Unemployed in the Philippines

in life •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Being unemployed sucks. Especially if you are in a third world country like mine, the Philippines.

But that statement can be argued. Life is easy if you come from a well-off family. You can choose to not work for months at a time without really experiencing the consequences unlike most of the country's population, who cannot afford to be without a job. Unemployment often branches out to different problems. It may lead to financial problems. Financial problems can cause personal/relationship problems and from there, it may lead to a whole lot of other ones. You can say that unemployment is the root of most evils here in the Philippines. I listed several factors that I believe causes unemployment in this country.


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  • Education
    Majority of the unemployed in the Philippines are people who did not finish their education or are illiterate.

  • Experience
    Most companies demand unreasonable requirements for jobs. 1-2 years experience for an entry-level job?! Hahahahaha wth.

  • Too many graduates
    The ratio of graduates to job vacancies is highly unbalanced.

  • Discrimination(?)
    Some companies prefer graduates from major schools in the Philippines.

Unemployment directly relates to poverty here in the Philippines. To avoid that, unemployed people take risks like flying to a different country to explore uncertain opportunities, falling victim to pyramid scams, etc. Which is just sad.

Filipinos are generally optimistic. We can only hope and pray that long-standing problem will get better eventually.

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babangon ka rin kabayan. stay strong

Better days are coming 😉

Ya know it! :)

Great article man, this can spread awareness. Will wait for your future article. Providing more depth and detail to your post will give it a blast here in Steemit. Keep it up!

Thanks dude!This means a lot to me.

Resteemed! Keep it up and welcome new Steemian!

Support @philippinetrail for more Philippine-related content in the future.

keep up the good work man and stay strong , very good article.

This is saddening 😖

plus we are an archipelago and the central businesses are found in Luzon :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Amazing post @idundundun. Life is somewhat unfair but yeah just keep moving forward you'll get there.

Hope for the best !

I know what it's like :(