My boss tortures me and the secretary abuses and forces mountain-loads of stuff on me, even the secretary next door aren't treating me like human. Haha...well, those are lies. 2 weeks of work at AIA, and no, i'm still not an insurance agent so no worries. Working there is rather enjoyable, the first few days there were generally monotonous but once I get to know the people there, things get real cosy and rowdy. And yes, i'm the youngest again at that workplace!! The relationship between the 2 sister secretaries and me have evolved to become 1 aunty, 1 little girl and 1 poor little boy. Things got off to a slow start, for my role there, I get to be an "unofficial intern" as i've mentioned. So far, i've dealt with and settled internship issues, progress reports which almost killed me, set up a new database; Currently still working on recruitment issues, getting catchy advertisements done, recruiting new agents from all channels and also the troublesome website. Anyone with references to anyone interested to earn some cash to do up the website, please contact me!!! Assignment-based...should be a 1 time payment and may/may not need follow-ups. In either case, money will be rolling into the pockets of the chosen one.
Getting back into the workforce once again reinforces my long-standing ideals on pursuing the right degree. I believe this is an issue concerning many of us undergrads, especially been hearing numerous from bioscience side on the job prospects of graduates. Let me share with you my belief: 'If you are capable, you get the job'. Allow me space to explain this further...i've also faced problems with friends and relatives enquiring about the job prospects of my course. To which, I have no qualms in replying I should be able to get into most industries with the exception of those specialisations like medicine or dentistry to state a few. Engineering grads do not necessary end up as engineers, chemistry grads do not end up as chemists and arts students do not end up as teachers! A degree is essentially a basic gauge of your ability to process information, whether you have obtained a certain level of IQ designated for the job. However, the top student in bioscience doesn't necessary equate to the best worker suited for the working society. He/she might have the memory space to accomodate the whole textbook but can that same person accomplish an assigned task? Conversely speaking, a person with 'lower IQ' but 'higher EQ' can do the task better. As an employer, what is your choice? A person with good paper qualifications but poor work capabilities, or someone who can share your burden and get the job done? Thus, I strongly believe that anyone with the determination and capability shouldn't be bothered by the lack of job opportunities etc. Such whinings are really for people with no true abilities.
Coming back to work issues, just this week I get to fix up my boss' pda phones and laptops. All the connections are screwed, the wireless connection's in a mess and she can't synchronise her pda phone. Being the greenhorn there, I definitely can't resolve the ip issues, since each organisation has their own internal settings. So we got the Helpdesk down to do the configurations. There's this technical fellow called W*****, brought the laptop down, told him the problem and was asked to repeat the problem another 3 times. There and then, I knew it was a gone-case, he is definitely one of those waiting for allowance crediting into his account every month. He doesn't even know how to connect the LAN cable and even plugged my power supply into powerless sockets. In short, what he does after all the crapping is just plain trying to do a "smokeout". Asking me brainless questions, trying to drag time and best of all, asking me for the password for their own internal network. I was like hello....this is your job and you're asking me? This is technical helpdesk assistance: A computing graduate with paper qualifications best-suited for this job but with zero capabilities. And just before I forget...this really pissed me off: He dare ask me to google the error and see what are the ways to resolve this issue.
Anyway, wasted 1 hour of my time with no yield and a severely pissed-off me. Retrieved the laptop, switched on another and decided to resolve it myself and after another hour or so, finally managed to set up the whole thing. I'm definitely no computer expert or whizz kid, I just dare to venture and test out things, and most important of all, I don't like to say the words "I don't know!".
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