Handed my resume for the first time:

Summra Basharat
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

Friday morning, jumped out of bed and put on my best suit. I got in my van, raced like a plane all the way to MIT COLLEGE. I was going there to hand my resume for a job of lecturer. This is what I ever dreamed off. I tried to make myself clam and learned almost every single thing I could've done by that time. I researched every thing about the college and was full of confident but told one clear thing to myself "I will be the same with or without this job as it ain't the end of the world I ever dreamed off ". I reached to MIT COLLEGE before the time I always took to be there. In the blink of eye, my heartbeat started to beat a little faster than it was doing a minute before.

I took a deep breath, tried myself to make calm, and walked toward the door. There were guards and they stopped me, asked me about my identity. This was the first fear in many, as I felt their voice a little rude. I thought "don’t they know I’m human too". I felt, I was breathing so swift as I just wanted to go away from them. I talked to them so politely and their rude behavior turned into kinda good behavior. It was one Heaven of Amen. I entered, met the HR of MIT and handed him resume and cover letter while delivering him my elevator pitch. It took me almost 75 seconds to deliver it. I was feeling so embarrassed, again and again I was thinking about my posture, eye contact, causes and effects. But I tried my best to stay in a harmonic tune. He was very impressed and accoladed me. I felt my heartbeat and it was in a race with a jet. I got normal while I left that place.

The challenges I faced were:
1) Guards
2) Why I reached earlier than I used to reach. (nervousness)
3) Swift Heartbeat
4) Thinking while delivering
5) Cause and Effect
6) Am I wrong?
As it was for the very first time and everything was new, I learned many new things and learned that guards can also disturb your mental state and you gotta tackle them with love and affection. Don’t focus at anything while going to meet HR. Remember, everything is in the hands of God (hope) and just be relax as you’ll get something better if you don’t get good and for sure you can’t be right until you’ve been wrong for some time.

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