Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) About How To Travel, Retire, Work or Start a Business and Live in the Philippines
I’ve been very busy this week. Haven’t had a lot of time to write general interest articles about living in the Philippines. Maybe next week will be more conducive to writing … who knows. It’s also been hotter than I have ever seen it before here on the outskirts of Metro manila … I’ve been feeling the heat for sure … it can really sap you. And I can't just sit in front of an air conditioner all day. Even though I have been very lucky compared with … [Read more...]
I’ve mention the excellent source for Philippines jobs, http://www.jobstreet.com.ph/. Although this site is far from specific for foreigners, there are thousands and thousands of jibs listed. In the past year or so I have been pleased to see this site evolve as well, it’s been cleaned up, searches are faster, options to narrow searches are more robust and it general it’s a very good example of Philippine business moving smartly into the “on-line” generation. But if … [Read more...]
Everyone always writes me asking about jobs for foreigners in the Philippines. Here’s one that US citizens (or soon to be citizens) ought to be examining closely: U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TEST The 2010 Foreign Service Officer Test will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at the U.S. Embassy in Manila Deadline to register is May 24th Eligibility: ==>>· U.S. citizen on the date of registration ==>>· Between 20-59 years old on the date of registration (over 21 … [Read more...]
Recently I received a very well thought out comment on the preceding article from long-time reader Ken Lovell. Ken makes some interesting points so I thought I would answer his comment in the main blog rather than perhaps burying it in the comments. Says Ken in reference to my idea on building an online business around roofs, or other things you “see” on Google Maps: Not knocking the idea at all Dave but I suspect a lot of people would not do business with someone based in Phils, … [Read more...]
Well, here goes yet another post about foreigner jobs in the Philippines. It is by far my most popular subject when it comes to people finding this site. They come like little miniature armies, hundreds per day, finding the site with search terms like "Jobs for Foreigners in the Philippines, or "Foreigner Jobs, Philippines", "Jobs overseas for foreigners" and so on. Although these people find me via Google so often, the thing that so many of them fail to notice is, I write almost … [Read more...]
Lest you think I have turned anti-American or something equally as vile, let me try to give you a few facts to illustrate why I don't think the US is ever coming back as the richest and most powerful nation on earth ... global recession 0r no global recession. Since World War II we Americans have ambled along, secure in the knowledge that when the last dollar goes down on the table, we are going to be supreme. Is that still so? Well, maybe not so much. Some terms and figures to reflect … [Read more...]
One of the search terms I always rank high for here at PhilFAQS, where you learn the facts about living in the Philippines is, "Jobs for Foreigners in the Philippines". I some ways that's a little strange because I usually write about jobs like that in somewhat negative terms ... but since very few others write about the subject in any terms, I guess Google isn't too far off the mark when they rank me where they do. Well here's a switch ... I'm going to write about jobs for foreigners in the … [Read more...]
I came across this web page job ad just a moment ago while I was researching another subject I kind of thought it fit in very well with my last post where I spoke briefly of focusing on your specific job skills rather than asking for the typical “lame” request of, “a job, any job.” Well, thinks I, what skill set do a large percentage of my readers have? Since I don’t know many of my readers personally, how would I have any idea what you have in common? Well the overwhelming … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
