找工作的詐騙集團

人有欲望跟恐懼
所以有詐騙集團的存在

早期流行的金光黨
利用的是人們的貪念
而前陣子台灣猖獗的詐騙情節
用的則是人們害怕親人受傷害的恐懼

當很多人都想得到某種東西卻無法得到的時候
詐騙集團就會出現, 來滿足人的欲望想像
騙人中樂透的不稀奇
但我居然接到騙人去工作的

現在我傾向不直接接起陌生來電
因為若是徵才公司的話我可以爭取多一點時間準備好再回電
話說前天早上我看到陌生的來自亞利桑那州的號碼索性不接
但聽留言的時候居然是我完全聽不懂的印度英文
好啦....我承認我對於印度英文並不擅長, 但以一般印度同學的腔調來說我至少可以懂個85%
這個我真的只聽懂了<10%, 聽到了 resume, 大致聽出是跟找工作有關的
但甚麼公司甚麼職位都聽不清楚
心裡想著反正我沒申請任何在亞利桑那州的工作也沒甚麼興趣搬去那裏工作
在加上就算我回電我也聽不懂他講的話, 就決定不回電話了

沒想到過了約一小時
一個後面兩個號碼不同, 也是來自亞歷桑納的號碼又來電
我仍然故意不接
這次換成另一個印度男子留言, 稍微好一點
但我已經開始覺得他們應該是外包到印度的電話行銷中心
當天下午又有另一個相近號碼的另一個人留言
雖然我不知道他們能從我身上騙到甚麼
但總有點好氣又好笑的感覺

好笑的是我心裡第一件想到的居然是...
唉他們cold call 名單沒分配好不夠專業
還有最近在看的書Tipping Point...想到原來申請的工作多到一種程度, 各行各業甚至連詐騙集團都會找上妳

好氣的是電話號碼被某個求職網站洩漏
不過算了啦反正也沒甚麼可以讓人騙的沒有真得很氣就是了

結果論

現實的世界是結果論的

即使大家再怎麼強調過程的美好和從過程中學習的重要
但我們在衡量人或事的時候
很難不用這個最快最直接的方式--結果(也就是事或人目前呈現出來的樣貌)

所以說
努力的目的並不是為了美好回憶, 而是為了結果
沒有結果的話,過去的一切努力 都是白費

我得堅持下去

Next!

Thank you and good bye.

You didn't respect my value and make me feel accomplishment. I might be interested in you, but I know that's not enough. I realized what really matters to me is something you're unable to offer. I understand maybe that's the best you could possibly do, so I guess I am just not the right person for you.

Thanks & Bye!

小小段落

結束了跟心目中最想要的工作的招募主管的面試
心中有點小小告一段落的感覺
雖然對於其他工作的佈線還在繼續進行
但是有點"就這樣了"的感覺
大概這個工作是決定我能不能拿到MBA等級薪水的關鍵吧
我相信其他還有很多工作也很有趣也能讓我學到很多
但應該沒有其他有趣的行銷工作會給我MBA薪水了

也許我有相對弱勢
七個應徵者中五個是原本公司內部的人
一個是去年夏天在那裏實習的UCLA MBA
只有我完全不相關還是個不討人喜歡的國際學生
但我盡力了
我真的很努力爭取這份工作

剩下的只能等待了
祝我好運吧

USCIS REACHES FY 2008 H-1B CAP

Oh well, I can take my time now.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008). USCIS will use a random selection process (described below) for all cap-subject filings received on April 2, 2007 and April 3, 2007. USCIS will reject and return along with filing fee(s) all petitions received on those days that are not randomly selected.
Cap Procedures: In keeping with USCIS regulations, USCIS will use the following process to handle
H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2008 cap:
• USCIS has determined that as of April 2, 2007, it had received enough H-1B petitions to reach the FY 2008 H-1B cap and has set the "final receipt date" as April 2, 2007.
• In keeping with its regulations, USCIS will subject H-1B petitions received on the "final receipt date" and the following day to a computer-generated random selection process.
• USCIS will reject all cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY 2008 received on or after Wednesday, April 4, 2007.
• USCIS will reject and return along with the filing fee(s) all cap-subject H-1B petitions that are not randomly selected.
• Petitioners may re-submit petitions on April 1, 2008 when H-1B visas become available for FY 2009. This is the earliest date for which an employer may file a petition requesting FY 2009 H-1B employment with a start date of October 1, 2008.

The journey

I am sure the journey itself is valuble no matter where the destination is. However, I'm still having hard time making myself enjoy the journey without knowing where I'm going to end with.

US News - America's Best Grad School 2008

Though there is so much drama going on, we got an okay US News ranking this year. UT Austin is still two spots ahead of us. Well, but I've had so much fun here and got whatever I wanted. That really worths it. I'm so glad I chose USC over UT. ^_^

Even the fortune cookie told me....

"Give your business interests top priority next month"

Sometimes fortune cookies are surprisingly right.... I do have to work harder and give it top priority to find a job...

"What the hell?"

"What the hell" is the closest English translation of "老娘跟你拼了！" I can think of.
I wasn't sure how correct it is. But that remind me of Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives.

Yeah! 老娘跟你拼了! I need to tell myself that again. That makes me feel powerful/capable for some reason.