I am so happy! One of our core values at Randstad is to help put human forward. It's a sort of charitable contribution to society which we try to implement in our daily work. I thought, and still partly do, that this was just the kind of thing companies say because it sounds good on paper but fails to realise in action.

 

Given the simplicity of the work that our consultants carry out, we have had the idea to recruit disabled people, introverts, and people that have had employment difficulties. We recently recruited four guys that have been out of work for a year and I was appointed the sole responsibility to train them. I took the liberty to conduct my own methods and custom made a programme which I thought fit each person individually. Three out of four managed very well. The fourth one, deary me, became very anxious and would tremble profoundly. Coaching him I realised everything got stuck in his head and he would get it all mixed up. But when we went through his mistakes, it was evident that he understood the logic. 

 

So the next time I saw him struggle, I pull out the chair and sat right next to him and said out loud "Talk to me. Tell me what you think you should do". And he began to explain the logic he had learnt, and he got most of it perfectly right. From receiving 70-80% in his test, he got 97%! (Although I did help him sometimes.)

 

When we had our lunch break, they'd sit by themselves, each on seperate tables. I walked in with my lunch box and forced them together by sitting with me. One thing lead to the other and they began talking to each other without end. It warmed my silly heart. 

 

That night I smiled while lying in bed, feeling so fulfilled and content. I was born to help others. I know people say that you should never live your life for others but I do. It makes me happy to make other people happy. I feed off of it.