• PAMBRI graduated from college with flying colors at the height of recession, 2009. Unfortunately stepped off on the wrong foot in her first job. In the transition from being an academic zealot to a real life nut.

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    The Dreaded Termination
    The word itself is awfully dreadful I couldn't imagine any Filipino employer capable of doing it for no just cause and without any formal warning. But it happens, it did happen (to someone I know). Termination on the spot. No second chances for improvement even. To pacify the situation, an option was available - to either “voluntarily resign” OR tarnish your reputation with the word “Terminated” for life. Is that even a “choice”? Sounds like subliminal forced resignation to me!

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    Stop looking for a job. Start looking for a company.
    What an interesting subject, I thought. So I clicked the link and added to favorites.

    It was exactly a month ago when this article made it to Yahoo’s homepage. I only took a glimpse of it and never finished it on purpose. Why? I knew it was going to make sense and I was worried it might urge me to start looking for a new job again when I’ve only been here for 6 months. My personal goal is to stay in a company for at least a year. A job-hopper impression on my resume? Imagine explaining valid reasons why you resigned. Nope!

    Anyway, don’t you think landing a decent job was much easier a few decades ago? Requirements weren’t too specific and demanding back then. You would be astonished to find out how some baby boomers’ educational background is a far cry from their career track. You could be a graduate of Criminology and wind up in a bank or not hold a degree (read: not finish college) and still get employed, overseas even.
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    Fancy Corporate Titles
    Guess what? Today marks my 5th month in my fall-back job! Better part? I don't have any complaints! I actually feel guilty about getting paid, knowing (or feeling) I haven’t contributed anything significant to the company yet. You have no idea how long I have been lax in this office and I can say I’ve had enough of it!

    Anyway, a new project was assigned to me a month ago but it only begins today and I kinda feel a tad anxious about working on it. Nonetheless, I was still excited to browse our project’s Sharepoint website to familiarize myself but mostly because I knew my picture would be up in the contact list together with other consultants worldwide.

    Look what I found after the jump!
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