A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview.

“Was your schooling significantly paid by grants?” The boy replied, “No”.
‘It was your father who paid for your studies? “Yes.’ He replied.
‘Where does your father work?’ ‘My father is a Blacksmith’.

The Director asked the young man to show him his hands.
The young man showed a pair of hands soft and perfect.
‘Have you ever helped your parents at their job? ‘.
‘Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. He can do the job better than me.

The director said:.
‘I have got a request: When you go home today, go and wash the hands of your father and then come see me tomorrow morning.’.

The young man felt his chance to get the job was high.

If he would allow him to wash his hands, when he returned to his house he asked his father.

His father felt strange, happy, but with mixed feelings and showed his hands to his son. The young man washed his hands, little by little. It was the first time that he noticed his father’s hands were wrinkled and they had so many scars. Some bruises were so painful that his skin shuddered when he touched them.

This was the first time that the young man recognized what it meant for this pair of hands to work every day to be able to pay for his studies. The bruises on the hands were the price that his father payed for his education, his school activities and his future.

After cleaning his father’s hands the young man stood in silence and began to clean and tidy up the workshop. That night, son and father talked for a long time.

The next morning, the young man went to the office of the director.
The Director noticed the tears in the eyes of the young man when He asked him,.

‘Can you tell me what you did and what you discovered yesterday at your house?’.
The boy replied: ‘I washed my father’s hands and when I finished I stayed and cleaned his workshop.’.

‘Now I know what it is to treasure and realize that without my parents, I would not be who I am today. By helping my father I now realize how difficult and hard it is to do something on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and the value in helping my family.

The director said, “This is what I look for in my people. I want to hire someone who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the hardship others go through to accomplish things, and a person who realizes that money is not his only goal in life”.

‘You are hired’.

A child that has been coddled, protected and given everything he or she wants, develops a mentality of “I have the right” and will always put himself or herself first, ignoring the efforts of parents, family and friends. If we are this type of protective parent are we really showing love or are we helping to destroy our children?

You can give your daughter or son their own room in a big house, good food, a computer, tablet, cell phone, and a big screen TV, but when you’re washing the floor or painting a wall, children need to experience that too.

After eating, have them wash the dishes with their sisters and brothers, let them fold laundry or cook with you, pull weeds or mow the lawn. Because you are poor and can’t afford help, you are not doing this. Because you love them and want them to understand certain things about life, you are doing this.

Children need to learn to appreciate the amount of effort it takes to do a job right. They need to experience the difficulties in life that people must overcome to be successful and they must learn about failure to be able to succeed.

Children must also learn how to work and play with others and that they will not always win, but they can always work harder to reach their goals. If they’ve done their best, then they can take pride in all the effort they put forth.

Life is about giving and serving and these qualities are communicated in our homes.

Currently doing multiple jobs at once? Nowadays, where a lot of innovations arise, more and more expenses also arise and so people need to take more than one job at once to make more money and in order to buy both their wants and needs.

There’s nothing wrong with this since they want a more fulfilled life. There’s this great feeling of fulfillment that working brings to the heart and I think that is what they are also after. However, we all know that taking on multiple jobs is very challenging.

Begin a job hunt as early as 6 months before your graduation.

It’s never too early to start hunting for the job you want to pursue after you graduate. The earlier you start your job search, the more prepared you are in working with your future employer. Talk to people in your preferred industry. This will help you learn more about the field and opportunities that they offer. For instance, if you want to work in food industry, you may need to approach people who are currently working in that field and ask for advice in launching and maintaining your career.