It’s been almost half a year I’ve gone freelancing after I quit my last job and I was quite contented with my life. Surprisingly, one day I received a call from an recruitment office. I say it surprising because I had never posted my CV to any recruitment office coz I was not in the mood to join an another 10-5 job.
Nevertheless, I was excited to gather a whole new experience of getting an employement oppertunity through and recruitment agent. In the course, I was introduced to a lady named Preeti, who would be my commnunicator throught the process. Preeti, a quite young girl, though smart enough and appreciable, called me up one mid day asking me to attend an interview next day.
It was a sort of fun to me and I was really enjoying the play. The next day I was talking to a man, with Indian accent. He told me that he would forward my CV to few employeers and will arrange for the interview. We had some little chit-chat on subject of interests, experiences, and so on…
Therafter, the days were usual. Three four days passed by and there was nothing eventful until one hot day when Preeti called me up once again about half past twelve during the day and asked me to attend the meeting an hour later the same day. This was another surprise to me. I had to get ready for an interview within an hour. Interesting! I thought. I reached the guided location for interview. After an waiting period of about an hour I was made to sit on a half an hour skill test which followed by an interview of a five member jury panel. The interview was sort of classic one. Monotype questions and monotype answers. Then on the the jury member, who was a lady, Prachee and I guess must be someone from HR department, going through my CV remarked that my CV is real scary one! “What is so scary about it?” was the question in my mind. And she, as if, could read my mind, said, a CV that mentions five employeers list within a period of two years is realy scary for new employers to face. Ah! that was it. Possibly she was right. It would represent unstability in common sense but the case was little different here. I explained it to them. They were convinced. This was the end of the story that day. It all happend yesterday.
Today I was returning home from a visit to my friend. I got a call on my cell. It was Preeti again. She said I required to go for a second round of interview at half past four and it would be held on a new place. She guided me the location and I was there. There was Prachee again. Here I came to know that Prachee was a HR consultant and the place I where I was with Prachee was an another recruitment office. My journey of getting employed through the recruitment office was quite differnt here. Different in the sense I was sent to from a recrutiment office to another. Possibly this was because Prachee and her organization is taking care of the HR issues where I was going to get employeed.
It was really awful situation. Things were getting surprisingly favourable towards me and even the things that I had said which would turn me away had failed to make the impact and I got the amazing news that the organiztion where I was interviewed decided to hire me! Prachee briefed me the regulations of the organization and their employement terms. Most of them modified to suit my intake. She didn’t forget to mention that my intake is an exceptional one and also wished me a better luck for exceptional performance.
Now, I was really in ackward situation whether or not to take this job. And I made the bold decision to take it. I immediately accepted the conditions. I am hired. Then I was moving out of Prachee’s office on a bewildered state of mind while she once again remarked “….But your CV is really a scary one…”
June 6, 2008 - rahul | 