273: HIRED

HIRED

I HEARD my father sighed, avoiding my stare.1

"Is there something that I needed to know, father?" instantly, my father shook his head.

"There is none." But his eyes looked dark, his face looked grim, and then he has gone out of the room, leaving me confused. So, I just shrugged it off, and I decided to continue to look for a vacant job.

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MANY DAYS PASSED, yet I still did not find a good-paying employment. I huffed in frustration. I was so tempted to go back to our headquarters and continue my voluntary work. Despite the meager allowance, I still find myself enjoying the work. But this professional work? Ugh! What a disappointment.

I sighed for the nth time that morning.

"Karylle, what's wrong? Why you keep on sighing?" he was sipping his coffee when he noticed my agitated state. He was also reading the newspaper.

"I was.. I was just frustrated, father. But I won't give up! Who knows I might find some miracle today." I placed my head on his shoulders.

"What did you finish, again?" I laughed at him,

"I am proud to say that I finished a vocational course, I majored in disaster management," I straightened, and then I grinned at him.

"And where did you apply?"

"I uh, anywhere?" I laughed again. "I know, my course's not fit to the corporate world. The greatest job mismatch! But I'm still trying my luck."

"Hmm, how about you apply to be an agent of some insurance company? You could use your experience in your voluntary work to further explain the benefits they could gain when a disaster strikes." I fell silent upon my father's idea, but then I realized he's right.

I could use it to my advantage! That's it!

"Father! I didn't know you're this genius! Gosh! You are the best!" I kissed both of his cheeks, and I jumped like a child. I can see some hope.

"And Karylle, my, uh… friend, is looking for some agent for their business, you might want to, uhm, try to, uh, apply?" his voice seems full of hesitation, and he looked nervous, but I ignored it again.

"I would love to try, father. Where is it located?" he handed me a business card with an address, telephone number.

GET REIL Group of Companies?

"My friend's uh, one of the agents there, he mentioned that it's composed of real estate, life and death insurance, and I forgot the others," then he coughed.

"Hmm.. I'm quite interested. Okay, I'll go change and I will head directly to their company! Wish me luck!"

For more than half an hour, I was already outside the company's building. It was so gigantic that I was so amazed! I looked around, and I curious about what I am seeing. The employees were all in the same corporate attire.

"Is it their uniform? They looked so tidy, and… stiff?" I mumbled. Then, I mustered my confidence and walked straight to the entrance. I asked the security guard about the direction where the screening for the new applicant is taking place.

I wanted to look around, but I have no time since the security personnel told me that the cut-off would be approximately fifteen minutes. I hastened my pace to reach on time. I prayed so hard just to make it on time. I wanted to cry when the elevator would stop on every floor, and then I should be in is on the tenth, but it was still at the fifth!

I felt harassed when I reached the tenth floor. My hair is in the chaos that I needed to redo and retouch. I kept on glancing at my watch to keep track of the time. Five minutes is left. I wanted to scream in frustration because my hair won't cooperate! Ugh! Whatever! I left the comfort room.

Thankfully! I made it. It was like a buzzer break! I reached the area at the last minute. Almost all of the applicants looked at me because I created a buzz when I got near them. So I sheepishly smiled at them. I waited another two hours and it was only I who was left and they immediately ushered me inside. And before I could even sit down, the interrogation started.

"Why should we hire you since I could not see any corporate related work in your resume, and all the more, you finished what? A vocational course and disaster management at that?" I was taken aback by the sudden attack, I mean question. My brain almost froze. I gulped.

The man who looked so grumpy since he interviewed around twenty people and my.. some of them even went outside misty-eyed.

'Brain, please work! Please cooperate.' Then an idea lit up.

I then cleared my throat before I answered.

"Yes it's true that I don't have any corporate related experience job before, but my voluntary work could vouch for me. Since I am exposed to numerous disasters, my father told me that I could use it to my advantage when it comes to marketing the product that I am selling."

The man's brows rose as if telling me that I needed to convince him more.

"Let me ask you, do you know when a disaster or an accident will strike? You don't, but you could prepare for it. How? You just need assurance that you, your family is protected be it in life or.. in death… that is why –"

"You're hired! You could start tomorrow, be here before eight in the morning. Grapes!" then a woman entered, "please escort, uh, Miss Richards here and brief here what she would do,"

The man immediately stood up and did not even bother to look back at me. He seems in a hurry. Then I heard someone chuckled.

"You'll get used to it. Hi, my name's Grapes Miller and that was Mr. Nic Davis, the head of the marketing department. You'll be working under him. Who knows you might be promoted in a short while?" I did not respond to her, but I just smiled at her.

"I'm Karylle," Grapes ushered me to a room where we processed the documents to finalize my employment, briefed me of the company's policies. They took a picture of me for my id, scanned my fingerprint, whatnots. After that, Grapes informed me that I could go home, and she led me out.

"How many were hired?" I was itching to ask her earlier.

"I think there were only three of you? hmm.. All I can say as of today, sleep early, prepare your creative juices because your real battle will start tomorrow! Good luck!"

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AT THE AIRPORT

The Briggs family arrived, and they thought that no one knew about their arrival. Unfortunately, the paparazzi were already there, waiting for them.

"Not again!" Clark silently grumbled. Fortunately, he wore a hoodie that he immediately wore to safeguard himself, put on his black shades and a black disposable face mask.

"Ugh! Welcome to me!" but his sister was all smile as she faced the camera, like the darling of the crowd. This caused Clark to roll his eyes.

"Hey! Mr. Briggs, we heard that your eldest son, is coming with you today, can we have an interview with him?" one of the reporters shouted.

With a blink, the security tightened around Clark, shielding him from the scrutiny of the media. And to divert the media's attention, Avyanna created a scene.

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