Is it time to say goodbye to Pune? I think yes. But why? enough of this city, got bored. its become too crowded. I have been here for a decade now, enough is enough. but going where? north, east, or south? let me see. North is a costly affair. what about south? acute water shortage. i don't know how people manage there. East? an explored frontier for a westerner like me. no water shortage and inflation is low. This is from the feedback that I got from a colleague of mine who belongs to that place. when that guy has come here, why do I have to go there? the answer is same when you ask why Indians go abroad. What about pay package, obviously higher, otherwise why would I think about it in first place. What about the job? the company is stable, in existence since more than a decade so much so that the employees working there are unknown in the market because hardly anybody leaves the job, so satisfied are they, and the headcount is more than 50 that's what I heard. Once I like the place and the job and decide to settle down there, family can move in. But wait, do I smell a UK somewhere in between. Wow, won't it be fascinating going there and working and earning some money some of which can be sent home.
Okay!!! had a talk with my cousin who lives in Cambridge for the last six months. Though he is not in the same profession as me, but he says there are three big hospitals where I can try for a job. I have forwarded him a completely new and redrafted resume. He also said he is friends with a Romanian physician who can perhaps help me get a job there. Once the resume is accepted, I will be facing a video interview on Skype. After the interview is over and final salary is decided, the hospital will issue me a work permit initially for three years renewable for another three years later on.
A former colleague of mine from Nagpur who is married and settled in London had worked in one of the hospitals there. She worked as a medical PA. The nature of work is totally different than what I am doing here. The job is very interesting and enjoyable. It involves calling the patients to schedule their appointments, liaison with other hospitals, proofreading letters, etc. In short the job is more of an admin job rather than headphone usage. What a relief would it be if I get such a job, and that too five days in a week. That does mean on weekends I can do something else, maybe a part-time job. But where? maybe a job in the essential services sector like petrol pump attendant or maybe a taxi driver. You may say why I am thinking of such a job for a person like me. Why not, there's nothing wrong in it. After all work is worship, whatever the job might be, and as long as it is a blue or white collar job, I don't see any wrong in it. The only stumbling block to go there might be the work permit. My colleague said that normally the job of a medical secretary may not fetch me a work permit, but a medical PA can, though vacancies for this type are few. If luck has it, I will get it and that is in His hands. Amen.
Okay!!! had a talk with my cousin who lives in Cambridge for the last six months. Though he is not in the same profession as me, but he says there are three big hospitals where I can try for a job. I have forwarded him a completely new and redrafted resume. He also said he is friends with a Romanian physician who can perhaps help me get a job there. Once the resume is accepted, I will be facing a video interview on Skype. After the interview is over and final salary is decided, the hospital will issue me a work permit initially for three years renewable for another three years later on.
A former colleague of mine from Nagpur who is married and settled in London had worked in one of the hospitals there. She worked as a medical PA. The nature of work is totally different than what I am doing here. The job is very interesting and enjoyable. It involves calling the patients to schedule their appointments, liaison with other hospitals, proofreading letters, etc. In short the job is more of an admin job rather than headphone usage. What a relief would it be if I get such a job, and that too five days in a week. That does mean on weekends I can do something else, maybe a part-time job. But where? maybe a job in the essential services sector like petrol pump attendant or maybe a taxi driver. You may say why I am thinking of such a job for a person like me. Why not, there's nothing wrong in it. After all work is worship, whatever the job might be, and as long as it is a blue or white collar job, I don't see any wrong in it. The only stumbling block to go there might be the work permit. My colleague said that normally the job of a medical secretary may not fetch me a work permit, but a medical PA can, though vacancies for this type are few. If luck has it, I will get it and that is in His hands. Amen.
