What happened to me yesterday is a proof that perspective affects how you see things in life.

While I was taking my sweet time thinking about whether I will pursue the teaching profession or not, I am also considering going back to the field where I used to be in. I am searching for openings in some Call Center companies so I can apply and have a stable source of income. But at this time I am targeting those sites with at least 1 hour travel from where I live.

So I looked and search on the net for companies within Laguna that I could send my resume.

I thought it was a perfect timing when I saw a job opening for Customer Service Representatives in one company in Calamba which is just more than an hour away from home. Not bad!

I filled out a form, attached my resume. Clicked submit.

And Voila! I was done for the day!

I didn't know that they would respond to my application that fast. And I was surprised to receive a phone call from them the other day. Like the usual process, they did some phone interviews and invited me to come to their office for the tests and some more interview. They even sent me an sms as a formal invite. They explained that even though the site is in Calamba, I had to be in their Nuvali Sta. Rosa office for the recruitment at 1 PM the next day. And I confimed that I would be there.

Yesterday was the day I should be there. And I did my best not to be late. I arrived at around 12:30 pm. I gave my resume to the receptionist and my name was called for the testing after a few minutes.

I took the tests at around 12:45 PM and I think I finished at 1:20 PM. There were four tests, Language, Techinical, Typing, and written. (I knew I won't pass the Technical test as I am not really a techy person.) To cut it short, I passed the tests and moved to the next level, initial interview.

While waiting at the lobby for the initial interview, I was condtioning myself to to expect for anything but to be open to any changes in my situation. I don't know but I've just been telling that to myself during my travel. As if there is something unusual that would happen later on.

And so my name was called, together with two other gentlemen, for the initial interview. Oh, it would be a pannel interview! I told myself. And it really went well for the three of us. I learned that these two men are still employed and were looking for better compensation and that one of them live in the same city as I am. We were told that to be endorsed for the final Interview, we have to pass another assessment called Berlitz, a process where someone will be talking to a person over the phone regarding any topics, and will be assessed on their grasp of the target language. (I was even able to talk about steemit very lightly as he asked what I do for fun these days. And I mentioned I write and post some of my materials in steemit.com, how it works and the like.)

I passed the test and together with 9 other applicants, we were told that we were being endorsed for final interview. And in order to do that, we'd have to travel to the Calamba site through their shuttle service.

We were told that the shuttle service would leave at 4:30 PM sharp. 3 of the applicants have their vehicles with them so they asked for permission to go ahead of us to the other site. And the recruiter, allowed them.

To kill the time, I chatted with 2 other co-applicants about our previous work experiences. We even did some countdown for the 4:30 time and joked around.

But, 15 minutes has passed and there were no updates yet. One said that maybe we were just waiting a few more before leaving.

After 5 minutes more, the recruiter called about 8 names including mine and asked us to follow her to one of the conference rooms. Her facial expression wasn't seem to be happy. It was more likely to be worried. What about? I don't have any idea.

She waited for us to all take a seat and settle down inside the room. Then she started speaking.

"First of all, I would like to apologize to all of you guys," she said. I looked at everyone, and they all seemed confused about the apology. Of course I am too!

"I know each one of you were informed that you are all for Final interview and were briefed about what's going to happen once we arrived at the office in Calamba," she paused.

Everyone was waiting for her to continue. "But, unfortuntately," (ohhh! The 'Unfortunately' part) "we will not be able to endorse you to the final step of hiring you guys. The client just sent an email a few minutes ago, and they said they'd still want to stick to their hiring protocol of endorsing applicants if they have a UK account experience. (This means an applicant should have an experience servicing british people over the phone)."

So this is the unusual thing that's gonna happen today!

Okay!

"We will also not be able to profile you on our US account as we are still currently on active pooling. I also appreciate your effort and time being here guys. Thank you so much, everyone!"

"W-wait. Just to clarify, this means this is the end of the road for us," one of us asked. And I totally understand why he reacted that way. He mentioned that he didn't have any sleep yet and was awake for almost 24 hours. He had a shift last night and went straight ahead to the office for the interview.

"Yes, I am so sorry. If you want you may leave for now and go home. We will contact you once we have opening in this site."

We all got up and walked away with fallen shoulders due to that not so good news at 5 PM.

I for myself, felt a bit sad and disappointed. Like everyone else, I exerted effort and time too. I still feel bad for those who've really stayed in spite of the fact that they had to sacrifice their sleep just to be hired. But anyway, that's still life for those who's searching for jobs.

I, somehow, needed to comfort myself from feeling the hunger. That's when I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything for lunch yet aside from a small sandwich I bought from the nearest convenience store. What a day! I dropped by Jollibee and order a meal with fries to go. That was exactly what I needed that time. Fries!!

While on the bus going home and munching on my food. I was assesing myself about what I feel on what happened the whole day. Yeah, that was kind of heart-breaking cause it's a lost opportunity for me. And it's just one step away and I was supposed to welcome myself to a new world, new people and new place. But, I've never felt at ease as I was knowing that everything is happening not because it is just happening. But there is always a reason behind it. Possibly, better options and opportunities will come my way. Who knows? One of these days, I will find that better option.