may 25, 2009.
after farming, hospitality, and F&B industry, it’s funny i’m getting into hair and grooming industry now.
today, with nothing much better to do after work, i cut my own hair. haircut is damn expensive here it costs as much as buying an electric hair clipper. and so, i just bought one and did it myself. nothing fancy but a clean shave a la semi-kalbo, #2 to be precise. my roster for this week is morning shifts all days of the week save for friday, which is may dayoff. for friday, i’ll get myself to albany in northshore early in the morning to see a prospect IT job. it’s for an entry-level graduate position, and this would be my very first interview by an actualy EMPLOYER, so you couldn’t just imagine how i’m looking forward for it.
early at work while setting up the tables and chairs for opening the deli, my phone, which is neatly tucked in between my pants (trouser uniforms deliberately don’t have pockets) and waist, vibrates. normally i wait for the vibrate to stop as i know it’s just a message, but then it continued on signaling me it was a call. i rushed my way at the very end of the noodle bar, and hid in a corner where i answered the call. it was from a headhunter in wellington, and calling about a position, senior cobol programmer, which i applied for last week from seek. telling me he found a lot of things he needed in my CV (MicroFocus Cobol and AIX), i was more than pleased only to be told that he was still uncertain as the position is a senior role, and he has other applicants with like 20 or so years of experience. he told me that he will just keep my record, and maybe some other things will come up. ending the call, i was still happy that at least, despite the continuous recession, slow market, and indirect presence of discrimination, i’m still getting something.
and having said that, it occured to me that this is something i extremely hate. no offense meant, and with all due respect to other professionals who has been in the IT industry for ages, my stand is that how long you’ve been in service is absolutely not a reliable indicator of how good you are, well, at least in the office. people may have been working for 20 years but knows not even the most basic DOS command, and all he makes sure is that his seat remains comfy warm and his office desk messy. yes, i know these people exist, and i’m saying this merely to express how disappointing it is sometimes, and also to remind how narrow and stupid agents can be.
there is nothing more to say.
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