Be the CHANGE you wanna be
By Karmina Palaganas
Imagine yourself being well dressed with a little bit of make up, teased hair, holding a rolled paper, wearing a black toga with a matching graduation song in the background. Yes, the commencement exercise! This ceremony can actually give both terror and excitement, and putting together graduation announcements can often feel like an added stress, really!
With that said, our university has conducted some events like job fairs to extend help for providing options what profession we want to have after our exit. But, the question is, who would be “ME” upon entering the real world? Would I be able to use those teachings, what if no one wants to hire me and I’d just be a bum for my entire life? So, for us to be guided and have a glimpse the actual *thing*, we conducted a Career Insights: PR and digital media jobs for communication graduates, and invited our Comm alumni, and there were certain statements which were simple yet meaningful left in mind.
So let’s start with “Passion o Sweldo?”
After studying, you can’t be readily be a boss of your own company. Remember that you have entered a new chapter and this time you have to prove yourself because you are back to zero.
There are instances that you might get rejected for the post for certain reasons, but it doesn’t mean that you are not good enough. So if that job is not for you now, maybe tomorrow the next day, who knows. Let’s be realistic, this is not an excuse for you to be “COMM-portable sa bahay”, why not make yourself efficient, yes we understand that you want to be in front of the cam because this is your passion, projecting, but you will not be able to be on top if you will not start from the bottom, build your self. There are also practical people that they might choose a way that they were highly compensated but a far from that course that they took, keep in mind that you’re a comm. Graduate that specializes in communication so you have an edge to deal with different people easily. Which ever works for you.
“Masaktan lang kayo, aalis na kayo?”
In life, everything is balanced, there’s a good and bad day. You might be commended now and later be scolded. There’s always room for improvement and not be sensitive. They are giving you these because they want you to be your better version and you must consider them. Bear in mind, getting a long with people who have not the same way thinking as yours doesn’t mean you’re hypocrite, you are just civilized, be flexible.
"Complacency is your greatest enemy."
As time passes by and you have already established yourself, you will be having this feeling of security for all aspects, because you are considered as “tenured”. Changes are constant, what you know might be obsolete, so don’t be complacent, this may drag you down. Be prepared for the unexpected, have thirst for continuous learning, embrace changes.
These statements might not be enough for me to see clearly who would I become after college. But at least, with the experience that they have imparted, I know that there’s something more after reading textbooks, this time, I’ll be putting them into action and it’s up to me on how to do it. we have same dream, it’s up to us to own the trail to get there.
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