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Prayer Is Good, with Preparation It's Better - A Should Have Been Hired Story. (Thread) 
My contract at UNISA was nearing it's end and there was not a slim chance in hell that I'd get a renewal. So as I've always done in my life I walked into companies telling them how good
My contract at UNISA was nearing it's end and there was not a slim chance in hell that I'd get a renewal. So as I've always done in my life I walked into companies telling them how good
I am at HR work and the human side of organisations and that my offer to work WITH (I always say with, will tell you in a different thread why) their company for a week WITHOUT pay for them to be exposed to my level of organisational and social competence...
..excellence (getting along with others, I actually use such phrases when speaking to companies. Makes one more learned 
) is the BEST hiring decision they'll make that year.
In Mbombela we're timid, to go into an organisation and speak like that, you immediately stand..
) is the BEST hiring decision they'll make that year.In Mbombela we're timid, to go into an organisation and speak like that, you immediately stand..
..out. You either raise a curiosity or a dislike for how "overly confident" you are. You don't want to work for those who believe you are "overly confident" anyway, that sort of space usually lacks growth drive and commitment.
So I landed an opportunity at an HR Firm that...
So I landed an opportunity at an HR Firm that...
..specialised in Labour Relations, Training and Development and so on.
Watching Wolf of Wall Street the night before works I tell you!
So convincing I was that they called me up to an interview, 3 days after my contract ended.
Brilliant timing too! I'd still walk in...
Watching Wolf of Wall Street the night before works I tell you!
So convincing I was that they called me up to an interview, 3 days after my contract ended.
Brilliant timing too! I'd still walk in...
..with that just-been-paid-recently month end swagger and not reeking of the kind of desperation that most job seekers do (reason why I need to write another thread about working WITH companies not for!).
Hiring managers can sense that kms away.
Anyway I'm in my element...
Hiring managers can sense that kms away.
Anyway I'm in my element...
...fresh chiskop glistening, Dolce and Gabanna Grey is radiating off my skin, beard is sufficiently oiled, I sit down confidently as they ask me to wait for my turn, they ask me for anything to drink while I wait and I say "cappuccino with cream, always cream" like I'm a kind..
...of smooth headed James Bond, wearing my double breasted brown jacket, crisp white shirt, grey formal pants and double monk strap tan shoes...
I feel good! I look even better!
(Cut back to earlier scenes while lotioning body at home while mom wishes me well.Moms are key)
I feel good! I look even better!
(Cut back to earlier scenes while lotioning body at home while mom wishes me well.Moms are key)
So my mom woke up earlier than usual to wish me luck for this new Job, I told her that I'm bringing a signed contract home. She smiles.
(Back to the office scene)
They obviously don't have cappuccino, this is Nelspruit! I knew that but I wanted to keep playing it Cool...
(Back to the office scene)
They obviously don't have cappuccino, this is Nelspruit! I knew that but I wanted to keep playing it Cool...
...there's a reason why you need to play it cool will probably tell you in the next thread.
But yes! I'm waiting for a while couple of Afrikaans ladies go in ahead of me, Mbombela is quite Afrikaans I'm not worried, I speak English better, I can hear their "soo jah!" kms away..
But yes! I'm waiting for a while couple of Afrikaans ladies go in ahead of me, Mbombela is quite Afrikaans I'm not worried, I speak English better, I can hear their "soo jah!" kms away..
My business etiquette is pristine! I'm young, BLACK, urbane, been reading Sunday Times at my father's adamant behest since I was 6, I wear D&G cologne and I'm HUNGRY! 
My time comes up. It's been a long wait, feel a trickle of sweat down my armpits - praying for nivea...
My time comes up. It's been a long wait, feel a trickle of sweat down my armpits - praying for nivea...
..silver protect not to let me down. I push my 15 pushup chest out and walk in there like I'm going to address people who work for me.
It's going well. The sister who's part of the interview panel is impressed, very impressed. She's pretty and tall, model type, butter brown...
It's going well. The sister who's part of the interview panel is impressed, very impressed. She's pretty and tall, model type, butter brown...
...sort of skin, that would just fall off the bone if you dared to... Anyway
She's happy with my performance
Head of the panel is an Afrikaans guy, he's shirt was pulled out of washing basket THAT very morning, he's wearing those big rubber-never-finishes boots they like..
She's happy with my performance
Head of the panel is an Afrikaans guy, he's shirt was pulled out of washing basket THAT very morning, he's wearing those big rubber-never-finishes boots they like..
...I'm cruising! He senses it. He moves to ask me a question about Leadership and People management, PAH! I kill it hearing the sister go "uummmn" next to him raises my chest up a few more centimetres 
.
“I've got this job!" I say to myself. I even start imagining how many...
.“I've got this job!" I say to myself. I even start imagining how many...
...zeros I want after the 1 in my contract offer - I'm thanking Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo for this looong walk to free...
He asks me about what the company believes in. That Afrikaans guy. He asks that. 1st I'm taken aback, we were supposed to be moving towards my salary..
He asks me about what the company believes in. That Afrikaans guy. He asks that. 1st I'm taken aback, we were supposed to be moving towards my salary..
.. I compose myself, and I do that "hot" half smile thing I've got. It works gents!
He rephrase the question, it hits me in the knees this time. Then the throat. The D&G dries off my skin IMMEDIATELY. I probably smell like a wet chicken, the live ones from eKasi. I'm in sh*t!
He rephrase the question, it hits me in the knees this time. Then the throat. The D&G dries off my skin IMMEDIATELY. I probably smell like a wet chicken, the live ones from eKasi. I'm in sh*t!
He moves in for the death blow!
I can still hear he's horrible English, he probably doesn't even have Grade 12, you know how they do
..
"Do yous know what we believes in? What our company stands for? What you would have to stand for?"
The rest of those 12 hours are a blur...
I can still hear he's horrible English, he probably doesn't even have Grade 12, you know how they do
.."Do yous know what we believes in? What our company stands for? What you would have to stand for?"
The rest of those 12 hours are a blur...
...was probably 4 min but felt like a lifetime! 
I probably managed to get my wet feather self out of that chair and slide down to my car... I don't even remember seeing that gorgeous sister again after the question. Happy about it too! I was compromised by that chap...
I probably managed to get my wet feather self out of that chair and slide down to my car... I don't even remember seeing that gorgeous sister again after the question. Happy about it too!
I was compromised by that chap...
Back to why mom woke up early.
She had a dream that there was a contract waiting for me to sign
.
She dreams a lot.
Her dream almost came true. This time too.
Prepare! Prayer is Good, Dreams are Great but Preparation and Prayer is best!
Hope you enjoyed. #YouAreHired
She had a dream that there was a contract waiting for me to sign
.She dreams a lot.
Her dream almost came true. This time too.
Prepare! Prayer is Good, Dreams are Great but Preparation and Prayer is best!
Hope you enjoyed. #YouAreHired
