Dec 5, 2009

How many roads must a man....

How many roads must a man walk down before he finds him a job...

How many cvs must a fresh bird file before he has a job in his hand.

And how many times must the naggings and sympathies fly before they're forever banned
The efforts my friend are blowin' in the wind, the smiles is blowin' in the wind...

I was adamant and arrogant. I knew that they didn’t know I exist. I just have to reach them and let them know, I told myself. And I posted my resumes to them. I knew I was made for ‘my kind of job’ and not the hackneyed careers that my counterparts would choose.

I realized its not working, maybe my resume needs some changes. One draft, two draft , three draft four!

I had to compromise on my dream. Yet, my optimistic self made me remember Kenny Rogers’ “little boy in a base ball hat stands in the field with his ball and bat. Says i am the greatest that is a fact, but even i didn't know, i could pitch like that.

Pitch I could, had there been a field. They blame the recession. I wouldn’t buy that.
Creativity won’t lose its value, even in recession.

If the industry can set aside its paranoia, what rational judgments can it make about the effects of the economic downturn? For a short term, clients will trim their adspends. They always do when economic gloom threatens and they always will. But such cutbacks are always cyclical. The bigger concern always is the agencies' collective bargaining power with clients. Every time the economy tumbles down, client-procurement specialists demand more bang for their bucks. These demands look set to become ever more ruthless, further jeopardising agencies' ability to service accounts effectively. This is where is the NEED for people like us!! It's not that the clients stop spending. They'll continue spending so long as they can be convinced that measured responses to their advertising are accurate.

Now having done all, my bit that is, i wait as i sing............

"O listen... Jus how many roads must a man walk down before he finds him a job..."


3 comments:

Mridula said...

So how is the job search going these days? Patience is the name of the game.

I am not from Uttranchal but I have visited both HP and Uttranchal many times. I teach in a college in NCR.

Anonymous said...

hope floats...
liked your version of Dylan's immortal verses..:)

GauravJain said...

sahi hai bhai, teri meri rahen kuch-2 ek hi manzil ko ja rahin hain.
n ya the Q is valid, just how many resumes.....