Seeking for a company for our
"On-the-Job-training" had given us a hard time. We were walking along
the streets under the hot sun. Roaming around and dropping by every company
building that needs OJT's, leaving our resumes and expecting for a call after
the long day. Weeks had pass but none of those confirmed a call. We're almost
totally out of hope to even land one and had jumped into the idea of dropping
the subject.
But we took that idea away for we
realized that we never wanted to add one more year for our college. So we
pursued our hunting. We had already been to couple of interviews and tests in
days and just waiting for finalization, but unfortunately it had been long for
any response. So, again we hunted on every streets of Cagayan de Oro hoping to finally
land an OJT training ground after all our days be used up.
One of us had known an
outsourcing company that she thought could possibly cater our OJT. She had been
bragging the idea since but we were not that confident enough to apply for we
are not familiar of its transactions. But it turns out the idea in which we are
not familiar with their kind of business brought us finally on knocking on
their door.
After series of tests, hands-on
and interviews we are finally on our day of orientation. We finally found one
at last, what a relief! It was Stickymedia Solutions, now the Michael Turner
HarvestSEO. We were first frenzied about how business goes there. We were then
trained together with their newly hired. It was like in a classroom, where you
listen and ask and learn and apply. Our
training coach's shows expertise in his field in which gives us the confidence
and the aid to exert to do well in our training.
Another concern that we worry
about from the first instance of our encounter to HarvestSEO was the class load
that we have. We don't know if they'll spare us a day to attend for our classes
plus we are on our process and finalization of our thesis. But the admin was
kind enough to let us carry on our class load, thesis and have our OJT at the
same time. Another relief!
We've known that the owner is an
American, as in a big man (literally for he's really tall and of course that
heavy) and a straight-English speaker. We even pray we'll bump into the office
for we do not know what we will do if we did. We don't even know what words
will come out or if there will be, if he'll ask us something. However, each
passing day was quite and simple. Go to the office, sit and do the job, have
the breaks, go back to work and the day has done! Along those days we had
really not escaped from bumping to him. We thought it will keep our knees
trembling as we greeted him "good afternoon Sir!", yes it did on the
first seconds, but it was taken away by a warm smile from that big man at the
office, complemented with a simple nod to say "go on".
His presence occupies the office
as of his size but he makes sure he won't disturb his employees and even smile
to them on most times. He even doesn't want his employees to call him Sir; he
says "it's Michael". Most of the company's heads also prefer to be
called by their first names. Working in this type of environment seemed to let
us feel home. We are not pushed to exceed our limitations but encouraged to do
our best. Taking things light and negotiable in the real sense help us cope up
with at first unfamiliar world we turned into. People here are good-nature and
kind like their big man, Michael Turner!
