u/Jealous-Dish-8316

Passed around January pero wala pa rin? Inquired last March saying wala pa raw silang budget. Usually gaano ba ‘to katagal?

I honestly don’t know anymore.

I’m a fresh graduate with barely any savings because I spent most of college just trying to get by. My parents were rarely employed. My father would occasionally pick up freelance work, but much of what he earned ended up going to gambling. My mother had unstable jobs too, and even then the pay was far below enough to support a family. Whenever I had extra money from scholarships, I usually gave it at home so we’d at least have something to eat.

I spent years believing that if I worked hard enough, things would eventually get better. I poured everything into improving myself and building a future I could be proud of. But six months since I've graduated, I’m still unemployed.

My friends were talking about what to do for the graduation. Where to buy this and that, where to take photoshoots, where to go after. With the money I have right now, I wouldn't even be able to buy the necessitated graduation sash. Am I selfish to at least want to enjoy the fruit of my hard work?

Hello! I’m a fresh grad based in Taguig City with no prior BPO experience. Looking sana for BPO companies na fully online lang ang process (wala kasi akong pamasahe magpabalik-balik huhuhu) and for immediate hiring (pambayad sana ng grad fees bago mag July).

Can do night shift!

Salamat po!

Hi! I’m a fresh graduate looking for job opportunities within the LGU. I am specifically interested with our offices (CDRRMO, CSWDO, among others) pero wala akong makitang job posting sa PESO page or any page at all for the last years. Sa job fair naman, panay private companies ‘yung hiring. Wala ba talagang hiring sa LGU or am I just not looking enough?

Salamat!

hi! i’m a fresh graduate looking to fund my graduation ganaps. i am accepting commissions on digital and print design or short term commitment basic GIS gigs (i am still upskilling for the latter)

for layout, i specialize on newspaper/magazines/social media posts. i am not an illustrator so i mostly source elements on canva and free-of-use websites.

for basic map design, i can do it on QGIS/ArcGIS so as long as the data you’d be looking for is open-access or you’ll be providing me the shapefiles!

quick rate starts at 250 for both!

comment if interested!

i’ll be sending my personal portfolio on your dm.

It’s been a while since I graduated from one of the so-called “Big Four” universities. My parents never had to worry about me academically as I’ve done everything to reach this point despite our circumstances. I got scholarships; I worked as a student assistant; I took some commissions. I poured money when my immediate family members were hospitalized for different reasons; I poured money to help with the groceries; I poured money when I deemed necessary. All while paying for my own rent, electricity, and other living expenses. And as soon as college was over, I had no savings.

During the past years, I tried hard to distance myself from my family physically. I couldn’t juggle the stress of my academic workload with the stressors at home. In my dormitory, I found that I could be peaceful with myself. I found that I was never insomniac—only that I constantly tried to be awake at night so I could be so sleepy the next day I could barely care about my parents shouting. I found that if it were me by myself and for myself, I could live.

When I returned home after years of surviving alone, I felt disillusioned. We had our electricity disconnected; we could barely pay for water; my parents were practically unemployed. And the worst part was I saw the version of me that I tried running away from from my siblings. Distant and resentful.

Laging sinasabi sa akin dati na ako raw ang mag-aangat sa amin sa kahirapan. Na baka mabaliw raw ako sa “sobrang talino” ko. Pero, ewan ko. When I felt abandoned back then, I just accepted it—because I knew that being the eldest was the burden I carry. But now? I find that hope is even worse than nothingness. I hate thinking that my parents could change. I hate thinking that the circumstances around me would change. Because all my life I’ve just strived and strived but where has this led me?

Ever since finishing all my courseworks, I have tried to apply at every job opportunity I could find—on Linkedin, Facebook, JobStreet, you name it. Every time I pick myself up and just try, may ibang problema na naman na papasok. I’ve been unemployed for months already. As much as I just want to run away, I couldn’t.

Friends asked me to apply for call center. Pero ang hirap. Nag-aral ako nang apat na taon sa kursong gusto ko—sinikap ko para sa sarili ko, para sa pamilya ko. At ang hirap ding mag-apply. Walang kuryente tuwing umaga. (Nakikikabit lang kami.) Maingay sa bahay for online interviews. And all that to land in a field I wasn’t passionate with? There is grace in humbleness. But for once, I just want better for myself because I’ve done so much already. So much.