找工作經驗談
My job-hunting journey
Hey y'all, I wanna spill the tea on my job-hunting journey.
Several years ago, I decided to ditch selling kicks and dive back into the tutoring game, you know? Started the whole job hunt hustle. After like four freaking months of grinding, I went through interviews with like, what, twenty, thirty companies?
Damn! The outcome? It ain't about my education, major, skills, salary wishes, or benefits.
Even though our country's all chill with same-sex marriage and stuff, claiming to be LGBTQ-friendly and all, turns out being a bit of a tomboy trying to be a teacher might throw some shade.
Society expects
Society expects female teachers to be all gentle, long-haired, makeup-wearing, skirt-rocking, heel-strutting types. Now, I personally think I'm not too shabby, kinda handsome, not "wow" handsome, you know, not like those Instagram influencers. But when I'm out there looking for a job, I get hit with convos like:
"Our company has a uniform policy. Can you handle that?"
"I'm cool with it," I say, keeping it calm.
"But our female teachers wear skirts with the uniform."
"!!!!" Hell no, I can't deal with that. (|||ﾟдﾟ)
P.S. Last time, when I watched Director Zhou Meiling's movie, I really resonated with it. It seems that there's a stereotype that flight attendants and female teachers shouldn't wear pants.
Or situations like:
"Our boss likes female employees in high heels. Are you up for it?"
"!!!" Nope. ┐(´д`)┌
Makeup
"Hey, just so you know, our company might need our female teachers to glam up. You cool with that?"
"Sorry, a tomboy doesn't do makeup." (눈‸눈)
P.S. Saw this thing on YouTube, Yin & Yei said, "Tomboys don't do makeup" (check it out at 2:55). Some tomboys might go for it, but I'm the no-makeup type.
Why can't I land a job
"Ahh, what's up with this society? Do female teachers gotta be all 'gentle, with long hair, wearing makeup, skirts, and heels'?"
Asked my friend, "Dude, why can't I land a job?"
"Ever seen a female teacher who dresses like you?"
"Nah," I said.
"You probably get the vibe of what society wants," my friend grins.
"And where do you usually see girls like you working?"
"Shoe store clerks, hairstylists, breakfast shop attendants, service staff, insurance agents, chefs," I list.
"Do you want your look or the job you want?"
"What! Do I have to choose?" Society's whack, I shake my head.
Gave myself six months
Gave myself six months. If I can't lock down a gig within that, I was thinking of switching to something where I could rock pants.
Thankfully, on month five, I found one. Yeah, the pay sucks, but it's something. Had a year of tutoring experience, but still had to go through the intern grind. First two, three months of that, getting paid like 62 NT dollars an hour (｡ŏ_ŏ). So low, considering I used to pull in 300 NT dollars an hour tutoring in college.
Not my first rodeo
Alright, not my first rodeo.
I used to work distributing promotional flyers before, and the pay was only 50 NT dollars per hour, extremely low.
Seems like society ain't vibing with a tomboy look, always bumping into situations that don't follow labor laws, not even hitting minimum wage (｡í _ ì｡).
But, I really didn't wanna go through the whole job hunt hassle again. A little less on the paycheck is still better than nothing. After the internship, at least the pay was legit.
After entering the workforce
Later on, 'cause my teaching game was more about brains than looks, my salary shot up in the second year, hitting 40K to 50K. Maybe I'm just too damn good. Thank the universe.
Rocking my tomboy vibe, I leveled up my skills. After a year of prep, aced the exams, started teaching public high school freshmen, moved up to sophomores, juniors, and even dabbled in GEPT. Half a year later, started with the elementary level, another half, hit the intermediate. Then, after a year, took on bilingual and international classes.
Life was lit, but studying and prepping got real tiresome. Teaching life was more intense than being a high school senior, always facing new challenges.
One year, outta the blue, my boss drops, "Think you can handle teaching the SAT?" (SAT's kinda like our country's uni entrance exam)
"Never done it, gonna need like six months to prep." I kept it cool.
Tried it, it was tough. I could remember IELTS and TOEFL, but teaching math and science in English? Elementary's cool, but junior high and up... nah, not my gig. Definitely can't swing high school-level English math and science – I'm a humanities student!
Studied for like six months, then told my boss, "Sorry, it's too much, I can't swing it."
找工作
來和大家分享我找工作的經驗
那一年，我想從鞋店銷售轉回補教業工作
於是，我就開始找工作
大概過了四個月，面試了二三十家公司
卡住
哀！
結果我不是卡學歷
也不是卡科系
也不是卡實力
也不是卡薪水
也不是卡福利
雖然我國已經通過同婚法，算是對LGBTQ族群友善的國家，我國已經走在亞洲的前緣
但是
我發現一個T外型的要當老師這個行業，可能還是有點難
社會大眾對女老師的期待可能是
溫柔、長髮、有化妝、穿裙子、跟鞋
我個人
個人覺得我長得還不錯，有點小帥
沒有到「大帥」，大帥哥還是要看leanhu理恩那種
但是我找工作，大概會遇到的對話是
面試(對話)
「我們公司規定要穿制服，你可以嗎？」
「我可以」我很淡定的說著
「但是我們公司女老師的制服，只有裙子。」
「！！！！！」
抱歉，我不可以 (|||ﾟдﾟ)
P.S.上次看到周美玲導演的《帥T空姐》，我真的很有同感
刻版印象，空姐和女老師，不能穿褲裝
高跟鞋
或是像是以下情況
「我們老闆娘喜歡女員工穿高跟鞋，請問你可以嗎？」
「！！！！」我不可以 ┐(´д`)┌
化妝
「您好，我們公司可能會要求女老師要化妝，請問您可以接受嗎？」
「抱歉，T 不化妝。」
又沒辦法應徵上了 (눈‸눈)
P.S. 我上次看Youtube Yin & Yei 也有說「T沒有在化妝的」(請直接看2:55)
可能有的T會化，就像我也有遇過我學長化妝，男生也有會化妝的，但我是不化的那種
社會偏見
「啊啊啊！這社會到底是安怎、是發生什麼事，女老師就一定要「溫柔、長髮、有化妝、穿裙子、跟鞋嗎？？？？」
討論
我問了我朋友
「ㄟ，你覺得我為什麼找不到工作？」
「啊你人生中有遇到過跟你一樣打扮的女老師嗎？」
「沒有。」我說
「那你大概就知道社會期待是什麼了。」我朋友說
「你看過跟你打扮一樣的女生通常是什麼行業？」我朋友繼續微笑地說道
「跟我一樣的鞋店店員、理髮師、早餐店員、服務員、保險員、廚師。」我如數家珍道
「那你想要你的外貌，還是你想要的行業？」
「什麼！一定要二選一嗎？」這社會壞掉了吧，我愁眉苦臉地說道
給自己機會
後來我給自己半年，如果半年內我再找不到
我可能就會考慮轉往別的可以穿褲子的行業
之後
萬幸，我在第五個月找到了，成功進入了職場
只是薪水很差。我已經有在補教業工作過一年，但老闆還是說得先實習
前兩三個月實習期，時薪大概62元 (｡ŏ_ŏ)
好少喔
我大學兼家教都有時薪300了
好吧，我也不是第一次遇到這種低薪了
我之前發DM的工作，時薪只有50
看來T的外貌真的在社會上不吃香，怎麼老是遇到不符合勞基法的
連勞工最低工資都沒有ㄟ
呵呵呵(｡í _ ì｡)
但是我真的不想再找了，少就少吧，至少活得下去
後來實習期後轉正，至少符合勞基法了
在公司的第二年
我第二年薪水月薪有大幅度上升 ，有40K~50K，畢竟老師上班主要靠大腦，可能我真的太好用
萬幸萬幸
職場萬能小叮噹
因為我的外貌，練就一身本事，綽號：小叮噹──因為可以伸出圓手(援手)，教各種班種，超級萬能
我在補教業的第二年
一開始只教公立國小、國中，唸書備課過了一年，通過公司內部考試，開始教公立高一生，接著就教上去、高二、高三，然後開始讀全民英檢的書，讀了大概半年開始教全民英檢初級，再讀半年開始教全民英檢中級，接著大概又讀了一年開始接雙語班、國際班的案子
生活過得非常充實，只是念書、備課備到快吐了，老師的人生比高三生還要拚，一直都有新挑戰
職場新挑戰
有一年，我老闆突然說：「你可不可以教SAT啊？」(SAT有點像我國高三升大學的學測)
「我沒教過，我先讀個半年試試看。」我淡定地說
真的試試就快「逝世」，那真的太難了啦！
雅思、托福我還念得起來，用英文教數學、自然，國小的我還可以，國中以上我就......
我就不一定可以，至於高中的英文數學、英文科學，我真的不行 눈言눈
哈哈哈，我文組的好嗎，念的是莎士比亞、美國文學、歐洲文學、英國文學，理科我用中文都學不好，你叫我用英文教！！！
我認真的讀了半年，跟我老闆說
「抱歉，真的無法，太難了」 ( ¯•ω•¯ )
以下附上我上次看到的Yahoo新聞──「拒留長髮」面試落空構成「容貌歧視」！ 雇主遭重罰打官司無效
新聞內容：「《就業服務法》是要保障人民的平等工作權，防止雇主因勞工的外在容貌因素而產生差別待遇，而長髮、短髮都屬於「容貌歧視」的一環。」
我想，以後T 想要當老師，可能不會被直接說
「本公司要求女老師穿裙裝」
但是
還是可能以其他方式拒絕，就從明面規定變成潛規則？
希望，以後社會再更進步一點
T 外貌的女生，可以在各行各樣都看到
百家爭鳴ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ
