Jocelyn Pick: From Green Fields to Greener Pastures
By Immanuel Jay Avelino
As a child, she ran freely with her playmates in the green fields –watching the clouds moved along with them as they play while butterflies fluttered around their playground. Little did she know that the greenest pastures and the bluest skies of the corporate world would soon be her haven as she helps people soar higher than butterflies, energized and excited by their respective careers.
The fields could be found in the southern rural part of the Philippines. But for Jocelyn Pick, Managing Director of Profiles Asia Pacific, growing up away from the hustle and bustle of city was never a hindrance against success but a great avenue to learn many things.
“I grew up in Davao and [it was] there I realized that it takes a village to raise a kid. I thought I had a pretty much happy childhood,” says Jocelyn. “You felt like you don’t belong to just one family but you belong to a whole community.”
Neither did her family’s resources stop her from realizing her dreams. It was her passion that brought her to the top and her drive that kept her going.
“I wanted to have further studies abroad but my parents cannot afford it, and that’s why I entered as a teaching assistant. If you want something in life, you don’t say I can’t have it because I can’t afford it, instead, ask yourself what I will do in order to get it,” explains Jocelyn.
Her path soon became a little rough after she realized that going on her own would be the best thing for her to do. Although independent, she found herself relying on her parents’ influence and teachings. “Family values and family background play a huge role in what you turn out as an individual. It pays to have a good relationship with your parents.”
As a degree holder in Statistics, Jocelyn recently served as a consultant and a member of the Executive Committee for the Department of Education. She was formerly with the Presidential Management Staff as MIS Head and with the Philippine Ports Authority as its Chief Statistician and MIS Department Manager. Jocelyn’s career has been based in the application of technology to business processes and improvement in the areas of MIS, statistics, economic and financial modeling, and more recently psychometrics and human capital management.
As Managing Director of Profiles Asia Pacific, Jocelyn sets new business trends for her company that provides “next generation” assessment tools used by the industry for talent and performance management, career planning as well as leadership training and development.
Her company is now her playing field with her employees as her playmates. Together, Jocelyn and her pals help other people to blossom from an undeveloped cocoon to a beautiful butterfly. For her, it is this mission that keeps her going along with prayers and trust in the higher being.
“I believe that if you don’t ask for whatever you want, it’s not going to happen. Ask and you shall receive, knock and the door shall be opened. For me, this is not just a prayer but an expression of what it is that you desire most in your life. If you desire it, you pray and focus on it,” concludes Jocelyn.
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