So the past couple of days has been interesting to say the least. I'm not sure how the ball got rolling, but today I found myself in a meeting with a different department at my place of work, interviewing for a position with them. I got the job, which starts on Monday at 7am. Not only that, I'm also going to start learning how to do the hiring and recruiting for the same department. So, I'll be super busy learning billing, scheduling, collections, interviewing, and recruiting in the next few weeks.
I'm really excited, not to mention nervous. After my flop at that other place, my self confidence as an employee went into the toilet. I hope I can do a good job for this new department. I always feel like I'm never doing a good enough job when I work. Today I mentioned that to someone and they looked at me like I was nuts. I guess I just can't see myself as a strong employee...but maybe that's what makes me a good one, because I'm always struggling to do better and minimize my mistakes. I dunno...
As for my title for this blog, a funny story goes a long with that. For those that can't read Japanese, it says, "Nihongo, arigatou." Or, "Thank you, Japanese language." Yesterday, during an Accounting staff meeting, the owner of the company (and the most awesome woman alive), championed me for applying for this department. We were joking around with some of the other department heads when Owner stated, "You want to know why I hired her? Because anyone who can teach themselves Japanese has more motivation and patience that I can imagine." Of course, this led to people wanting to hear me say something in Japanese, which was embarrassing, so I told them in my bad Japanese, "My Japanese sucks." LOL She sat in during my interview today and told the department heads the same thing.
So, thank you to my 先生 and thank you 日本語、because if it wasn't for you, I'd probably still be unemployed.
Posted by Zoso at August 10, 2007 05:15 PM