Busy, Busy, Busy

Ever since I started working last Jan. 4, I've been extremely busy. Actually, I spent 1 week at the new employees training course of the company I now work for. God, was I in for a culture shock! I came from a very formal and strict industry where all my decisions and statements had to be measured carefully. Suddenly, I'm in a world where almost everyone is younger than me and where I have to unlearn some of the things I really got used to.

I was supposed to attend the training for 2 weeks, but I was pulled out early and asked to report to my division. So last January 11, I found myself attending various meetings, getting introduced to tons of people and having to absorb a lot of information in a very short span of time.

What is it am I supposed to be doing again? Well, I'm a Skills/Product trainer specifically assigned to 1 division here in the office. I don't handle employee orientations. I take of the stuff that happens after that. The thing is, I am the 1st ever trainer they hired for this particular account, so they don't even have the training materials prepared yet. I end up having to do a lot of things all at once. I have to study the company and the various services and products they provide, conduct a training needs analysis by interviewing the people in my division, write the training materials and ultimately deliver the training program after getting the final approval from the client. The good news is, I'm already done with the outline.

So here I am living out another stage in my life and career. It's turning out to be a very interesting experience. Come to think of it, I've never had a boring job. I'm also currently on the graveyard shift so this is exposing me to the whole night economy.:) I'm actually much better rested because this is finally conforming to my true body clock. I work much more efficiently at night. No dead hours for my brain. I definitely intend to stay for a year. After that, we'll see where I find myself again.