Next up, my working life. Yes, working. Which means it's going to be a lengthy one as some of my friends had already observed that I changed a new name card almost once a year. So in order to shorten the reading, I'd broken it down into sub-parts as well.
Immediately after leaving NUS, I began to look for jobs. With the aid of my diploma, I had been searching for a short period of time before joining a company which is sort of linked to the entertainment company I'd previously worked, after my NS, before going to NUS.
It was a newly established Franchise Consultancy firm, whereby my job is sort of like a bridging consultant, whom match-make Franchisors and Franchisees. Franchisors are those people who have successful business model, looking to replicate and expand thier business via Franchise Opportunities. Now, normally, there are 2 ways to grow and expand a business. Either, opening outlets by yourself to expand, or via the Franchise option. For a Franchise, the business model has to be proven replicable, as well as a set of system has to be in place so that the Franchisee can follow the model and become equally successful. Now, having said that, a Franchisee is a person whom would like to start a business, that is already been around in the market, so that his/her investment will be more secured. My role is to search for potential Franchisors and give them the option to Franchise their business, as well as look for Franchisees, whom are rich with money that they do not know what to do, and at the same time wanted to start a small successful business.
That job took me about a year before the parent company of this Franchise Consultancy firm has asked me to join them as an Administrative Manager. You see, for a business to go into Franchise, there are a lot of paper work to be done. And during my stint in the Franchise Consultancy firm, I'd been quite good at it, and hence the opportunity to join the parent company as an Admin Manager. However, as I'm the sort of person whom can't really sit still, working in the office for the whole day seemed like a disaster. And for about half a year later, I quitted.
So, what's next? Free-lancing. Perhaps that's a very generous way of saying, out of job. Or what some of my friend describe me as "measuring the road". It is during this period of time where I did a bit of video-editing, making short clips... Which is more of the creative aspect of me. Earn a little, but hey, no working hours. All at my free time. And then came a good opportunity. I was asked to be a PA of one of the MediaCorp famous male artiste for about a month. The original PA was going overseas and needed somebody to stand-in for this period. Now, that's something different.
For a start, I'm not too sure of what my role as a PA would be. However, the PA was kind enough to guide me through and the scope was interesting. I would need to have a eye for details. For example, the shooting is not in chronological order of the serial, but rather depending on the location. So, I would need to go through the script thoroughly. For instance, the morning shoot on site was for episode 6. I will need to know what happen before and after this shoot, so that the artiste will be wearing the same items or clothes before and probably after the scene. Let's take an example, before going to the zoo, the artiste was at home, wearing T-shirt and jeans, claiming that he's going to the zoo and leave the house and head for zoo. Now, for the zoo scene, I will need to use back the same sets of items and clothes for the shoot. The scene at home could be taken days before the zoo shoot, so there's a lot of details to be taken care of. Especially true for sponsored items, like necklaces or watches, which has to be worn correctly. Correctly as in the sense of wearing at the right place. It will be funny for the artiste to wear the watch on the left hand on one scene, and then on the right at the next. Now, you might have wondered... Who cares! But then, there are a lot of eagle-eye viewers whom can pick up all these little details and complained to MediaCorp. Yes, such people exist!
How exciting. But then, doing free-lancing without a steady flow of income hurts a lot. Especially I'd quitted NUS to have an early headstart as compared to my peers. So, I knew that's not going to be the way, and I started looking for proper full-time jobs again.
And oh, it is also this period of time that I gotten to know TWT, another member from the Credit List.
Alright, I'll leave the other part of my working life till next entry...
Immediately after leaving NUS, I began to look for jobs. With the aid of my diploma, I had been searching for a short period of time before joining a company which is sort of linked to the entertainment company I'd previously worked, after my NS, before going to NUS.
It was a newly established Franchise Consultancy firm, whereby my job is sort of like a bridging consultant, whom match-make Franchisors and Franchisees. Franchisors are those people who have successful business model, looking to replicate and expand thier business via Franchise Opportunities. Now, normally, there are 2 ways to grow and expand a business. Either, opening outlets by yourself to expand, or via the Franchise option. For a Franchise, the business model has to be proven replicable, as well as a set of system has to be in place so that the Franchisee can follow the model and become equally successful. Now, having said that, a Franchisee is a person whom would like to start a business, that is already been around in the market, so that his/her investment will be more secured. My role is to search for potential Franchisors and give them the option to Franchise their business, as well as look for Franchisees, whom are rich with money that they do not know what to do, and at the same time wanted to start a small successful business.
That job took me about a year before the parent company of this Franchise Consultancy firm has asked me to join them as an Administrative Manager. You see, for a business to go into Franchise, there are a lot of paper work to be done. And during my stint in the Franchise Consultancy firm, I'd been quite good at it, and hence the opportunity to join the parent company as an Admin Manager. However, as I'm the sort of person whom can't really sit still, working in the office for the whole day seemed like a disaster. And for about half a year later, I quitted.
So, what's next? Free-lancing. Perhaps that's a very generous way of saying, out of job. Or what some of my friend describe me as "measuring the road". It is during this period of time where I did a bit of video-editing, making short clips... Which is more of the creative aspect of me. Earn a little, but hey, no working hours. All at my free time. And then came a good opportunity. I was asked to be a PA of one of the MediaCorp famous male artiste for about a month. The original PA was going overseas and needed somebody to stand-in for this period. Now, that's something different.
For a start, I'm not too sure of what my role as a PA would be. However, the PA was kind enough to guide me through and the scope was interesting. I would need to have a eye for details. For example, the shooting is not in chronological order of the serial, but rather depending on the location. So, I would need to go through the script thoroughly. For instance, the morning shoot on site was for episode 6. I will need to know what happen before and after this shoot, so that the artiste will be wearing the same items or clothes before and probably after the scene. Let's take an example, before going to the zoo, the artiste was at home, wearing T-shirt and jeans, claiming that he's going to the zoo and leave the house and head for zoo. Now, for the zoo scene, I will need to use back the same sets of items and clothes for the shoot. The scene at home could be taken days before the zoo shoot, so there's a lot of details to be taken care of. Especially true for sponsored items, like necklaces or watches, which has to be worn correctly. Correctly as in the sense of wearing at the right place. It will be funny for the artiste to wear the watch on the left hand on one scene, and then on the right at the next. Now, you might have wondered... Who cares! But then, there are a lot of eagle-eye viewers whom can pick up all these little details and complained to MediaCorp. Yes, such people exist!
How exciting. But then, doing free-lancing without a steady flow of income hurts a lot. Especially I'd quitted NUS to have an early headstart as compared to my peers. So, I knew that's not going to be the way, and I started looking for proper full-time jobs again.
And oh, it is also this period of time that I gotten to know TWT, another member from the Credit List.
Alright, I'll leave the other part of my working life till next entry...
