Monday 9 February 2015

New face in the corporate "Race"- I

April, 2011

She was 20 when she completed her undergraduate degree and had couple of more degrees in her mind. But before that she wanted to earn a little bit to be able to take an admission in further courses. This led to the idea of taking up a job, no matter small or big but to be able to stand independent further in her life because for her being self sufficient and self dependent was on her top most priority. 

Niharika, not a middle town but a middle class girl of a metropolitan city was an ambitious girl since her childhood.   The high cost of living of the metro city never allowed her family to spend even an extra penny on any luxurious items or anything more than just meeting the ends. Although Niharika believed in flying high but she never left her values and always kept her feet on ground. Thus she touched although not great heights but a fairly appreciative level during her school days and college days. She always managed to be among the rising stars of the school or the college and made her parents feel proud on her. The level of expectation from her was always high and she always managed to live upto the expectations of everybody in her life.

Now was the time to start a new life. A new challenge, a new phrase, a new turn of life was waiting for her and soon she prepared herself for the same. Luckily just after completing her graduation she got her first interview call. It was an outsourcing company i.e. a KPO where she was supposed to look after the expenses and payables in short the accounting work. Coming from a non- commerce background it was somehow difficult for her to perform the job task easily on the other hand the job was important for her because remaining ideal was not her cup of tea. Somehow she managed to clear the written test. Now came the personal interview session. She was tensed. Before her turn came, while sitting on the chair outside the interview room she was wondering what was the only reason because of which she needed the job so desperately. The reason was simple. It was not the carrier opportunity she could see in that 8 to 5 job but the money. Yes !! she just wanted to do the job for the sake of money.

Now when the purpose of job was clear she focused on clearing the personal interview. She looked here and there.Suddenly she heard two candidates talking in the corridors. “Bhai, the interviewer is asking golden rules of accounting from every candidate”. Now what was that crap “golden rules of accounting”? How could anyone expect from a science student to be able to tell those “golden rules of accounting”? But then she did not have any option but to know them all. Hence she stood up and walked towards those two candidates talking about those “golden rules of accounting”.

What are the golden rules of accounting? Niharika asked politely from one of the candidate. Niharika always carried a very powerful weapon along with her which helped a lot while asking for help and that was her childlike smile and pleasant personality. No matter what but she was always able to seek the attention of people around her by her spontaneous actions and positive vibrations. The same attributes helped her on that day as well. The other guy helped her remembering the golden rules of accounting taking pride of being able to get in touch with a beautiful lady no matter just for a short span of time.

Thus Niharika learnt the said ‘golden rules of accounting” and felt more confident before entering into the interview room.

to be continued...


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