So now you've graduated

To the new graduate, congratulations! After four to five years of college, you have finally tossed your cap and are starting anew. I hope all the effort you put in those years pays off with your first, second, third.... job. That or you may be thinking of taking some time off before you embark on your career. Hey, you may even think of heading back to school for your post-graduate degree/s. Then again you realize that with all the debt you incurred, you ought to look for a high paying job just to get rid of it! The lucky few who don't have much debt will probably head back to school to teach or to give back to the community for a couple of years. Good for you! Whatever you do, make sure you clean up that résumé and get rid of any skeletons in your closet. You never know what anybody can find on the net nowadays. Finally, if you've started your first job ever, think first before you buy that nice shiny toy or that fancy footwear that cripples you everytime yet you still want to wear them. One has to think about the future now.

Now why didn't I think of that

After the wedding I decided to move to another company. I was thinking about it for a couple of months before the wedding. What finally got me to say yes to the move was that no matter what excuse I gave for them not to get me, they still relented. They never said no to any of my "demands" so I said, this may be the right time to start fresh.

I never thought of taking time out between jobs. I am the type that wants to make sure another job is in place before I submit my resignation letter. I don't want any vacant time in my resume. That's just another reason for a company not to take me seriously. But the thing is, some companies are okay with this. In this article, Gen Y workers are apparently more likely to leave their jobs than Gen X'ers. With the current generation, they don't mind taking it easy as there is a job waiting for them after their break. Maybe during my next move I could take a couple months off. I wonder if Malou is fine with that.

Say goodbye to childhood

I'm proud to say that my father was an OCW (or is it OFW nowadays?) when I was growing up. That meant I had more responsibilities at home than a regular teen. It wasn't too bad and I remember enjoying my summers. When I finished high school though, I worked during the summer break while waiting for the start of the first trimester of college. I wondered then how many teens were doing what I was doing during that time. Hey, I'm sure I wasn't the only one but I bet there weren't that many of us. Apparently, this is catching up in this generation. This article describes what teens nowadays have to do to get into college. I wonder what teens will be doing a couple of generations from now. Will they be interns in companies by grade 7?