We spoke about our families, why we choose to work the way we do, and so on. By the end of that conversation, I assured her I would look for vacancies in my current organisation for her, and she promised to stay in touch as well.
The bond between strangers—between human beings—is complicated and beautiful at the same time. There are so many commonalities between yourself and any given person walking down the street. A warm smile and a few friendly questions to nudge them open are all you need to break the ice and eventually build some sort of rapport.
Maybe this is why I have chosen my career path. It is definitely not for the money, the promotions, or the awards. For me, my work has always been about people—getting people to open up to me so that I can write a brilliant story about their lives or their life's work.
Back to my friendly recruiter from yesterday afternoon who managed to wrangle a future reference from me; what wonderful PR skills she had. I suppose every person needs communication as a core part of their personality and job expertise.
We work with human beings with beating hearts at the end of the day, not numbers on an Excel sheet that have delivered a certain number of pages for the month.
Let's never forget the human side of ourselves as we do our jobs, talk to our friends and families, and, most importantly, to ourselves. The voice in our own head needs to be the kindest.
For everything else, there's always Hot Chocolate from Ciclo Cafe. Peace!
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