Unemployed

Note: I wrote this entry several months ago. I thought that posting it would be something worthwhile. By the way, I passed the PHC exams and initial interview.

Due to my mom’s unrelenting demand, I went to the Philippine Heart Center yesterday to pass my resume together with the other requirements essential for employment as a staff nurse. The Heart Center only accepted applicants from Tuesdays thru Thursdays, 1PM till 4PM. Mustering all of my confidence, I went there with my plastic folder containing all the necessary papers. I was with Mayor which made the whole thing light and easy. Haha. We were laughing the whole time.

When we got there, we were asked to fill up some forms (3 pages, back to back, to be exact), which actually looked liked a resume/bio-data made by their human resources department. As we were filling up the said forms, a number of other applicants suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started filling up the same forms. I then told Mayor to hurry up thinking that we should get ahead of the other applicants. It turns out na I’m the 17^th and he’s the 18^th applicant. We were scheduled on the 27^th of August for our exam at 8:30 AM and an initial interview at around 1:15PM.

My mom was, again, accurate about the Heart Center thing. I should’ve done this application thing ages ago. Grrr. I hate myself for ignoring my mom’s persistence. I am, as always, hard-headed (matigas ang ulo) about certain things, especially about getting a decent job. I’m lucky that I have a mom that pushes me to go further and further. Thank God.

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A few minutes ago, I read an email from my classmate. Like me, she applied as a staff nurse at the UST hospital about 2 weeks ago. They haven’t called her about an initial exam or anything. So, knowing her and according to her email, she went to ask about the status of her application. Surprisingly, she was told that they are prioritizing those who got higher board exam ratings than those who just passed. As expected, the aftershock of the June 2006 fiasco begins.

As you all know, I am a victim of the 2006 fiasco. Because of some peoples’ greed, I am to suffer unemployment and criticisms that I never even thought to encounter after college. This is so wrong. It’s not my fault that I am a 2006 PNLE passer. Yes, I know that it is the company’s sole right to set their own standards with regard to employment procedure. But think of it: why must we, the REAL victims of this humiliation, suffer for a thing we never even saw coming?

This prioritizing thing is so irritating. Think of it: Let us say that I applied there 2 months ago. Then, suddenly, someone who’s supposedly higher than me in terms of board rating applies there. That means that they will make that person first on their list without even thinking that I have been waiting for their call for 2 whole months. What’s that supposed to mean?

Please, don’t make this too hard for us. This is harder for us graduates/passers and hardest on our parents who have been with us, the graduates, since the beginning.

Friends, have faith in the Hand that moves everything.

Thank you.