This Boy Looks for a Call Center Job

call center somewhere in ayala makati

My journal entry dated 21 December 2005 excerpts:

" Then I went to my destination of applying for a job. By 2:00 p.m. I'm at the bus stop. By 4:50 p.m. I'm already at the call center somewhere in Ayala Makati.

" By 5:30 p.m. I'm finished with my online application form and the preliminary phone interview.

" -- Do I want full time job? Answer: yes

" -- Am I willing to go on shifting schedule? Answer: yes

" -- When could I start? Answer: tomorrow

" -- Then bring resume with 3 character references and valid I.D. cards."

applying for a call center job

This will be my first job in the private sector after over 12 years in the municipal government. I also wrote that "I will do my best and give my extra mile to excel in this job."

Basically, there are 5 steps for a walk-in applicant to apply in this call center company:

• Get priority number (Mine was 64)
• Go to the designated PC when your priority number is called
• Fill up online application form
• Wait for the preliminary phone interview
• Be back for the written examination the following day (December 22 at 9:30 a.m.)

full of blessings

Continuing with my journal entry of the same day:

" Now I'm thinking of how I will adjust my schedule when I'm already working in
the call center. I strongly feel that I am qualified and that I will be
hire tomorrow.

" If that's the case then God willing, before Christmas I will have made my goal a reality: to find a job before Christmas of 2005....

" Today I feel some power. Today I feel a certain joy. Today I feel so happy. Today I feel so accomplished. Today I am so full of blessings.

" God Almighty thank you for your blessings. I am humbled.

" I wonder how much will be my salary. God will provide. If they will ask I would say just give me what they think is fair. I want [ specific amount ]. I will do my best to have it."

looking back

Thus ended my journal entry for that day. Looking back I could still feel the excitement I felt that day. It is no different than the feeling of a new college graduate applying for a job the first time and with no previous work experience at all to speak of. This is me before I became a call center boy.