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sneaking some time to blog while waiting for my lunch appointment...

been doing this recruitment recently and a few points that hovered above my thoughts..

mo·ti·va·tion /ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[moh-tuh-vey-shuhn]

–noun

1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
2. the condition of being motivated; "his motivation was at a high level"
3. the act of motivating; providing incentive

we keep using this word in HR that it becomes kind of a cliché ..

anyhows, we were questioning the guy's motivation as usual... why he wants to leave his current job and join us in what can be best described by an 'experimental' role. The functional boss counter-checked whether if I had checked with the guy if he was able to accept not seeing instant results, that what the materials he researches on and sources for today will only be realised in 2-3 years time, when the product is launched in the market.

that night, I thought again the same question and applied it to my own career. so far, i've spent 4 years with this company and will be leaving in 2 weeks time. It has been a cushioned career with the right opportunities, being in the right places at the right time. Somehow, I would like to think that I made the career switch now because of the opportunity that beckoned and that it had nothing to do with the increasing frustrations I've had at work before I tendered..

Well looking back, the work I had begun in Singapore 4 years ago have indeed blossomed into an formless process. I know everything like the back of my hand but yet these are not rules or procedures that you write down on paper. I found it terribly difficult to handover my work to this Chinese lady that has no inkling of the complications of life in a regional office. While going through the organization chart, she yawned so many times and needed 2 coffee breaks! I bitched about it to a close colleague of mine... Oh beware ambitious one... you might have taken the job but I doubt you will survive... or maybe I'm wrong.. the best way to survive here might be to be inefficient so that people have no expectations of you whatsoever...

the cynic in me speaks... we shall see. Right now, i'll just like to focus all my energies in the right places... like saying goodbyes in different ways to my friends in Shanghai and resting my mental energies to look forward to the new work... so exciting... To Russia with love haha

Lunch is more important now haha..