Tired feet and wet shirt.

SonyLife is not for me. Sigh. And I got my legs and feet all sore just to discover this maddening fact. So that's one insurance company down, and one left standing. PhilamLife, you better have an actuarial position open, or else... or else... or else I'll be jobless and I'll cry! As Papa told me awhile ago, "Ang hirap makahanap ng trabaho 'no?" Gee, thanks Pa. That really helped. Hee.

The problem: I asked the SonyLife HR representatives who went to our job fair if there were any actuarial positions open. She replied: "All departments have openings." Which I assumed, in my naive little mind, to mean "Yes." As it turns out, the company only has two departments: one that's involved with sales, and one that's involved with managing sales. The first department allows you to pursue a LifePlanner track, AKA Insurance Agent. The second department allows you to pursue an Agency Director track, AKA Insurance Agent Manager. I cannot apply for the second; I can only apply for the first.

It is unfortunate, though, that I have no plans of taking the actuarial exams to become an Insurance Agent. As I replied in the personal information form handed out earlier: "Are you interested in becoming a LifePlanner? Perhaps. Unfortunately, I do not think that being a LifePlanner is right for me. I am currently pursuing an actuarial track, and I believe that being a LifePlanner is quite different from being an actuary. Despite this, however, I believe in the nobility and discipline which characterize the LifePlanner profession, and hence I consider it as a highly redeemable career to those who wish to pursue it." It is a diplomatic response for a depressing question. I came there expecting a lot, and went out empty-handed. Well, not really empty-handed. I was given a Personal Information Sheet to fill out and a Project 100 Sheet to write the names of 100 "recommendable" people on. Sigh.

Not really empty-handed. Sore legs for walking too much in Makati, and a wet long-sleeved shirt for walking rapidly under the drizzling rain. That's what I got.

Sigh.