The come-back

Few months ago, me and a few partners started our very own corporate training firm. We brainstormed for our business name, our logo design, and the type of training service we’re providing. We kicked off the business and went ahead to source for client. It wasn’t a smooth start at first as sourcing and meeting potential client in this area was a real challenge by itself.

Along the way, things wasn’t work out quite well on my side. You see, all my other partners are married and with kids. It wasn’t a big deal at first but after working together for some time, there’s a lifestyle conflict. They’ve got their own family to take care of, so it’s either work or family for them; whereas me being young and single, I realised I can’t be just working and no where to go to after that. I think social life is a big deal in this time of my life. Perhaps it’ll be better having a group of colleagues to work along with.

In addition to that, my parents have been quite concern about my financial situation. Doing own business is a great opportunity to gain whatever one has contributed and deserved, however before all that can be achieved, there’re some other things which I could easily missed out at this point of time, such as insurance coverage, medical expenses, EPF contribution and that sort of things. (Having learnt my mistake for not heading my parents’ advice back in college days, where I chose to study engineering instead of business course. In the end found out that engineering isn’t for me and did heaps better when I switched to business course.)  I guess my parents meant well as they did thought about something to fall back on and my long term future. Well, being realistic that my parents aren’t from a very well-to-do background, whom can fork out a large one-off sum of capital into my own business, I think it’s only fair enough to take things one step at a time.

Anyway, about more than a month ago, I’ve been catching up with a lot of my ex-colleagues in banking. We started to catch up about what’s the market trend, the economies outlook, the development in banking world. Soon after, one of them submitted my contact to a few headhunters that are looking for talents in banking.

It happened quite fast, within a few days, I was called up to meet with a bank, they’re impressed with what I’ve got to offer, and offered me a position in the bank. It’s a reputable multi-national bank, so obviously their staff benefits are very good to resist. There’re at least 2-3 other banks that are trying to meet up with me over some of their positions available. Hmm…. I didn’t know after having a year long of break from banking, I still seems to have what it takes to be a banker. lol!

So, I’ve taken up the offer, starting work next week. I hope the people I work with are as good as how the benefits seem.