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Jomadel Ferrancullo, or Jomz to her friends, went through her fair share of ups and downs when it came to the job search. Jomz graduated with a degree in BS Nursing from\u00a0the University of Perpetual Help, Las Pi\u00f1as in 2009, a time when everyone was crazy for Nursing degrees. And this was not an easy time: the Philippines was producing\u00a0200,000 nursing graduates yearly, but only about 2,500 local nursing jobs at a time were available<\/a><\/strong>. Fortunately for Jomz, she wanted to work abroad. But unfortunately, too, jobs abroad often required 2 or so years of work experience at a hospital, which meant that Jomz had to first find a job in the Philippines. So she was back to square one. After passing the nursing board exam, she got herself a 6-month contract with RN Heals that sends nurses to work in clinics in the rural areas of the country. It was better than nothing, so Jomz took the job and was off to Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro.<\/p>\n For the next six months, she busied herself doing rounds at the local clinic providing basic healthcare to the communities in Bulalacao. It wasn\u2019t her ideal first job out of school but her training and expertise went somewhere\u00a0where they were needed the most. Like many nursing graduates here in the Philippines, Jomz had her string of odd jobs that led her to where she had started: another 6-month contract with RN Heals, this time on the island of Romblon. Not ideal, but she kept moving forward.<\/p>\n![\"from-mindoro-to-saudi-to-cavite-a-nurses-tale-of-coming-home\"](\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/from-mindoro-to-saudi-to-cavite-a-nurses-tale-of-coming-home-.png\")
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