Unexpected Encouragement

I was awoken by a phone call this morning from a recruitment staff from the job agency 'People Profilers'. As usual, I composed myself before I answered the call & this nice motherly voice spoke to me.

Her voice sounded young & I estimated that she could be in her mid or late 30s. But what most distinguished this lady from other recruitment staff whom I have received phone calls from, was that many of them were in a hurry to determine my profile & find out whether I suited the job which they called me to find out further.

This lady was very calm & motherly in tone. She sounded more like a counselor rather than a recruitment staff. She asked me very nicely about my profile & why did I leave my last job... & for the first time, I didn't feel uncomfortable sharing with her in a bit more detail, why I was asked to leave my previous job. I was very surprised that she said this is actually a very common reason why people are out of job or left their job!

I felt so at ease, coz her tone was soothing & encouraging. During our short conversation, she heard from me that I'm helping out in church, so before she ended the call, she told me that even though the job that she's referring me for, is a temp job, but often we may not know what God has in store for us... & sometimes when things don't seem to be looking positive, God may still choose to turn the situation around for our good.

And she briefly shared that she has heard of many people who go into temp jobs, with no promise about converting to permanent employment status, but sometimes it does happen... even though the company clearly stated that they won't be converting their temp staff. In short, she was trying to tell me not to give up hope, even as I had lost my job for that particular reason.

For the first time, I put down the phone call from a job agency, feeling encouraged & smiling to myself. It's almost like God has sent this nice lady to call me in the morning, encourage me & give me a itsy bitsy teeny weeny bit of hope that not all recruitment staff are nasty & just concerned about their job specifics. And I even managed to post my other job application at the postbox, before the 2pm collection time! Plus, I got to buy breakfast for me & my Dad too!

Though it may seem as just another phone call, but it gave me hope that there are still nice people out there. Praise the Lord!