It seems to be my happiest day, waking up with the excitement of being a graduate after four years in a higher institution, also my parents' pride. Though it was not an easy journey, I'm glad to be a graduate.
After the convocation, I decided to stay at home for a few months before going to service (NYSC). One cool afternoon, Uncle Mike visited us at home, seeing me, he felt surprised. He was like, why am I still at home? He thought I would be working in an organization since I am a graduate already. I told him I wanted to rest a bit at home before working and I intended to go for service (NYSC) cos that was what I wanted in my mind. I’ve been dreaming and eagerly want to wear the uniform confidently as a graduate and make a proud walk for people to know that I'm a graduate.
Whenever I see a Corper, I feel so much joy with myself that one day, I'm going to put that uniform on too, with a proud walk in the street as a graduate.
Uncle Mike seems to be my best partner, a family friend, and also an adviser to me. When I was in school sometime, I did love to listen to his advice but most often, his attitude seems annoying to me, but he's a nice person.
He advised me to get a job first before going for service; he told me that it would be an additional income for me, even though I ended up going for service. I felt reluctant at first, but later, I asked him to get me a slot if he knew of any job vacancies anyway.
He told me about a customer service representative in an MTN branch close to my house. I decided to go for the interview.
Getting there, I thought of not paying attention to every question asked so that I could fail the interview because I do not have a lot of experience in attending to customers. I never knew that Uncle Mike knew the manager, and he told him about me coming over for the interview. When it finally got to my turn, I was called in, for question. Looking at the people who wanted to interview me, I looked frightened just because every one of them was not putting on a smiling face.
Well, I put the courage to the boldness to answer every one of their questions. I was told that they would give me a callback. Stepping out of the company, on my way. Someone stops along the way. She also came for the interview; she was like with my qualifications, I'm suited for the job, I just told her that I'm not aiming for the job now; I'm planning to go for service. She departed on her way, and I also did.
A few weeks later, I got a message from my email that I'd been offered the job with some beneficial gains, like a few months of training before becoming a full-time employee. But this time, I’ve gone for my NYSC registration, hoping that I will go for service. I didn't go for the job. I decided to wait for the NYSC call-up for service. Along the line, when the NYSC letter came out, I was moved to the next stream. I felt so disappointed.
I decided to call Uncle Mike to help me out; he gave me the number of the manager; I should call him and explain to him.
Likewise, I summoned the courage to call him; I told him my name, and to my surprise, I didn't know he knew my name. After explaining to him, he asked me to come over if I was still interested in the job. I went to the company to see him. He gave me the job but not in the same position as the first one. He told me about training going on, and if I passed the training, I would be allowed to work in the company with some terms and conditions. I felt confused thinking that maybe he said that as trending.
At home, my parent is already on my neck to get a job to have an office experience before for service. I decided to take the offer.
Tina Miroshnichenko
When I resumed, I met the lady, and we came together for an interview on the first; she was also employed. She passed the training, she was made one of their full-time employees, and also a permanent staff, her income was more than mine, and she was given accommodation, with other benefits. When she narrated everything to me, I felt disappointed; if I had known, I should have accepted the first offer, even though if I had gone for service, I would have been redeployed and still be working as one of their staff. The offer given to me now does not have as much benefit as before. But I just decided to manage it. I work there for a few months before going to service finally.
I missed the offer of my negligence which I thought I would get back, but I didn't end it back. If I had stitch to the opportunity on time, it could have saved me from looking for a job after service.
