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filipino globe
money matters April 2008
It’s never too late to learn a new
skill and lift your job prospects
W
hether you are a high
OFWWISE
receive will be an asset when you
school or college graduate,
it helps to go back to
be your own boss
apply again for an overseas job – this
time in a different profession.
school to improve your skills or learn Do not feel inadequate, inferior or
new ones. unqualified in learning a new skill if
This will enable you to keep up you did not graduate from college or
with the times so that you don’t high school.
become “laos” or obsolete.
Herbie
It is your will to survive that should
I know of domestic helpers who
Sancianco
dictate your positive attitude and
moved on to become midwives, data outlook.
encoders, or even physical therapists. What is more important is for you
This allowed them to get a better- to strongly secure your future and
paying job, which greatly lifted their repair person, air-conditoner that of your beneficiaries.
social status. repairman, auto mechanic, baker, At the end of the day, if you are
Some who have become proficient seamstress, plumber, tailor, able to move to a better-paying job
in English have stopped working girt wrapper, jewelry appraiser, given a newly acquired skill, it is not
overseas and have found local jobs as beautician, or hotel housekeeper to far-fetched that you will have enough
call center agents. name a few top-of-mind professions. money to start a simple but profitable
Think about this: The peso is There are several companies in business back home should the
projected to reach P38 to US$1 in the Manila that offer training in these overseas job market begins to dry up.
next 18 months. skills on a short course. The Meralco In time, there will be Philippine-
Those working from 2006 have Foundation, for one, is a good based schools that will offer
lost P16 for each US dollar they send technical school. distance-learning courses so that
home. More exchange loss is likely, At this early stage, you have to take while you are abroad, you can be in
Fortified bread from puree and inexpensive flour can be made from the wheat extract developed by scientists and food specialists more than 10 years ago.
seriously affecting your beneficiaries. stock of your job. school through your computer and be
And those paying a housing loan If there is a growing difficulty in able to graduate without being in a
for the next five to 10 years are in securing contract renewal, or for classroom.
danger of being in default because that matter, in pinning down where Think about it.
the dollar they earn is not enough salaries will stand in the next two
Cheaper bread in puree-flour mix
to cover the bank instalments. They years, then I recommend you enroll
Herbie Sancianco is a professor in
could lose it all as a result. in a short course on your next home
the graduate school for continuing
It is easy to learn the technical leave.
education, De La Salle College of
skills of a spa therapist, computer The attendance certificate you will
St Benilde, Manila
Combination could lead to substantial savings for businesses in costly wheat imports
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