I need an additional capital for my business. I decided to go on business because Iwant to live a life above the life I have today. I tried applying for financing, but I can’t find the right one that will suit my preferences. So I tried to apply for a job as a grammar teacher in a korean school who hold classes in camps. I thought I can do the job because I also do literacy teaching and leadership training among the Badjaos in Batangas. It was my first time to apply for a job! Since I graduated from college, I did small business endeavors until this year that I decided to go on a big business.
While waiting for my time to be interviewed by the HR person, I admit I got a bit tensed. The other applicants are also tensed, and rehearsing what they will say. They asked every one who will come out of the HR room the questions thrown out to them.
So this is how the applicants feel during interview! I began to emphatize with my employees on how they felt when I was interviewing them last summer. Ang hirap pala!
We should present our individual 10 minute demo teaching on 2pm. The HR person said. Ten minutes? So short a time for a demo teaching!
I had no time to go home because I need to meet a friend who wants to partner with me. She wants to put up a SPED school in this town, and she wants to rent my place. So we had lunch together.
I arrived the demo room 15 minutes before startting time.
So this is how my employees felt last summer when I asked them to give a 15 minutes demo teaching. Ang hirap pala!
We were 20 applicants.
The demo began, when I suddenly discovered that I my clue slip is missing. And that I need visual aids- all of them have visual aids! I don’t have any. I thought for this one, a white board marker is enough!
But that’s not the worst about this demo session. One of the applicants who has already done her part began humiliating the other applicants by throwing criticisms at them while conducting their demos in form of questions. She did that from applicant number two to ten! (I’m number 17.)
My Gabriela Silang blood rushed up to my head! I can’t stand to look on number 10 who’s being fried by this stupid applicant. The evaluators are just observing. I commented by saying, ” Let’s give each other the benefit to commit mistake. Anyway, we’re only humans.”. Reactions began to arise and the evaluators sensed the hot air rising in the room.
“This woman is from hell!” I thought to myself. And she did lashed her helly questions to humiliate me when my time came for demonstration! I finished my demonstration before I raised my left brow at her. The Korean evaluator asked me to sit down. I recieved approval from the other applicants for my courage to speak up againts that helly applicant.
So this is how it feels to apply for a job.
It began to rain. I went home. On the road I asked myself, “What am I doing here? Why do I need to do this? I”m not an employee and I don’t want to be one. Is this how desperate I am?”
I was never humiliated in my work no matter how difficult the work is. Because I was trained to be prudent in work. But look at me now..
I will not go back here again.
I realized a lot of things. I emphatized with a lot of people I know in my life because of what happened in that day.
I’ll be more humane to my employees. I’ll be more humane to all people.
My friend texted me and asked how I am. He texted back to my uncertain reply: ” Time to innovate.”
BAck to my drawing board.
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