Forging a First

This is one milestone which I would like to remember. Perhaps in 6 months or a years time, I would look back at this very day and smile, remembering that I managed to create a shift in life routines.

Today marks the first day of my new work. I must say this change in my life is rather drastic and quantum. This shift in my balance is still under way and often very disruptive. One of the odd change is the change in biological body movement, clock and mental energy being exerted.

Well, as you guys may be aware of, I went through the transitional orientation from being a student to a working corporate citizen. As a student, I did not really prepare for this transition, hence the transition was rather slow. But hey, come on, as a student, I looked only at what is to come, what is going to be due and how I can really excel in my upcoming schedules. And after it all, I really hit a point blank moment in my life where you wake up with no goals in mind, no objectives at hand, and no duties to accomplish.

And during that period, it was heavenly for a month or two. Just waking up and doing the things you want to do. It is like living the life of a millionaire or perhaps even Bill Gates, just without the spending ability. This feeling lasted for about two months, and after that life started to become stagnant. And then is the time where you start to wonder if you should have prepared earlier for this transition from a student to a working entity.

I clocked about four months in this transition period. Well, if you considered the amount of spare time, that would come up to about five months, seeing that I finished my FYP around mid november. The hunt for a job is equally tough and demoralizing. Well, being a person who has been on the education route for so long and continuous, there's no room for any acquisition of unique experiences. But, think about it now, I'm entering earlier than most of them.

The job market as I know it now at March 2011, is rather "on-the-ball" whereby jobs are constantly being dished out into the public. And if you monitor the Classified Ads and Recruit newspapers, you can really see that some companies are seriously unable to find talent despite their weekly job advertisements. Are they picky? Yes. Are candidates picky? Yes. But, everyone wants to get their dream job.

For me, I had that mentality during my transitional awakening. I wanted to get into that particular organization or industry that I banged really hard on it. It is indeed depressing if I had waited till the month of March for this company/industry, because they did not even get back to me since December! Not even a single reply or notification. Just silently hiring people and closing the status of their jobs. And like I will find the time to open up their job portal everyday and check if the job status is still active or not.

And one day, I decided to give other companies a try. And I got in.

This organization I'm in, well its only the first day. I cant comment, but can only brag about how good it has been, for my first day. I won't say "I'm at work", because I have not been issued my workspace and working tools, but just being in this work environment, really opens up my eyes. Well firstly, this organization doesn't really look about bottom-line and sales, but its more of a caring organization which takes into an account of a greater customer-centric business model.

First day at orientation, they really let you mingle with the rest of the organization. Regardless of what level/job status/job scope you are in, they really try to fit you into the system. The brilliant part is everyone has a part to play in this process, rather than a soloist department or team within the same department. It's so big and complex, that I don't think I want to even solo it, where lives may be at stake too.

But all in all, today's first day orientation was great. Though I thought it would be awkward, NO it wasn't. I met people of different class, race and job specializations. j0s3ph, l!s4, d3br4, n3ls0n, 3dw4rd, zh1y1, and many names which I can't remember.

"Implementing Strategic Change in Our Lives - frostdude"