journey to medialand
Just before I graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Arts (History & Psychology) in 1992, I had no clue as to what to do with the rest of my life. On a whim, my sister insisted that we try out as presenters for the Disney Club Singapore show. She said we were a "shoo-in" for success... we were identical twins...who could resist? We went for the auditions and I ended up interviewing the producer instead. The more I found out about producing, the more I felt.. this may be it...what I want to do for a living.
When I got home from the audition, I became taken with the whole idea of becoming a producer of children's programs. THIS was what I wanted to do for a living. I looked up the dictionary under producer. This was the beginning of my research for my job hunt. I watched every children's program available on TV, I scoured the newspapers everyday for advertisements on jobs as producers of children's programs, I prayed and asked God for this job. God answered in a most amazing series of events.
My sister was then studying at NIE to be a teacher and I sent her to school one day. I met a man who recognised me as the "daughter of so-and-so". He asked me what I planned to do since I had just graduated. I told him I was hoping to become a producer of children's programs. (I had not even sent my resume to Singapore Broadcasting Corporation the ONLY media company at that time) He said that he knew someone who was doing that exact job and offered me the person's contact number. I later found out that this producer was ONE of ONLY FOUR producers of children's programs at that time. God had arranged this amazing meeting with this man at NIE who provided me with my first real lead to the job of my dreams.
I called the producer who was very helpful. He told me he got his job one year after he was first interviewed for the post. He also held a masters in children's education. Hmmm... what were my chances...? general degree, no related qualifications nor experience....only a growing conviction that this was something I would like to invest my life in.
In faith I mailed my unsolicited resume to SBC and patiently waited. Within a few days there was an SBC ad in the papers asking for research writers, I sent in another resume. Praise God, I was called for two aptitude tests and one interview.
Meanwhile I was offered a job as a public relations officer in an educational institution. I took a step of faith and rejected the job offer since the media job was the one that my heart really lay with. God had opened so many doors towards the media up to this point, I could not just give up by grabbing the first unrelated job offer that came my way. Besides it would not be right, what if the media company finally offered me a job later what would I do? Quit the first one?
Within three weeks after my first interview and two phone calls to the media company later, God gave me the job of my heart's desire - to be a producer of children's programs.
God is Jehovah-Jireh, my Provider. His grace was sufficient for me. I landed the job 6 months after I graduated from NUS. It was a short wait but this was the first of many faith-building lessons I was going to learn throughout my sojourn in the industry.
I started work on October 28 1992. My adventures in medialand were to begin....
When I got home from the audition, I became taken with the whole idea of becoming a producer of children's programs. THIS was what I wanted to do for a living. I looked up the dictionary under producer. This was the beginning of my research for my job hunt. I watched every children's program available on TV, I scoured the newspapers everyday for advertisements on jobs as producers of children's programs, I prayed and asked God for this job. God answered in a most amazing series of events.
My sister was then studying at NIE to be a teacher and I sent her to school one day. I met a man who recognised me as the "daughter of so-and-so". He asked me what I planned to do since I had just graduated. I told him I was hoping to become a producer of children's programs. (I had not even sent my resume to Singapore Broadcasting Corporation the ONLY media company at that time) He said that he knew someone who was doing that exact job and offered me the person's contact number. I later found out that this producer was ONE of ONLY FOUR producers of children's programs at that time. God had arranged this amazing meeting with this man at NIE who provided me with my first real lead to the job of my dreams.
I called the producer who was very helpful. He told me he got his job one year after he was first interviewed for the post. He also held a masters in children's education. Hmmm... what were my chances...? general degree, no related qualifications nor experience....only a growing conviction that this was something I would like to invest my life in.
In faith I mailed my unsolicited resume to SBC and patiently waited. Within a few days there was an SBC ad in the papers asking for research writers, I sent in another resume. Praise God, I was called for two aptitude tests and one interview.
Meanwhile I was offered a job as a public relations officer in an educational institution. I took a step of faith and rejected the job offer since the media job was the one that my heart really lay with. God had opened so many doors towards the media up to this point, I could not just give up by grabbing the first unrelated job offer that came my way. Besides it would not be right, what if the media company finally offered me a job later what would I do? Quit the first one?
Within three weeks after my first interview and two phone calls to the media company later, God gave me the job of my heart's desire - to be a producer of children's programs.
God is Jehovah-Jireh, my Provider. His grace was sufficient for me. I landed the job 6 months after I graduated from NUS. It was a short wait but this was the first of many faith-building lessons I was going to learn throughout my sojourn in the industry.
I started work on October 28 1992. My adventures in medialand were to begin....
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