Job Prospects in the Time of Corona Virus?

**_Cathy_** · December 16th, 2021 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by jut703

Padala mo sakin CV mo I can help you refine it. You can also browse LinkedIn profiles and see how the good ones are able to keep their descriptions concise without diluting the impact of their achievements.

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wow that is so nice of you! Hiya naman ako saka I don't know how to make my CV understandable to someone outside of the organization. I don't have linkedin and have no plans of making an account.

I just messaged my former manager (Filipino AVP) and he told me what I need to highlight. I am shy to send him my CV so he can edit it because he left the company almost 2 yrs ago. Honestly, when he was my direct manager, I was kinda one of his headaches LOL! If I don't wanna do something kasi I don't do it talaga and I am always late, but over time I saw how much of a good leader he was, I became obedient na :P I even cried when he was not my manager anymore because I had to report directly to our German VP (in preparation for my transfer to Germany which did not materialize lol)

**_Cathy_** · February 24th, 2022 05:51 PM

Is it true that there's a slim possibility of getting a job without linkedin? I assume linked in is like a CV so that has all my information (full name, address, birthday, education and work) It's practically a summary of my life. I don't want those information online and accessible to everyone. Pareho kami ni UF ungoogleable though I have FB and she deleted hers na.

I plan to submit my CV directly though I only have 3 prospects as of now, my Paulinian friend said I really need a linkedin account

When I was a fresh grad in the early 2000s (yes I am that old

) We personally went to offices to drop off our CV. My jobs kasi the first one was through my Kuya and the other through my first job BFF kaya my CV was given directly to HR

**jut703** · February 24th, 2022 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by _Cathy_

Is it true that there's a slim possibility of getting a job without linkedin? I assume linked in is like a CV so that has all my information (full name, address, birthday, education and work) It's practically a summary of my life. I don't want those information online and accessible to everyone. Pareho kami ni UF ungoogleable though I have FB and she deleted hers na.

I plan to submit my CV directly though I only have 3 prospects as of now, my Paulinian friend said I really need a linkedin account

When I was a fresh grad in the early 2000s (yes I am that old

) We personally went to offices to drop off our CV. My jobs kasi the first one was through my Kuya and the other through my first job BFF kaya my CV was given directly to HR

My linkedin doesn’t have my address and birthday. Just professional profile. And only people who add me up can see it, non-contacts just see the headline title (i.e. jut703, salesman at xxx company).

It helps if you’re looking for a job, I regularly get a lot of messages from headhunters. I interview every now and then just to see my market rate.

Alternative is to utilize your network of friends that are higher ups in other companies to get leads on good openings.

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**_Cathy_** · February 24th, 2022 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

My linkedin doesn’t have my address and birthday. Just professional profile. And only people who add me up can see it, non-contacts just see the headline title (i.e. jut703, salesman at xxx company).

It helps if you’re looking for a job, I regularly get a lot of messages from headhunters. I interview every now and then just to see my market rate.

Alternative is to utilize your network of friends that are higher ups in other companies to get leads on good openings.

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Oh, that's nice to know. If I set it to private (highest setting), will recruiters be able to see my profile pa din? I want sana only recruiters can see (aside from my friends)

It's so embarrassing when people ask me what I do and I say nothing [emoji24] Totoo yung sinabi ni CVT that work is dignity (something like that) hehe

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**dr. d** · February 24th, 2022 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by _Cathy_

Oh, that's nice to know. If I set it to private (highest setting), will recruiters be able to see my profile pa din? I want sana only recruiters can see (aside from my friends)

It's so embarrassing when people ask me what I do and I say nothing [emoji24] Totoo yung sinabi ni CVT that work is dignity (something like that) hehe

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can you review us again, on how you wound up jobless?

**_Cathy_** · February 24th, 2022 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

can you review us again, on how you wound up jobless?

TLDR our department was outsourced to India and I declined my boss' offer to transfer to India or another department in PH

For the hipo employees (high performing) our names were routed to different departments so we can be retained in the company. My German boss offered to transfer me to India which I declined. I asked everyone in my family and they would rather that I'd be jobless than transfer to India.

I was offered several positions in Manila, it was a VERY HARD DECISION for me, one director in HQ sent an email to retain me specifically (they needed my knowledge as a specialist for their project) they gave me EVERYTHING I asked for (WFH, Flexible hours, Sabbatical in 2021 AND the AVP position) BUT the reason lang naman I stayed in the company for over a decade is because of my German bosses. It's like there's no use in me staying kung iba na boss ko. I figured this is the universe telling me to get out of my comfort zone. Saka doc, ang ganda na ng pangalan ko dun e ang taas ng expectation sakin kasi mga German boss ko sobrang makabenta sakin. I do not want to disappoint them, leave while on top, plus sayang redundancy package :P

I told my German boss my plan was to go back 2022 pag balik ko from the US, so that is NOW. But then yung mga backer ko sa Manila na VP ng branch at COO nag resign ng December

Bad trip yan local company ka pina pirate lahat ng management namin! I don't want to work where they transferred (Chinese owned)

**_Cathy_** · February 25th, 2022 07:35 PM

jut ilan pages resume mo? Mine is 7! I don't know how to make it 2 pages. 15+ yrs kasi work experience ko

Sa education do you still include the dean's list etc?

**papi smith** · February 25th, 2022 09:28 PM

Key duties and accomplishments lang, huwag mo na isama na nakakatawa ang boss mo at niregaluhan mo sya ng ganito etc. etc. [emoji16]

**_Cathy_** · February 25th, 2022 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by papi smith

Key duties and accomplishments lang, huwag mo na isama na nakakatawa ang boss mo at niregaluhan mo sya ng ganito etc. etc. [emoji16]

Hahaha! Nireregaluhan din kaya ako ng boss ko. Pinaka classic yung wala siya time bilhin yung gusto ko, inutusan ba naman yung isang pinoy AVP to buy [emoji23]

Seriously, ang dami ko kasi naging position. Inisip ko pati ba trainings ko from more than 10 yrs ago isama ko pa. Pero feeling ko importante naman like yung signature verification training ko.

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