What could be better than becoming self-reliant and helping your family meet both ends?
Okay, you already have a job you are pissed off and now you are looking for a change.
But wait...!!!
Oh no!!! You don't have a relative who has sound connections in any firm to fetch you a job!!!
But why worry?
We have so many job hunting sites available. All you need to do is create your profile, share your some amount of personal information and then sit back and relax. Just in no time, you will start receiving e-mails of the job posting where you could apply easily.
Friends, let me tell you I am one of you and I am gonna try this and let's see where I land. So just keep with me till I fetch something I can rely on.
Tadaa!!! I just received a call from XYZ firm. Cool. Feels like its almost done. It's a lady there on the call.
The moment she said, "May I talk to Mr. Rohtang?", I got carried away by her sweet-toned voice. Ooff, even my girlfriend never spoke my name in that melodious manner.
Here goes the conversation between us:
(All through the conversion lady speaks in a very melodious and polite manner.)
Me: "I am Rohtang."
Lady: "Hey Rohtang!!! We are of XYZ firm. As per your profile, that you have done blah, blah, and blah."
Me [excitedly]: Yes!!!
(I have actually faked 70% of the skills in my resume.)
Lady: "We have a vacancy for the ABC position in 2 companies Y and Z at QPR and DEF locations respectively and your resume is shortlisted for that. Congrats!!!"
(SHORTLISTED is the word which every job seeker wants to hear. Lo, I too got a chance to hear that. Looks like there will be evening celebrations in my home.)
Me [now on the seventh cloud]: "Thanks a lot!!!"
Lady: "The CTC for these posts is Y lpa. Are you okay with it?"
Me: "What? Y lpa!!! Yes, I am okay with it."
(In actuality, I never even imagined having this much CTC. But I am just trying to hide my madness)
Lady: "To apply for these jobs, you will need to do a registration on our site and provide us with adequate details, ok Rohtang"
(By now I am feeling like I have almost fetched this job, but worried about the training.)
Me: "But wait, I want to know if these companies will provide me the training!!!"
Lady: "Ofcourrssse Rohtaaang!!! You will be certainly provided with the training."
(Now I am convinced.)
Lady: "Rohtang, I will assist you with the registration process too."
(I really want to propose this lady. Stop me, God!!!)
Rohtang: "Ohh, that's great."
Lady: "One more thing Rohtang. As you know, we are 3rd party, so we charge some registration fee for providing the opportunities."
(My excitement shreds way, but I do understand the brokerage.)
Me: "Okay, What's the fees?" [In a tightly toned voice]
Lady: "Just around INR 2500!!! So, shall we begin with the Registration?"
(By now I am overwhelmed with the generosity of this lady. Of course, she is helping me fetch a job.
She is giving me so much of her precious time. She is talking too melodiously.
She is ready to assist me with the registration process. She is answering my stupid questions as well. Had I asked the same questions to my girlfriend, she would have dumped me.
She understands my situation very well. Moreover, this is such a great offer, how come I let it go?)
I couldn't say no. I do the registration process and pay the fee.
Next day:
The phone rings and hurrah! It's the call from HR of the company. This is a phone interview, which didn't go well, but amazingly, I cleared it with flying colors.
I shared the interview experience with my mother.
Mother: "Beta, sab Bhagwan ki den hai. Agar vo Saath ho to sab kaam ban jaate hain!!!"
[ Son, this is the giving of God. If he stands with you, obstacles get removed from the path by themselves. ]
Next day:
The phone rings and to my excitement, it's the same lady there.
(Oh my Lord, I have been missing you badly. Trust me, I haven't talked to my girlfriend for 2 days. I am busy, not at all. Actually, My mind couldn't stop thinking about you.)
Lady: "Rohtang, I am really glad to inform you that you have cleared the interview. You are just a few steps away from fetching this job. We need your certificates for the verification process."
(Even my girlfriend won't be that happy to the extent you are on my achievement. My heart is beating like nothing. After this process, I am gonna propose you for sure.)
Me: "Yes, thank you. Which certificates do you need?"
Lady: "blah, blah certificates. We have already mailed you that. You can attach the certificates in reply to the same thread, ok Rohtang!!!"
Lady: "Rohtang, just go through the list and let me know if you have problem in arranging any of them"
Me: "Okay!!!"
(Somewhere in the list lied a "profile verification certificate". I haven't heard of such a certificate before.)
Me: "What's this profile verification certificate?"
Lady: "Rohtang, It's a certificate which declares all your experience. It's necessary for the company to know if they are hiring a fresher or an experienced person and they need proof for that."
(Looks like Lord Shani has just entered my Rashi and I could see the sun of my job setting in front of my eyes. I am bewildered.)
Lady: "Don't worry Rohtang if you don't have it!"
(What did I just hear now? Hearing this, now I am not even on the clouds, I am finding myself in the Andromeda Galaxy.)
Me: "Thank you so much. You are so nice."
Lady: "I am just doing my job Rohtaaang!!! I want to tell you that this certificate costs INR 5500."
(I am boggled to hear the cost)
Me: "This certificate is too costly."
Lady: "You should have had this certificate. Without this, you won't be able to get a job anywhere, Rohtang. Its the basic requirement."
(Me to Me: "If that is the case, I need to take it maturely. Anyways, I would need this certificate.")
Lady: "Are we connected Rohtang?"
Me: "Of course, So how do I need to apply for this certificate?"
Lady: "Don't you worry about that Rohtang. I will assist you."
(Voila, I successfully completed this step also.)
Lady: "Now you just need to mail those remaining documents and the job is yours. You will get the confirmation within 3-4 days."
Me: "Is that so? Thanks, thank you so much"
I mailed them the remaining documents.
After 4 days:
I am still waiting for my job confirmation. Did they receive my certificates? Let me mail them again.
After 1 week:
Let me call that lady to know the status.
Lo, there is another lady on the phone, but this time she says: "The number you have dialed doesn't exist!!!"
Me to Me: "Okay, don't you worry Rohtang. Let us mail that lady again"
After 1 month:
After 1 year:
After 5 years:
Friends, I am still waiting for my job confirmation letter. Do let me know if you have something to share with me about my job confirmation letter.
Oh Lord, I wish I could talk to that lady again. I won't boil at her. I just want to hear that melodious voice again.
Phone Rings!!! I pick it up.
Caller: "May I talk to Mr. Rohtang?"
(It's a lady there, and to my excitement, her voice is exactly the same I heard 5 years ago.)
Me: "I am Rohtang."
Lady: "We have a vacancy for ........"
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Author: Manish Aggarwal
Senior Software Engineer, Capgemini
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Here are the links to some of my other posts:
Here are the links to some of my other posts:
- Success - A Continuous Process
- Programmer's way to wish birthday:
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