drjs
English expat in the Philippines
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Registration: 31 July 2022
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For Those Interested In Landers by Enzyte Bob
My SS was deposited yesterday so a trip was in order to Lander's Noteworthy things: (1) You a nice discount by becoming a member in person or Online.(2) Members get P7 discount off prevailing price per liter of gas.(3) The Manhattan Pizza (known in ...
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For Those Interested In Landers by Enzyte Bob
My SS was deposited yesterday so a trip was in order to Lander's Noteworthy things: (1) You a nice discount by becoming a member in person or Online.(2) Members get P7 discount off prevailing price per liter of gas.(3) The Manhattan Pizza (known in ...
(5) The company insists upon mandatory masking as the owner wants everybody to be forced to wear a face mask for eternity. Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
@danfinn It's pot luck if you will even pass Accenture's test at the moment. Some of their questions have multiple identical correct answers, but only one of the correct answers is the correct choice.For instance, let's say one of their ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
@willTol I don't think I'd go as far as saying that JobStreet is a waste of time. It's just that, in my experience, I found it to be a lot less useful than Indeed.I applied for about 50 jobs through JobStreet over the past 3 months. I only got ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
@willTol Out of curiosity, what sites are you using to look for work in the Philippines and how many jobs are you applying for a day?Do you hold a visa permitting you to work in the Philippines? If you don't, you have very little chance of ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
@drjs Wow. very strange rationale for giving you such low ratings when clearly you deserved the opposite of whatever they felt they gave you.Filipno logic utterly baffles me sometimes....but Anyway! congrats on finally finding ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
I have finally managed to get a job with a British company who were outsourcing work here. Things are much easier when it's native English speakers handling the recruiting process. They actually realise that I speak fluent English.I had an interview ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
It depend of the AGREEMENT between Phils and each country to not become taxed at same income and the tax laws in the involved countries. You need to check that country to country agreement to get to know (if no one else know and tell). I dont know ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
I was offered an interview for the one I thought I would be a shoo-in for immediately, so thanks again.That turned out to be one of the most ridiculous interviews I have ever had.First she was late for the interview. When I contacted her to ask her ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
@drjs You're very welcome.I was offered an interview for the one I thought I would be a shoo-in for immediately, so thanks again.Things are definitely looking up recently. I'm also confident that I will be offered two of the jobs I applied for ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
If you have a postgraduate degree (Masters or PhD) then you might qualify for a UN job. (They usually want two UN languages as well, but not always). I worked for the UN for two years just as a native English speaker only, employed based on a BSc ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
By the way, this is really unfortunate to hear and I admit i had run into this occasionally at first too....totally acing the first and second interview, only to be shut down by the third because some Pinoy has an entitled chip on their shoulder ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines by drjs
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ...
Personally I’ve not encountered too many problems, except for the correcting of my English, which always cracks me up.- @OursusI get this so often that I don't even bother responding when they correct me now. I had to say 'grind' a few times a ... Read More
Absurdity of Looking for Work in the Philippines
I acquired my spousal visa in the Philippines a couple of months ago and started looking for work. Since I'm not Filipino, I knew it would be difficult.First you have to deal with the fact that several companies flat out refuse to hire anybody who ... Read More