a few of them yg still stuck in jusco. they don't get paid well there. they have tried looking for other jobs .. but they have not been successful. i keep telling them to keep trying, because the longer they are in retail.. the harder it is for them to move around later (career wise). after a few years there, there isn't a lot of new things that you can learn from your job if you're in retail.
if there's an advice that i can give to those who are graduating soon.. is this:
1. jangan memilih sangat... just grab the first offer that you get. if you find that the job is not right for you, keep looking for another job but don't ever quit without securing another job first.
2. work on your language skills, especally english. start to SPEAK in english. without english skills, you'll be restricted to only a few companies / jobs... ramai student bangsa kita yg ada this problem. sbb tu la berpuluh2 ribu org berebut mintak kerja everytime KPLI ada opening, JPA ada opening, LHDN ada opening.. sebab most of them don't really have a choice (sorry for being so blunt about this)
ok so that was two advice.. but who's counting?
petang ni nak gi berbuka puasa ngan a couple of friends who i used to work with. they are my colleagues from my first job after i graduated.. jusco. i was there for 3 months before i left for another job. i have come a long way since then.. it's been almost 3 years since i left.. and i am now earning significantly more than what they paid me in jusco. although i was only there for 3 months, my stint there thought me so much.. it has taught me the value of money (they paid me soomething that comes to about RM8 per hour. at that time, everytime i want to buy something.. i would convert the price into how many hours do i have to work to be able to buy that item. a real eye-opener!). i also learned more about myself when i was there. i found out that i am actually quite independent. you see, coming from a middle-class family and having a certain type of personality, i have always been perceived as manja by my friends. i am the second youngest in the family and i have younger brother. the funny thing is that one of my friends once commented.. 'eh kesian adik u kan.. dpt abang yg manja macam u. mesti u manja lagi lebih dari adik u'. hmmph! i actually resent that. if only they know what happens in family, they won't be saying such things. anyway, masa kerja kat jusco... byk benda yg aku kena buat.. and most of them requires me to lift stuff. omg.. angkat kotak shampoo, angkat kotak detergent, angkat toilet roll, angkat beras ... aku pun tak tau la kenapa diorg hire management trainee untuk buat benda ni. waste of resources je. apart from that.. kadang2 aku kena kutip trolley yg customer tinggalkan kat parking bays. but it was a good experience. a humbling experience. everytime i see those staff pushing trolleys in one long line.. it would remind me of my job in jusco. it also reminds me to be grateful of what i have. not everyone is born with opportunities and choices (wah.. profound la pulak..eheh)
anyway, i'm looking forward to meet up with my friends this evening. kesian jugak kat a few of them yg still stuck in jusco. they don't get paid well there. they have tried looking for other jobs .. but they have not been successful. i keep telling them to keep trying, because the longer they are in retail.. the harder it is for them to move around later (career wise). after a few years there, there isn't a lot of new things that you can learn from your job if you're in retail.
if there's an advice that i can give to those who are graduating soon.. is this:
1. jangan memilih sangat... just grab the first offer that you get. if you find that the job is not right for you, keep looking for another job but don't ever quit without securing another job first.
2. work on your language skills, especally english. start to SPEAK in english. without english skills, you'll be restricted to only a few companies / jobs... ramai student bangsa kita yg ada this problem. sbb tu la berpuluh2 ribu org berebut mintak kerja everytime KPLI ada opening, JPA ada opening, LHDN ada opening.. sebab most of them don't really have a choice (sorry for being so blunt about this)
ok so that was two advice.. but who's counting?
posted by aiskrem_potong at
10:24 AM
1 Comments:
I agree with your advice. I observe the same thing i.e. graduates are choosy when they lack all the important element employers are looking for. Self confidence and language skills. These are two important elements fresh grads are lacking.
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Anonymous, at December 26, 2005 2:43 PM
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