An astounding number of searches here at PhilFAQS, the site about really living in the Philippines, revolve around jobs … especially jobs for foreigners.
In general, these are hard to find. There are some available all the time through multi-national corporations and the US government (strange how many people say they want a job but have never taken the first step of registering and finding out the requirements) … kind of a “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” routine.
But in fairness a lot of these jobs are held in reserve as “plums” in particular companies and the average Joe or Jane isn’t ever getting one.
One thing I have noted often in speaking with those seeking jobs in the Philippines for foreigners is, people aren’t typically looking for very high level, high pay work. They just want something that will bring in a few hundred to a few thousand a month, perhaps to make up the difference between a small pension and what they feel happy living with … or something along those lines.
Typically I try to steer them to making money online by a number of relatively simple methods that all can deliver that kind of monthly performance … but the words ‘on line’ seem to drive people away. “I’m not an entrepreneur” is one rejoined I’ve heard more than once.
Well maybe what some folks want to look into is something that is a bridge between a seemingly big, stand alone enterprise and something that distinctly resembles a ‘real’ job … performing services for people that they certainly could do for themselves, but chose not to.
Today I had a guy with a blog email me with a pitch for this service:
With unlimited dictations per user for a low, monthly flat-fee, Mobile Scribe encourages you to document more often and in more detail. With a 97% retention rate, we don’t need to require any long-term contracts; you can cancel at any time. For more specific benefits for your field, check out our Industries.
Easy as 1, 2, 3:
- 1. Dial Copytalk from any phone and dictate.
- 2. Copytalk transforms voice into text and delivers it back to you within a few hours.
- 3. Text can be easily copied into any database or be printed for your files.
$79.95 per month
Now my colleague claims he is using this service to get more blog posts written in a month. I’m not so sure of that, at four minutes per topic … he’d have to talk faster than I do 
.
You don’t have to limit this idea to strictly dictation … think about any task that uses a phone and/or dictation that businessmen don’t want to to, but virtually have to do in order to survive, and do it for them. Here’s a free hint … what do you hate to do, especially involving a phone or writing? If you hate doing it, chances are thousands and thousands of other folks hate it too …make their pain your profit.
Basically I’m saying, instead of fruitlessly searching and searching for that one precious “job” that may not even be there in the first place, just make your own job and live in the Philippines happily ever after.
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