Job hunting is like shopping.

Shopping and job hunting. What's the difference?

Stalls and salesladies. Stalls and HR representatives. Salesladies to entice you to buy their product. HR representatives to entice you to enter their companies. Both waiting for a prospect to pass by. Both anticipating the next excited victim. Hawrrr...

Nevertheless, Joey and I, as well as a thousand more graduating seniors in Ateneo, are willing victims. Not only willing, but excited willing victims. (Hmmm... I guess not all of us are that excited, after all.) For two days now, we have been typing resumes, retyping, printing, going to UP to photocopy our graduation pictures, going to Bel to get our transcript of records, pasting, gluing, stapling everything, and finally preparing ourselves to enter the Great Arena of SEC. Where the lions await for their gladiator victims. Hawrrr...

Roman Colosseum shows and job hunting. What's the difference?

I'm not making enough sense right now, but let it suffice to say that I am thoroughly enjoying this. I'm a little disappointed, though, with the lack of actuarial opportunities. So far, I've been stuck with a management training program, a financial analyst post, and other vague positions besides. I don't even know if I'll take these seriously. (I probably will.) I'm waiting for Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, SonyLife will be present, and on Friday, Philamlife will be present. These are the only two insurance companies included in our Placement Office's line-up for the Job Fair. Disappointing, really, but the whole experience of going from booth to booth (stall to stall, den to den) and asking the HR representatives (salesladies, lions) about opportunities available for Math Majors (shoppers, gladiators) is truly exhilarating.

I'm looking forward for tomorrow. Wonderfulness.

Just a little note: Jeez, I've really overdone my analogies this time, haven't I?