A Few Readables

The Stance on Job Opportunities
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1.priorities in life?

• to find a job (course-related or semi-related)
  
• to save money -- bank account
  
• exercise thriftiness
  
• practice/apply my course
  
• to prosper for an IT career
  

2.short term goals

• find job as soon as possible
  
• crash course: pc repair, networking, graphics, webpage
  
• it certification and training
  

3. long term goals

• fulfilling IT career
  
• stable job
  
• financially stable
  

4. ideal job

• course-related: computer
  
• interest-related: computer
  
• salary:15-20k
  
• location: manila area
  
• ideal company benefits
  

5.expected salary

• salary depends on capabilities, experience and performance
  
• at entry level, 10k-15k is good
  
• high enough to save more
  

6.security of tenure

• complies with the rules. e.g. probationary status, contractual
  
• depends on company policies
  
• unrelated fields (sales) depends on quota
  
• call center (outbound) also has quota
  
• security of tenure depends on performance
  

7.why manila, not pangasinan?

• more job opportunities
  
• higher salary cap
  
• ego: "it's different when a person is known working at manila, may dating."
  

8.rent or stay with relatives?

• thriftiness criteria -- stay with relatives
  
• with renting, no security of belongings and thyself
  
• renting concern: cooking, washing clothes, ironing, bills, payments, etc.
  
• stay with relatives first, then if with enough budget, do rent
  
• manila has higher rental fee
  

9. budgeting and expenses

• be thrifty if still without job
  
• if with job already, be more thrifty
  
• calculate transpo and meal expenses in a month
  
• super budget
  
• needs 1st, before luxury
  

10. not course-related job

• i'll give myself a fresh start to find, explore and excel at a job
  that is course or semi-related.
  
• job which are not course-related can be entertained at a latter time
  (jobs of which that doesn't concern about computer, like cars, motorcycles,
  insurance and so.)
  
• if opportunity knocks, job with nice salaries, though not related, could be
  studied within the process.