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More and more persons are leaving the Nature Isle in pursuit of higher education. Many of these individuals have been sent by our government through scholarships and\/or educational assistance to some countries, including but limited, to China, Mexico, Venezuela, Jamaica, U.S.A and Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n
The students leave eager to learn for four or five years and return to contribute and place into action what has been learned. But there ARE NO JOBS being offered to them.<\/p>\n
Before writing this article I made sure to contact several individuals to avoid appearing bias. Out of the 15 persons contacted, all were graduates from Caribbean universities within the past five years, only eight of that number is employed – five in the past two years and none of them were employed in their field of study.<\/p>\n
When asked to elaborate on their efforts in securing their jobs, it was a resounding “You don\u2019t want to know”, \u201cThrough hell and high waters”, “I got through because of my aunt\/uncle”.<\/p>\n
They all told stories of extreme perseverance, knocking all doors opened or closed from which there was little or no response.<\/p>\n
The students including myself, have left and are now equipped with the knowledge, being more than willing to contribute but very little is being done to assist us. Personally, I completed school in May of 2009, and with outstanding tuition fees, I returned home and sent out numerous applications, went into offices, contacted my Parliamentary representative, and after six months of unemployment\u00a0 and National Commercial Bank calling me every day – inquiring about loan payments – I had no choice but to seek employment on another island.<\/p>\n
I finally got a call back from Ministry of Education in May of 2010. I was then in a permanent WELL PAYING teaching job in another country but I returned home because of my undying need to give back. In a few days I flew back home, and hot off the plane with luggage in hand, I went to the interview. To this hour I have not received any form of response from the Ministry – not an email, letter, phone call, smoke signal, NOTHING.<\/p>\n
I believe that it would have only been polite for a representative to have contacted me whether the response was favourable or not. Since then, I have applied to every possible place – over 30 applications and CV but not one response, not even to acknowledge the fact that it was received, NOTHING.<\/p>\n
This story is very familiar among other graduates. Many students are home sitting on their bachelor’s and even master’s degrees. Another common excuse from possible employers is that \u201cThey can\u2019t afford to pay us because of our qualifications” or “you have no experience in this field”. So then why should we go out to study if no one can pay us? And how are we going to get any experience if we are not given the opportunity?<\/p>\n
The government is doing nothing to assist; not an internship program for graduates, NOTHING.<\/p>\n
I believe something can be done to assist these individuals, not only because they are qualified but because they are willing to work. Many other persons have tasted the honey on the other side and chose to stay there, but those who have returned despite overflowing opportunities elsewhere are left unemployed.<\/p>\n
This is an immediate cry of persons like myself, who have come back to give to dear ole Dominique but there are NO JOBS. And the little jobs that are available are being filled by relatives of employers – many of whom are not qualified, while other people are being sidetracked.<\/p>\n
Persons are being picked because of other circumstances and not for the right ones. This corruption is everywhere, especially in government ministries! They rather shovel around current employees before placing a vacancy ad out!<\/p>\n
What will be done to save the starving GRADUATE?<\/p>\n
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