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12 Tips on How to Successfully Make Freelance Work Your Full-Time Job
Are you feeling burned out from your nine-to-five work? Do you want to pursue your passion? Have you ever considered freelance jobs? Are you wondering how to work freelance from home? If […]
Pay rules for Christmas Day – December 25, 2011
Certain job advertisements explicitly require applicants to be willing to work not only on a shifting schedule, but even during holidays. This is particularly true for those employed in business process outsourcing […]
history / journalism / philippines
November 30, 2011 national holiday pay rules
November 30, 2011 – another Philippine holiday! In less than three weeks, we’ll be celebrating Andres Bonifacio day – or specifically, the 148th birth anniversary of the Katipunan founder. Before I discuss […]
hodgepodge / journalism / philippines
November 7, 2011 national holiday pay rules
Many had been surprised about the declaration made by Malacanang last week, through Proclamation 276, that November 7 would be a national holiday because of the Islamic feast of Eidul Adha (not […]
hodgepodge / journalism / philippines
Pay rules for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2011 special non-working days
President Noynoy Aquino declared last Monday that October 31 this year is a special non-working day throughout the country. The day is sandwiched between October 30, a Sunday, and All Saints’ Day, […]
personal matters / philippines
Oh, yes! June 20, 2011 is a non-working day! Will you be paid by your company?
Pres. Aquino’s holiday proclamation for June 20 (Download here!) So, you may be thinking of reporting for work on that day. How will you be paid by your employer? Take note of […]
hodgepodge / personal matters / up diliman
A UP Diliman graduate recounts his job hunting experience
[I originally wrote this in mid-August,2010, shortly after I got my first payslip. I am re-promoting it this October 2011 since I am marking my first year with my present company.] I […]
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