The End – Chapter 9 – The Search For A Job

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…their own. Some entrepreneurs innovate the available commercial systems and make money from it. For me, this may yet be another alternative to a job. Familiar book titles like FOREX Will Bring You Your Wealth For No Effort and Become A Millionaire In 9 Weeks came upon me. I wonder whether there is any knowledge in these books. How will spending RM36 on a book earn me a million? Won’t that be too much to ask for? I’ve always regarded self-motivation books are a waste of time as I know that they are all about positive thinking and doing something. Then again, I’m not doing much. Perhaps, this is an indication that it may be time to pick up some of these books. Perhaps, the only way to find out is to ‘walk the path’ or like what my dad once said,

to see beyond, eyes do not help, seeing with the mind is seeing fate in faith

I bought the 1 million ringgit book online with just RM36. Oh boy, spending RM36, I better get to see at least a return of half the money I’ve invested in today.

I then later find out that searching over the internet can be very tiring because of the tremendous amount of information, which translates to a huge amount of effort and time needed to find the right information. Looking for top selling entrepreneur books can take up to a whole day, the bulb on top of my head began to light up again! ‘Trouble finding books online’ and ‘the convincing 1 million ringgit book’ may be a way for me to innovate a business to cater for those people who would need exactly that service! Who would’ve thought of that? When there is a problem or a need in the community, it can be a market for a service or product that I can sell. Books, softwares, or just an advertisement service that gets attached to newspapers could be get me 1mil even faster than what any book can teach me. I am all fired up, fuel running through my veins, my engine all revved up, and word reader wide opened, focused on the screen before me. What do I do next? Slowly, the adrenaline rush drops to a new low. After a few minutes, I realized that all I would need is knowledge, skills, and human network. The bulb on top of my head switched off, making my room a little darker and I am once again back to square 1. Sigh.

As my knowledge on these topics are minimal and stress at an all time high, I then call it a day and took note to find out more on which books to get from people who are experienced in entrepreneurship. Find from the internet if I’m resourceful, ask the experts if the internet is too much of a burden. At least, I am now assured that I can soon place a newly-bought book that would make me much more money than any bank manager untidy and unkempt table. I will soon have a million ringgit to allow me to buy the service of a maid to clean up the room and… (The dream went on for a while until reality sets in again).

After some self-pitying, I continue to search the internet for job-seeking materials. The domestic internet search brought me over to a familiar institution that helps Malaysians get jobs. Jobstreet is the name. All I am asked is to fill in my particulars and wait for an e-mail if there is a match. Immediately, I signed up and keyed-in required information on myself and some criteria on what type of jobs I expected. I selected plenty of industries as dad once told me

a beggar can’t afford to choose

and right now, I’m the metaphor of a beggar. I guess this “beggar” here will be very happy with any offering of a job that offers to pour knowledge too. The next couple of hours went on with me customizing the information sent over the internet and finding more job-seeking services. After a whole day in front of my computer, I succeeded in registering myself at 3 job search portals and submitted 30 job applications…

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