Career Campus

It is not unusual for me to receive resumes every now and then. Sadly and in most cases, more than half of these resumes end up in my recycle bin. What’s most revealing is that – they reflect the sorry state of our educational system in the country.

It seems that many of our graduates have been taught in school to follow some templates and I bet a lot of human resource officers have come a zillion times letters of applications like this: “I read from a reliable source that your prestigious company needs … I would like to apply for any vacant position.”

Employer-employee relationship is not that simple as it may seem. In fact, that is a common issue in labor cases. That relationship between an employer and employee if existing, imposes obligations on the part of the employer in relation to social security, workmen’s compensation, security of tenure, and unionization, and other benefits provided under the Labor Code. And that maybe the reason that some businessmen, as noted by the Supreme Court, try to avoid creating employer-employee relationship in their enterprises.

When we were young, the muscles in our body are long and lean with very little fat. As we get older and become less active, however, fat can invade the muscles making them short and fat. In fact, muscles can become so saturated with fat that they can’t hold anymore. That’s why you will notice that when you hold and touch your arm, you feel it’s so soft and saggy. It’s like as if you have the arm of an eighty year old person. You lost that muscle tone and firmness that you had before while you were still young. So, where do the muscles go?