Dear Editor,
Today I felt very defeated and at a loss for words when I saw my daughter cry; not because of a broken heart, but the agony of disappointment from corporate Jamaica was too much to bear silently.
My daughter graduated from The University of The West Indies, Mona, twice. First with a first-class honours distinction in psychology and then a Master of Business Administration in marketing, again with distinction. I thought that, with her accolades, finding a job in that field would not take long. I was wrong. With all her achievements, corporate Jamaica has disappointed my daughter because she has no experience.
My child is brilliant, smart, knowledgeable, balanced, consistent, honest, direct, assertive, a team player, reliable, trustworthy, committed, eclectic, and I could go on and on.
She has been on numerous interviews but corporate Jamaica is not looking for someone who is qualified and speaks with confidence. They are looking for someone with years of experience. Mr and Mrs Interviewer, do you remember your first job? Someone who graduates with a 3.8 grade point average and trainable was not good enough for the job. She submitted marketing plans when asked to do so; they said the plans satisfied them, but still no job. Who knows what they did with her plans?
As parents you encourage your children to “go to school to make something of your life”. When they do, what’s next? What else is there for us to tell our kids?
One thing I know for sure, I’m very proud of her. I remembered when she made a prominent high school for girls proud by getting an award from Jamaica Teachers’ Association because she got first place in Jamaica in Principles of Business that year.
Parents out there going through the same pain, please be encouraged, continue to be advocates for higher learning.Remember that, “The heights of great men, reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upwards in the night.”
I congratulate my daughter. Any mother would be proud to have her as their child. She has done her best and my heart weeps with her.
But when all this happens, the product of it is called “brain drain”. It leads to the migration of talented and brilliant young people for a better life overseas, so that they are able to repay student loans, because their own country does not see their potential.
Let us be proud of our children in spite of how they are treated by corporate Jamaica.
Deborah Smith
ds311964@gmail.com
Today I felt very defeated and at a loss for words when I saw my daughter cry; not because of a broken heart, but the agony of disappointment from corporate Jamaica was too much to bear silently.
My daughter graduated from The University of The West Indies, Mona, twice. First with a first-class honours distinction in psychology and then a Master of Business Administration in marketing, again with distinction. I thought that, with her accolades, finding a job in that field would not take long. I was wrong. With all her achievements, corporate Jamaica has disappointed my daughter because she has no experience.
My child is brilliant, smart, knowledgeable, balanced, consistent, honest, direct, assertive, a team player, reliable, trustworthy, committed, eclectic, and I could go on and on.
She has been on numerous interviews but corporate Jamaica is not looking for someone who is qualified and speaks with confidence. They are looking for someone with years of experience. Mr and Mrs Interviewer, do you remember your first job? Someone who graduates with a 3.8 grade point average and trainable was not good enough for the job. She submitted marketing plans when asked to do so; they said the plans satisfied them, but still no job. Who knows what they did with her plans?
As parents you encourage your children to “go to school to make something of your life”. When they do, what’s next? What else is there for us to tell our kids?
One thing I know for sure, I’m very proud of her. I remembered when she made a prominent high school for girls proud by getting an award from Jamaica Teachers’ Association because she got first place in Jamaica in Principles of Business that year.
Parents out there going through the same pain, please be encouraged, continue to be advocates for higher learning.Remember that, “The heights of great men, reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upwards in the night.”
I congratulate my daughter. Any mother would be proud to have her as their child. She has done her best and my heart weeps with her.
But when all this happens, the product of it is called “brain drain”. It leads to the migration of talented and brilliant young people for a better life overseas, so that they are able to repay student loans, because their own country does not see their potential.
Let us be proud of our children in spite of how they are treated by corporate Jamaica.
Deborah Smith
ds311964@gmail.com