oki, cge... ehem ehem. dumating kami middle of march ni wifey dito sa SA. For 1 week getting a feel of the surroundings muna kami, we specialy like the place kasi malapit sa beach at tahimik. After that, every wednesday and saturday we buy the newspaper to search for oppurtunities aside of course from seek and career1. Nagattend kami ng mga information sessions ng government and we learned other techniques on job hunting.
After 1 month of sending out applications and receiving rejections (actually most of them no reply), we went to a fruit and veggies market walking distance from our accomodation. The owner asked us if we are new to the place and upon knowing na jobless, he offered a job and support until we can find a full or part time job. Open nga lang sya from Fri-Sun. So, my wife and I accepted the offer, the thing is libre na kami with bread, milk, chocolate minsan, fruits and veggies etc. Meat na lang binibili namin so laking tipid and di na namin nagagalaw ang savings.
Eventually, si esmi nakahanap ng part time work after a week so ako na lang nagwowork sa market.
By the end of April nagenrol ako sa isang cert 3 course na funded ng govt. with a package of forklift license. It runs for about 3 months and since wala pa naman nagrereply sa mga inaplyan ko sabi ko aral muna ako ng konti. May 2 nga pala nagreply sa applictns ko but I failed kasi wala ako sasakyan. :-(. Then came the unexpected, my trainor in the cert 3 course asked me 1 day, out of the blue if I'm interested for a job. I said yes, without further hesitation. The next day he took me to the company without informing na yun na pala day I will get interviewed.
1 time interview lang with the operations manager, hindi ako naintemidate because he was very laid back and questions were pretty straight forward. After the interview the manager asked me if i could start ASAP, as in ASAP. So all in all it took me 4 days from interview to completing the requirements to starting. It just happened 2 weeks ago the same time I successfully converted my Phil license to SA license. :-). I get to keep my job at the market on Sundays and they will sponsor me for further training and licensing of other forklift qualifications.
ok yun lang. 3 months na kami dito and everything is unfolding smoothly.
The reason nga pala I got recommended for a job and accepted is because of attitude shown in the training supported by referees.
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