The greatest wish reflected and expressed by the hundreds of young people who attended this Friday the job fair who organized the Ministry of Labor at the UASD, was the “being able to be graced” to stay with one of the 1,115 jobs offered.
Some from Villa Mella, others from Sabana Perdida, many from Cristo Rey, Capotillo, Los Guandules, San Cristóbal, La Vega and other demarcations, but all with a single objective, to get a job and, in some cases, that long-awaited first job.
With sweaty faces and complaining about the slowness in the queue, three friends were waiting for their turn to obtain one of the forms that had to be filled out with the aptitudes, skills and abilities that they possessed and for the positions to which they were assigned. that was applied.
Of these three, one of them, Karina, pointed out that one of the positions for which she opted was as an inventory analyst, but that she did not mind being a secretary either because her only objective was to leave that fair with a job.
“What I want is to work”, were some of the responses applicants gave when asked which position they were applying for.
For the most part, those who attended the fair were young people, who when consulted stated that they were in their first university semester and considered that having a job It would help them pay for the large expenses involved in starting university life in the Dominican Republic.
Although he does not reside in Santo Domingo, one of the young people consulted explained to Free Journal that came from San Cristobal and that he moved to the capital in search of one of the vacancies for a nursing assistant since he considered himself suitable to obtain one of the positions that were being raffled.
Wadler Rolandtold part of his story and claimed to be systems engineer for four years, but he has not been able to exercise because “the opportunity has not existed”, since in the country for those areas they always “look for a foreign hand”, even in some state agencies, according to what he said.
The young man He stated that he is willing to work in any area, even if he is a systems engineering professional. In speaking he revealed that he has a good time unemployed and it was through a friend that he became aware of the journey of job. “Me I came to look for a job because I have been unemployed for more than a year and six months”Roland explained.
Surrounded by a group of young people that she met in the surroundings of the Juan Isidro Jiménez (JJ) campus, of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and who, like her, went in search of a job jobthere was a young woman who explained that she graduated from nursing in 2017, Laura Rosadois his name.
She expressed “feeling desperate” for the lack of jobsince he has more than six years of having graduated and has not been able to develop fully in the workplace.
“In the country we have many professional people who make an effort to study and after all, after making an effort for so many years making a career, we find ourselves in the need of being unemployed. We came here for the job fair to see if we are graced with God ahead”, were Rosado’s statements.
The job fair It was carried out from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, in a space where there were 1,115 places in different areas such as general practitioner, pediatric dentist, general dentist, dental assistant, prosthodontist, periodontist, implantologist, maxillofacial surgeon and endodontist, nurses and auxiliary nurse, technical assistant, rigid assistant, warehouse assistant, welder and washer, among other positions.
