Everybody could say that college life is not an easy thing. It is absolutely true. Stepping up to the higher level of responsibility and maturity is needed to be able to cope up to the new environment far away from high school life. "If you are that determined, the degree you wanted to earn is in your hand".
After college, I was absorbed by DTI-MOMAROPA IVB together with my batchmate, to continue the development of the online reporting system that was started on our OJT days. Our tenure only last after two months. I badly needed to find a job after that, so I surf the Jobstreet to look for the job suited for my field of specialization. Everyday, I woke up early to look for vacancies. My thinking of that time was to find a job not in particular for the job's nature, just a job!. I submitted my resume to various companies via online and walk-in and one among those companies is Forecasting and Planning Technologies, Inc (FPTI) located just another door from DTI Office. While waiting for calls/response, I attended call center job exams, I passed the first, second exams but always failed the last. Also, I passed the first, second enterviews but also failed to got the last. After I think 4-5 call center sessions, I convinced my self that maybe this is not the right time for this field.
Out of curiosity, early in the morning, I decided to walk from Boni Avenue Edsa to Robinson's Pioneer where international companies like Accenture stands proudly. In my way, a job announcement posted in small board just in the side walk of Boni Edsa. I stopped and read the announcement. "For Hire: Encoder". I did not think twice, I asked the guard on duty and follow his instructions toward what I assumed will be my first job. It was just a small office with more or less 20 to 30 employees (as what I see inside). After submitting my resume, the HR immediately gave me an exam, a hands-on exam in excel. Using excel is not that particular to me because in college I often used Word. As instructed, I began answering the exam in an old desk top PC in front of me. I am going to input all the data/quantities from the hardcopy given to me. It's up to me to use formulas or not. But God I'm not that particular for Excel formulas. After the alloted 15 minutes, I finished just half of the whole document. I knew what will be the result of my application, but I continue the process. The HR approached me for an interview. One question strucks me the most. "Tell me why should I hire you instead of getting graduates from UP, La Salle, Ateneo and other popular schools in town?".
The HR says, I was over qualified because my previous job was website development and it is far from data encoding. He's right. Better luck next time.
My struggles didn't end from that loss. An Ortigas-based company gave me another door for my first job. But what I expected to be the company for me was totally devastating because the policy was "no recruit no salary" basis. After the first session/training given by that company for new hires, I received a text message from FPTI asking if I'm still interested for the Junior Specialist position. having second thought, I said yes. I did not attend the second day of the training, instead I went to the product orientation in FPTI inMakati together with my batchmate. And that was the start of my carrer as an IT person.
I withdraw my application and focus on the hiring process of FPTI. After several exams and interviews for the whole month of July, I was hired. My batchmate was also hired. On August 7, 2007 we started as probationary employees for six months. After series of evaluations of our performance, On June 2008, our employee status was changed to Regular.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Year 2007
Year 2008
Year 2009
Year 2010
After college, I was absorbed by DTI-MOMAROPA IVB together with my batchmate, to continue the development of the online reporting system that was started on our OJT days. Our tenure only last after two months. I badly needed to find a job after that, so I surf the Jobstreet to look for the job suited for my field of specialization. Everyday, I woke up early to look for vacancies. My thinking of that time was to find a job not in particular for the job's nature, just a job!. I submitted my resume to various companies via online and walk-in and one among those companies is Forecasting and Planning Technologies, Inc (FPTI) located just another door from DTI Office. While waiting for calls/response, I attended call center job exams, I passed the first, second exams but always failed the last. Also, I passed the first, second enterviews but also failed to got the last. After I think 4-5 call center sessions, I convinced my self that maybe this is not the right time for this field.
Out of curiosity, early in the morning, I decided to walk from Boni Avenue Edsa to Robinson's Pioneer where international companies like Accenture stands proudly. In my way, a job announcement posted in small board just in the side walk of Boni Edsa. I stopped and read the announcement. "For Hire: Encoder". I did not think twice, I asked the guard on duty and follow his instructions toward what I assumed will be my first job. It was just a small office with more or less 20 to 30 employees (as what I see inside). After submitting my resume, the HR immediately gave me an exam, a hands-on exam in excel. Using excel is not that particular to me because in college I often used Word. As instructed, I began answering the exam in an old desk top PC in front of me. I am going to input all the data/quantities from the hardcopy given to me. It's up to me to use formulas or not. But God I'm not that particular for Excel formulas. After the alloted 15 minutes, I finished just half of the whole document. I knew what will be the result of my application, but I continue the process. The HR approached me for an interview. One question strucks me the most. "Tell me why should I hire you instead of getting graduates from UP, La Salle, Ateneo and other popular schools in town?".
The HR says, I was over qualified because my previous job was website development and it is far from data encoding. He's right. Better luck next time.
My struggles didn't end from that loss. An Ortigas-based company gave me another door for my first job. But what I expected to be the company for me was totally devastating because the policy was "no recruit no salary" basis. After the first session/training given by that company for new hires, I received a text message from FPTI asking if I'm still interested for the Junior Specialist position. having second thought, I said yes. I did not attend the second day of the training, instead I went to the product orientation in FPTI inMakati together with my batchmate. And that was the start of my carrer as an IT person.
I withdraw my application and focus on the hiring process of FPTI. After several exams and interviews for the whole month of July, I was hired. My batchmate was also hired. On August 7, 2007 we started as probationary employees for six months. After series of evaluations of our performance, On June 2008, our employee status was changed to Regular.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Year 2007
Year 2008
Year 2009
Year 2010
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