Classified: Land Claims What is Rightfully Hers
Instead of going to a movie, riding my car without no particular destination or perhaps reading a good book, I found myself doing something strangely awkward on a Saturday evening. I was glued to the classifieds. I wasn’t looking for used cars or apartments for rent. No, I was “job hunting”. The scenario turns a little bit more interesting when I turn to the section called “ventas”. This section was full of ads such as “Want to make millions by reading emails ….”, and the worst of all “Good morning or good evening, how ever the day is when you read this. I am a______ major looking for a ______ position. Please call me”. Unbelievable but true. People in extreme desperation graveling for jobs through news paper ads.
This last ad may be proof of what many Puerto Ricans say, “there are no jobs in Puerto Rico”. This statement is also followed by the wave of Puerto Rican professionals fleeing to the United States looking for jobs with higher salaries, high rates of unemployed professionals in the island, high rates of people living off welfare and other aids subsidized by the federal government and many other grievances or excuses. Why excuses? First, this ad is proof that many citizens living in this island want things on silver platters. The questions keeps on repeating itself… Why? Before this question is answered other issues must be discussed.
When applying for jobs many applicants go for the easy shifts, high pays and “seniority” benefits. It seems that they don’t realize that everyone has to start from the bottom. Many candidates that are going for different positions lack projection. They don’t show the proper motivation, leadership or are willing to develop multitasking skills. They have the notation that just because they have a diploma with a title the job is theirs automatically. More importantly they are missing a key attitude: perseverance. These candidates give up quickly because they want everything with just a finger snap away. For most of them it is so much easier to cross the other end of the ocean and get a job the “easy way”. But… What if going the to the other side wasn’t possible?... That questions still remains
Anyhow, even many of our insular minded citizens create obstacles, there is light in the horizon. It is not an utopia to think of the possibility of getting a job in your own country even though the economy is on a thread. The truth is that the whole world is experimenting hardships. You but only you set the limits. With the right attitude and “tools”, you can build your own future in the land that claims you… Puerto Rico.
(*** this essay is trying to employ the Rogerian model)
Instead of going to a movie, riding my car without no particular destination or perhaps reading a good book, I found myself doing something strangely awkward on a Saturday evening. I was glued to the classifieds. I wasn’t looking for used cars or apartments for rent. No, I was “job hunting”. The scenario turns a little bit more interesting when I turn to the section called “ventas”. This section was full of ads such as “Want to make millions by reading emails ….”, and the worst of all “Good morning or good evening, how ever the day is when you read this. I am a______ major looking for a ______ position. Please call me”. Unbelievable but true. People in extreme desperation graveling for jobs through news paper ads.
This last ad may be proof of what many Puerto Ricans say, “there are no jobs in Puerto Rico”. This statement is also followed by the wave of Puerto Rican professionals fleeing to the United States looking for jobs with higher salaries, high rates of unemployed professionals in the island, high rates of people living off welfare and other aids subsidized by the federal government and many other grievances or excuses. Why excuses? First, this ad is proof that many citizens living in this island want things on silver platters. The questions keeps on repeating itself… Why? Before this question is answered other issues must be discussed.
When applying for jobs many applicants go for the easy shifts, high pays and “seniority” benefits. It seems that they don’t realize that everyone has to start from the bottom. Many candidates that are going for different positions lack projection. They don’t show the proper motivation, leadership or are willing to develop multitasking skills. They have the notation that just because they have a diploma with a title the job is theirs automatically. More importantly they are missing a key attitude: perseverance. These candidates give up quickly because they want everything with just a finger snap away. For most of them it is so much easier to cross the other end of the ocean and get a job the “easy way”. But… What if going the to the other side wasn’t possible?... That questions still remains
Anyhow, even many of our insular minded citizens create obstacles, there is light in the horizon. It is not an utopia to think of the possibility of getting a job in your own country even though the economy is on a thread. The truth is that the whole world is experimenting hardships. You but only you set the limits. With the right attitude and “tools”, you can build your own future in the land that claims you… Puerto Rico.
(*** this essay is trying to employ the Rogerian model)
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