Fast-forward to November. Time indeed flies so fast. Two significant things happened since page 3. First, Jinky was operated on her salivary glands to take out the stones. It was a success (though costly) since Jinky was operated on with local anaesthesia only. Second, I got the Manpower job. To say the least, it was a good deal (much better than the other one).
I started on October 2, 2006 at Manpower, a global employment services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was my prayer to get back into the true-blue corporate world in a true-blue multinational company. God did answer my prayer. I'm sure, this was also my family's prayer.
Work at Manpower is close to alien to me since the industry is far from my advertising background. Eighteen years is quite a long time to master a field. Thus, shifting to recruitment is not a breeze to say the least. I warned them about that but nonetheless, they still hired me. They said they needed my sales background.
The whole of October I was in induction. It was like being in suspended animation wherein you sort of watch time pass by while your training goes on. Mark, a former colleague from Digitel and his staff of two were good to me. They let me squat in their workstations during my first two weeks.
Last week, 5 days after celebrating my first full month at Manpower, I closed my first contract worth PhP200,000 (about US$10,000). I'm currently on my way to closing my next contract, hopefully, before the end of November.
I admit that going to mass everyday has been key in all the blessings we've been receiving. The mass, being the highest prayer (according to our former parish priest Fr. Nip Frugosa), will always be a major part of our Catholic life. I pray this also shall be for our children.
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