November 23, 2012

• Report # 944

  Hey everyone, I hope that you've all been having a wonderful week. On Tuesday I tried calling the lady at Teleperformance to see when the job offer letter would be ready and if I would have to pick it up, but she didn't answer the phone. I sent an email, and as of three days later I haven't heard anything. I will try calling her again today maybe, but I have to admit it's kind of frustrating.

  When someone says that something will be done I'd like to be able to think they are sincere, but with these kind of episodes happening I really can't take too many people for their word. I ended up hanging out with a friend that I talked to online and it was very awkward ! I hadn't met anyone and spent such an awkward time together in such a long time that I couldn't even remember how torturous it could be.

  Basically we just walked to a park and sat and talked for a while and later on stopped at El Pollo Loco to have something to eat. Afterwards I went with her into a dollar store and she bought a few things. Afterwards we went our separate ways and I can say I was happy. It's not anyone's fault, sometimes these things happen. It was just a very awkward couple of hours and I don't think either of us knew exactly what to do. Hopefully no one else has been through these types of situations, they aren't too much fun !

  In the evening I went to see a movie called Hidden. Apparently it appeared to be a Canadian movie, though I have to say it wasn't very good. It was a horror movie about a son who inherits a property his doctor mother had, and there she would conduct very inhumane experiments on people with addictions. I never know what to expect with these horror movies, sometimes they are somewhat decent and other times they are just pure awful. I do plan on seeing another movie today though and I'm certain it will be much better.

  On Wednesday I applied for a few more jobs and I sent an email to a lady that I had talked with a month ago before arriving in Monterrey. She was with a company called Human Quality and she told me they do hire people from other countries. She set me up for an interview and I at least had something else to look forward to. In the afternoon I walked to the Las Galerias mall to have some lunch, and later in the day I went to Interplaza to get my resume and work documents printed off. I arrived just before the internet place closed, so it was great timing.

  Afterwards I picked up a frappuichino from a place in the mall and I returned home. I woke up at 9:00 am yesterday morning and walked to my interview. It was quite a walk, but I did manage to do it, though I probably could have taken a bus at some point. It turns out that Human Quality is not actually the company that is hiring people, but they are doing the recruitment process for a company called Sutherland. I had to fill out a form with my personal information, education and work experience, and then I had an interview with the lady I had been talking with by email.

  She just took about five minutes to explain the job and she asked me a few simple questions, but nothing really related to the actual job. She set me up an interview for today at 10:00 am and she told me that I would have to do a test that she sent to my email before my interview tomorrow. Afterwards I walked to the Las Galerias mall and had lunch at Chilis and then headed home and did the test. Once again I had to fill out a form with all my personal information.... it's really getting annoying.

  The test was very long and it took me well over an hour. I had to do English testing, math, and choose how strongly I agreed or disagreed with about 100 different sentences. I'm really disappointed with this whole process. I've been through it a number of times and it really seems I'm stuck in a never ending circle and getting no where. And whenever it seems like I have something to look forward to, things don't seem to come through.

  I won't give up quite yet on the company that said will write me the letter, as I will at least try calling until I get a hold of that lady to find out what happened, but it's certainly frustrating. And with my interview tomorrow, at the very least I know this time the testing part is done and I shouldn't have to fill out any more forms. I know I have to be patient and positive but sometimes it's extremely hard. For example in an email last month the lady from Human Quality said "We would love to have you on our team."

  Well how on earth can she say that ? She doesn't work for the company that is hiring people, she just is a recruiter who does very basic interviews. And she tells me the company hires people from other countries, but I haven't actually heard from the company itself yet. I just really hope something positive comes out of tomorrow and it's not just a waste of my time. Aside from these two companies, I might still be waiting on MSCI. The guy did tell me he would let me know when there is news, but of course that doesn't necessarily mean he will do it.

  I'm pretty sick of filling out forms with my personal information and education and work experience. These companies should be able to read my resume ! That is what the point of a resume is ! And I know a number of companies use other companies to do the recruiting process, but it's a bit ridiculous to have to fill out the same types of forms multiple times. The lady today did tell me I won't have to bring my resume tomorrow, but I should probably bring some reference letters just in case.

  After finishing the exam I just did my laundry and ended up going for a walk and taking some pictures. Anyways that's about all I have today, for the next question:

  What have the hiring processes been like for you in previous jobs ? Did you just have one simple interview, multiple interviews, was another company involved with the recruitment process ? Do you feel the hiring process is often more complicated than it needs to be ?

  I will leave you all with some more pictures from Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Take care and I'll talk to you all on Monday, bye for now.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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