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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

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ROHM Apollo 2

Just like were told last week, the applicants who will be taking the exam will be coming today at 1 o' clock. As I get there, many people were gathered outside the gate, some dressed to kill for the very final interview and others like myself for exam. We waited for two hours until the guard let us in at 3 o' clock. We were ushered at the company's clinic and waited for Mr. Salon, the HR Manager for his instructions.
He arrived minutes later with a rather busy look which was confirmed later on that he will he be having a hard time choosing 8 out 30 applicants for the interview. These people were suppose to have their final interview last week, however his interviewing staff cannot decide which one to hire since they were all qualified and so they left the matter of decision hiring to Mr. Salon. Later on he asked other people not scheduled for interview like me. He said that we will be scheduled for the next hiring batch but we could stay for the orientation. He started the selection process by starting with a striking statement that an engineer must not only be purely technical but a whole-oriented person. He must have social awareness, artistic, creative mind. Later on, he discussed company issues which will mostly affect jobs like religious practices, family problems, etc. He stressed out very important personal attitudes about work and how to have a positive outlook in the workplace and in life. 15 applicants were hired after his thorough questioning (while the other 3 were pending until midnight) which ended at 7 o' clock. He then proceeded to us orienting us about decision making and telling his life story as an example. The whole orientation was finished at 9 o' clock but I left the place with very important life lessons learned.

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