I’ve Found A Job

Yes my readers, I’ve found a job. Finally after ten months of seeking one. Now I must suck it up and take the bull by its horns. It’s not the job I wanted, but this company has given me a chance and I must be thankful because they will train me, pay me and provide me “a light”… in this journey I’ll figure it out what to do with my life. I know what I want, but not the way to get it.

You must be wondering why I’m writing this in English, I’m kinda practicing, my superior will be an English speaker; I feel like I’m out of practice, I can write it good, but speaking it in real time takes me many seconds –might be minutes– to enter to “the zone”. [For those who not know what “the zone” is, it’s a “zone” in the universe where you are connected to what you do and it just flows so naturally].

Oh, I haven’t told you how it all started.

Last Wednesday –August 31- I went to what I thought was going to be a job interview, but instead they –the people of HR of the Textile Factory- applied psychometric tests to everyone that showed up that day; well, there were like 70 people, but they only applied the tests to 40 of us –obviously I was of the 40 lucky ones. The first test was about “how fast can you solve problems”, there were 50 questions I answered like 28. The second one was about “conceptualizing and finishing sequences”, I did 34 out of 36. The last one was solving math problems -addition, subtraction, division and multiplication- with whole numbers and decimals, I did many… All the tests had a limit time, so we were competing against time to complete and answer the most of questions of each test. When we finished the last test they took them to revise them and see our score –I guess I didn’t mention that we had to do a minimal score to pass. They left us in the room for about half of hour, they came back and announce the “winners”, and just eleven of us were called. They told us to come back on Friday -September 2- for an interview with them.

I showed up on Friday with my resume. They asked me things already were in my resume, but they always do that in order to verify that you are the owner of that resume and everything you’ve written in it it’s true and you’re not making things up. They also asked me things that weren’t there, like what were my parents names, what did they do for living, why I didn’t get a job in the place I did my internship, how much I’d like to earn and things like that. After I’m done they told me to come back on Wednesday –September 7- to have another interview, but this time with the COO –Chief Operations Officer. I went on the assigned day at the assigned time; I was the last one to have the interview.

Many people I know very well told me they had the feeling that this job was going to be mine –I must tell that I had the same feeling too. I told myself that if this job was going to be mine, no mattered what I answered I was going to have it anyway. I answered with many: “I don’t know”, “I’m clueless” and “I have no idea”. See?! When something it’s destined to be yours, it’s going to be yours because it’s yours already you think/dream of it –but it might take a while for it to come to you, so be patience and ask to our Father to provide you with plenty of patience and perseverance.

Since I speak English they assigned me to the Quality Department, because my boss speaks better her mother language and find it hard speaking mine. Next Wednesday –September 14- I have to leave them some documents they asked me, like: my criminal record, copy of my college degree, Id and birth certificate, as well two letters of personal references. I guess that same day I’ll sign my first job contract. Wow! I feel important. Next Friday –September 16- I’ll start the training as well as my very first day at work. Yey me! I’ll work 52 hours per week – Monday to Saturday- with a paycheck of -in words of the COO- the salary of a newly graduated engineer. What else? The name of the company it’s Grupo Beta, has Textile Factories in USA, México, Costa Rica, El Salvador y Nicaragua too.

Wish me countless blessing and tons of success! J 

In other post I'll tell you what's like working 52 hours per week. L