March 16,2011 - A day in my life which would end up meaning so much more to me than just a new chapter in the book of my life..
For a change... I am not ranting here... This is just a feeling you get from thinking back, a fortnight before a very important day in your life...
I was a novice when I started working in my first company in 2011. Straight out of college and having no intentions of persuing Economics further on, I was pretty lost on the path I was taking.
The harsh realities and drama of life aside, I really didn't know what to do next. I had no idea how to start looking out for a job. Should I also start encircling vacant job positions columns in newspapers or do I keep on checking out Naukri, Monster and Shine - hoping to land up a decent job (whatever that meant!).
I was just a graduate. Not even a topper or anyone that great or SHINING! I tried my hands here, there, everywhere. I knew I did not want to be a banker. Nor did I want to be a teacher. I did not want to study economics. I definitely had no desire to try my hands at Hotel Management. So what was it actually that I could do???? The one MBA entrance exam I cracked turned out to be the only one I was actually interested in cracking. As luck would have it, I did not clear the interview but the experience I had there was unforgettable. I made new friends. Got to know people from different backgrounds.. different cultures... They were all just.. so.. different!!!
I moved on.. finally landing up in a Marketing communications company. I was doing officially what I was anyways doing at home after my college - Facebooking!! My parents, not fully understanding what their daughter actually WORKED, used to tell relatives and friends that she gets paid to check out Facebook from office! :P
I have always enjoyed playing with words and this gave me ample opportunity to EXPLORE!! It was a good six months there and I pretty well enjoyed it.. But I always craved for something MORE!!
Again life intervened... inspite of all the on-going drama it keeps on shoving, this time it managed to hit me.. HARD!!
I still moved on... But now what... I either could sit and mope around or again give entrance exams for MBA or else I could start looking out for another job. But what now? My colleagues from my previous organization had moved to similar roles in bigger companies. I wasn't sure I really wanted that. As confessed above, I wanted MORE. I wanted to learn more.. I wanted to explore more.. I wanted to open my eyes and myself to things I did not know existed, beyond the realm of what I was doing inspite of knowing fully well there was a whole world left to be explored in my area of 6-month expertise.
It is true.. opportunities come when you least expect them. A friend of mine suggested this big media agency to me. Hah! I laughed on his face, wondering why would such an agency take me - an almost-fresher. I still went ahead and gave the interview.
Honestly, I was not that impressed with myself. I wanted to have researched more.. dug out more.. But when the D-Day came, it just came and went past.
Again I told this friend of mine of my uncertainty of cracking this particular interview. In the meanwhile some other, very well-performing social media agency offered me a job.. I hesitated... I had a feeling there was something else that was waiting in the wings.. What.. How... Where... When? I had no idea!!
But soon something wonderful happened! I actually got through my 2nd home as I call it - GroupM!! And I must say, I felt verrry verrrry excited and hopeful than I had felt in a loong loong time. Yes.. that was it! It gave me something to dream about.. something to put my heart and soul into..
I know I owe a lot to my seniors and colleagues of my previous company .. all of them so different from each other.... yet soo similar in a lot of things... Each and everyone carried sucha warmth. I still sorely miss the morning samosas and chaii... but then again the last one year in GroupM has taught me soo much... with sooo sooo much more to learn. Again, what.. how.. where.. when.. I have no idea...
Sometimes I get a feeeling, I now know this and I now know that. The very next day I realize, my slate might still be almost blank... with a plethora of things yet to be learnt...
But yes.. I am gonna turn One very soon.. And I shall blow candles celebrating my 1st birthday.. with GroupM!!! :)
For a change... I am not ranting here... This is just a feeling you get from thinking back, a fortnight before a very important day in your life...
I was a novice when I started working in my first company in 2011. Straight out of college and having no intentions of persuing Economics further on, I was pretty lost on the path I was taking.
The harsh realities and drama of life aside, I really didn't know what to do next. I had no idea how to start looking out for a job. Should I also start encircling vacant job positions columns in newspapers or do I keep on checking out Naukri, Monster and Shine - hoping to land up a decent job (whatever that meant!).
I was just a graduate. Not even a topper or anyone that great or SHINING! I tried my hands here, there, everywhere. I knew I did not want to be a banker. Nor did I want to be a teacher. I did not want to study economics. I definitely had no desire to try my hands at Hotel Management. So what was it actually that I could do???? The one MBA entrance exam I cracked turned out to be the only one I was actually interested in cracking. As luck would have it, I did not clear the interview but the experience I had there was unforgettable. I made new friends. Got to know people from different backgrounds.. different cultures... They were all just.. so.. different!!!
I moved on.. finally landing up in a Marketing communications company. I was doing officially what I was anyways doing at home after my college - Facebooking!! My parents, not fully understanding what their daughter actually WORKED, used to tell relatives and friends that she gets paid to check out Facebook from office! :P
I have always enjoyed playing with words and this gave me ample opportunity to EXPLORE!! It was a good six months there and I pretty well enjoyed it.. But I always craved for something MORE!!
Again life intervened... inspite of all the on-going drama it keeps on shoving, this time it managed to hit me.. HARD!!
I still moved on... But now what... I either could sit and mope around or again give entrance exams for MBA or else I could start looking out for another job. But what now? My colleagues from my previous organization had moved to similar roles in bigger companies. I wasn't sure I really wanted that. As confessed above, I wanted MORE. I wanted to learn more.. I wanted to explore more.. I wanted to open my eyes and myself to things I did not know existed, beyond the realm of what I was doing inspite of knowing fully well there was a whole world left to be explored in my area of 6-month expertise.
It is true.. opportunities come when you least expect them. A friend of mine suggested this big media agency to me. Hah! I laughed on his face, wondering why would such an agency take me - an almost-fresher. I still went ahead and gave the interview.
Honestly, I was not that impressed with myself. I wanted to have researched more.. dug out more.. But when the D-Day came, it just came and went past.
Again I told this friend of mine of my uncertainty of cracking this particular interview. In the meanwhile some other, very well-performing social media agency offered me a job.. I hesitated... I had a feeling there was something else that was waiting in the wings.. What.. How... Where... When? I had no idea!!
But soon something wonderful happened! I actually got through my 2nd home as I call it - GroupM!! And I must say, I felt verrry verrrry excited and hopeful than I had felt in a loong loong time. Yes.. that was it! It gave me something to dream about.. something to put my heart and soul into..
I know I owe a lot to my seniors and colleagues of my previous company .. all of them so different from each other.... yet soo similar in a lot of things... Each and everyone carried sucha warmth. I still sorely miss the morning samosas and chaii... but then again the last one year in GroupM has taught me soo much... with sooo sooo much more to learn. Again, what.. how.. where.. when.. I have no idea...
Sometimes I get a feeeling, I now know this and I now know that. The very next day I realize, my slate might still be almost blank... with a plethora of things yet to be learnt...
But yes.. I am gonna turn One very soon.. And I shall blow candles celebrating my 1st birthday.. with GroupM!!! :)
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