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HireSmart Cares empowers the children of its Filipino virtual employees to learn the skills they need to succeed.
Vanessa is full of pride for her daughter, Jana, who thrived last year in the best private school in her area, an experience that wouldn’t have been possible without a scholarship from HireSmart Cares.
Jana earned an academic excellence award in her new school and made many new friends.
“I am so proud,” said Vanessa. “It's a new school and new environment, yet she fit in so well. The academic excellence award shows that she is really doing well.”
Jana received one of HireSmart Cares’ 25 educational scholarships last year and continues to receive the assistance this year. HireSmart awards private school funding for up to four years for each Filipino educational scholarship recipient.
Vanessa and her husband, Edgar, also have a son, Josiah, who is attending college and plans to be a civil engineer. Jana talks about being an architect.
Vanessa is in her sixth year as a HireSmart employee, serving the entire time with a community association management client in the U.S. She said she considers her U.S. co-workers as family, and noted how caring they were this past year as her mother, Ruth, battled cancer and passed away.
“I love them,” she said. “They’re family, and throughout the journey I had with my mom, they were there for me. They’re amazing. I can’t ask for anything more. I'm enjoying working with them.”
She said she and her three sisters are leaning on each other through the tough time.
“I'm just so thankful that all my sisters are here with me,” she said. “I still have my father. So all our love and affection are on him now.”
Vanessa said she feels deep loyalty to her U.S. client.
“I have this genuine concern for what the company is doing,” she said.
The accounting department employee said several years ago another department with the company had a wave of resignations.
“I was concerned why we're having those issues,” she said. “And so I reached out to the management and offered help. I don't want everyone to be discouraged because I love the company and I love my job. I love the people I'm working with.”
Her client’s management team assigned Vanessa to the troubled department for several weeks, and she helped them pull through the ordeal.
“I was glad to help in a tough time,” she said.
Vanessa’s actions show several of HireSmart’s SMARTER core values at work. She focused on being of “service” to others by being “available” in a time of need, and she strengthened the “relationship” with her client, who also supported her as she faced hardship this past year.
HireSmart Cares invests in its Filipino families because they are all part of a bigger family. And we support one another. The scholarship program is that principle put to action.
If you want to contribute to HireSmart’s Filipino scholarship fund, click here.