From My Perspective

week before i graduated, i launched myself into a jobhunt. i believed that the earlier i start, the better.  so as soon as i had smoothened the clearance glitches, i rode the bus to ayala, makati and showered the advertising agencies with my resumes.  but no matter how early i launched the rocket, it still was too long before i skyrocketed.

i believed much in my resume.  it looked really impressive.  i had put time into organizing my qualifications.  i made it appear really full and rounded, thanks to all the huge academic requirements i had done and all the organizational responsibilities i had handled. it’s direct to the point while showing how well-rounded and dynamic i can be. but maybe, in my attempt to show everything that i’ve got, human resources people just saw me as a jack of all trades and master of none rather than a queem who knows everything that i was trying to project. luckily, one of my choice companies saw the queen amidst all those clutter of jacks.  (or maybe they just really love all my jacks that they didn’t bother to look for a queen.  after all,  with all the trainings i will get from them, i will transform into jack-queen-king-ace, all rolled into one.)

i have always wanted to work into an ad agency (or events management company) rather than in a huge corporation that everyone seems to be eyeing on.  i’d rather work in a small environment while handling different clients and brands than immersing myself into one huge name that i must protect from the moment i let me be cradled in its bosom.  i never wanted working in formal, boxed organizational systems.  i have always been a free spirit full of creativity within.  i wanted to unleash it and there’s no way i can do that while maintaining the corpo image.  besides, i never fancied wearing blazers and tailored blouses and skirts.  i much rather wear dresses that fall above knees. i can list too  many other reasons why i am almost anti-corporations but i think that ain’t necessary anymore.  i have made my point loud and clear – i have always wanted to blossom in an agency brimming with fun pressure. and there weren’t many good agencies looking for new employees, thus i was stanched.

i have always believed there is something out there waiting for me, just like the way i had found leo burnett for my internship.  i may have waited too long yet when i finally found it, it was worth all the wait.  it was the perfect job for me.  so even when i was getting all emo and depressed from the fact that i still didn’t have a job, i was positive that i’d bring home the toasted bacon in the end.  but the job couldn’t wait for me anymore.  it found me, yes, it found me. 

i will not be a bum starting monday.