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At that time, only the society's elites were able to go to college and enjoy the economic

and political power associated with college education. Now, In the Philippines,Ilustrados(spanish term for learned! constituted the "ilipino educated class during the #panish

period and were the only educated sector and enjoyed considerable wealth and power as

well. .

$owe%er, in such a comple& world we are li%ing in today, ha%ing a college degree could

no longer guarantee a good paying job nor e%en getting employed. ecently, the numberof o%ersupplied college graduates, especially in the filed of nursing, remains unemployed

e%eral years after their college graduation. ompetition.....

)any college graduates who were unable to to find jobs in the country go o%erseas tousually wor* as blue+collar wor*ers. A study by a*o Asato (-/! re%ealed that 0-1 of

"ilipino domestich elpers in $ong*ong had completed tertiary education, yet they still

wor* as domestic helpers. 2ata released by N#3 re%ealed that an estimated total of

4,5, people were without jobs in 6anuary -7/. hile high school and collegeundergrads still comprise the majority of the unemployed, 70.81 (around 7,-09,

people! of those unemployed are college graduates. :his shows that employment cannotbe assured e%en if you are a college graduate.

3n the other hand, one's employability can also be influenced by which uni%ersity orcollege one had obtained his degree. )any companies gi%e priority to certain colleges

and uni%ersities when recruiting personnel. In the Philippines, it is generally belie%ed that

students from top uni%ersities with good trac* records in academics and board

e&aminations and with well *nown alumni in the pri%ate and go%'t sector are preferred byhiring companies;

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"irst, one of our bottomliners, Andrea 2ee, an I274 Applied orporate

)anagement graduate from 2e =a #alle