"Hello, senior!"
"Junghoon oppa! It's been a long ti!"
"Hey! You should call boss."
"Thank you for calling , senior!"
"It's only our seniors who take care of us juniors!"
Seeing the juniors after a long ti.
Among them are familiar faces, and others I only rember by face from passing by at school.
'The Ace of the Art Departnt Yeonjeong, the top of the Painting Departnt Jiyong, and that guy who was the top of the Oriental Painting Departnt. Youngju really brought the right people.'
Having never missed a scholarship during my four years at school, I recognize most of the aces from other departnts and years. Except for one or two, these are juniors I've seen at least once at the scholarship ceremonies.
I greeted the juniors with a happy face.
"Welco, I'm grateful you've co to help."
They wave their hands as if denying.
"No, senior! We should co, of course."
"That's right! If senior calls, we are ready to jump even into a fire pit!"
These guys. Maybe it's because they're preparing for jobs, they seem very disciplined.
Back in school, they used to float around the campus like ghosts with dark circles under their eyes from all the assignnts.
But why do they seem to be flattering too seriously now?
Their eyes sparkle.
Hmm, this is not even a formal employnt, just a short-term part-ti job. Do they need to flatter this much?
I've been doing part-ti jobs since my school days, but I never acted like this when a senior called.
I nudged Youngju, who was standing beside , with my elbow and whispered.
"Hey, did you lie to them about paying them 500,000 won a month?"
Youngju chuckled and clapped his hands to gather attention.
"Everyone, we're not ready to start working right away. We'll start in a week. Got it? It's hard to co all the way here, so don't worry about commuting as your workplace isn't here in Paju but at the W Hotel in Hannam-dong. It would be sad to send you back after just greetings, so let's ask our boss to treat us to a al, shall we?"
The juniors cheer loudly and clap their hands and whistle.
I was planning to feed them anyway, so I smiled and nodded.
"Of course, we should. It's a bit far, but there's a good at restaurant downtown. Youngju, you know the place, give them the location and the na."
The juniors clapped again.
After all the juniors left, Youngju finally answered my question.
"What do you think these juniors are most thirsty for?"
From what I rember, Yeonjeong from the Art Departnt is a year junior to us. It's been just over a year since she graduated. If she hasn't found a job yet, maybe money is the most urgent?
"Maybe, money?"
Youngju shrugged.
"Depending on the family situation, so might be. But think about it. You've prepared for a job, right?"
"Yes."
Of course, I couldn't just do part-ti jobs forever.
I have a dream of doing pure art.
And like everyone, I've prepared for a job to make a living.
Youngju continued.
"Rember the interviews?"
".."
Ah, the interviews.
So ridiculous.
I saw an advertisent, sent a resu, and got an interview. Then the interviewer said this.
"Ah, I'm sorry. You're a newbie. We're looking for experienced candidates who can be imdiately deployed on-site."
Crazy, then why did you even accept my resu?
I almost said sothing if they didn't at least offer transportation money for coming to the interview.
The problem is that there are quite a few companies like that.
I almost complained when they didn't even give transportation money after thanking for coming to the interview.
The problem is that there are quite a few companies like that.
I understand it takes ti to train new employees and they prefer to pay a bit more for experienced workers. But if everyone only hires experienced people, where am I supposed to gain experience?
Moreover, so shady companies hire employees with 1-2 years of experience and then tell them to leave when it's ti to raise their salary after 3-4 years. Finding another job isn't too hard. The problem is, after this process repeats a couple of tis, the new companies beco hesitant to hire because they feel burdened by the excessive experience.
I reminisced about the unpleasant mories of job-hunting and said.
They said they were hiring experienced professionals and not newbies.
Young-ju imdiately responds, knowing she got the answer she wanted.
Right? It's similar in other industries. But where do these fresh college graduates gain experience?
That's why a portfolio is necessary, and so friends even work without pay to build it. Of course, I couldn't afford to do that and only looked for paid jobs. Consequently, I ended up doing jobs that couldn't be added to my portfolio.
Ah, Young-ju was talking about gaining experience at our company.
"Ah, is working here an opportunity to build a portfolio?"
Young-ju snaps his fingers.
"It's not just any portfolio. You get paid, and more importantly, its a chance to be part of the ceiling painting project at W Tree Hannam's theater. Its not a typical short-term project but a major one that will take at least three months, as we've calculated. It's the ceiling painting of a theater that will be visited by hundreds of thousands after opening. That's why they are so excited."
Now I understand.
If I had been offered such an opportunity as a junior in my career, I would have been extrely grateful.
I nodded and handed over my card.
Its a new credit card, still shiny and sparkling.
Feed the kids.
Arent you coming?
I have to work before I can deploy them.
Eat sothing first.
Its okay, Ill order sothing if I get hungry. You go eat and then head ho.
Wow, the president working while I alone eat?
Read ahead by supporting on Ko-fi
.
Reviews
All reviews (0)