Part of my job as a consultant is to sift through different applicant resumes for clients. In a given day, I can go through as little as 20 to as much as 100 resumes, depending on my work load. As you can imagine, going through that many documents is taxing. The natural reaction of people,…
After sending in your resume to a prospective company, you get called in for an interview. I cannot stress enough the importance of this stage in the application process. For many, this will be the make-or-break stage when getting hired. For some companies, this stage may even overshadow others, such as test scores, health states,…
Baldy! Baldy! Baldy! Wha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Sorry, I can’t help it. My dog’s hair was completely shaved off a couple of weeks ago and he looks funny with all that skin and fuzz showing. From a coat of deep burgundy, he is now down to milky white skin. Unfortunately, shaving was the only way for him to…
If you are in your 40s, chances are you are someone who grew up in the 1980s. But then there are 80s babies and there are 80s BABIES. I put together a list that will reveal the true purists over those who merely coasted through the 80s below. You are a real 80s BABY if:…
As I mentioned in an earlier article, every gentleman should have at least one watch with a black leather strap. If you are still on the lookout for something under PhP 10,000 that doesn’t look like a clone of something else, consider this Skagen model as it has a couple of things that make it…
Like all businesses, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMOs, find ways to maximize profits on their services. I wish I could spend less. What if I had a terrible cough for two weeks and couldn’t think of an alternative to the doctor? This is what would happen: I’d get up an hour earlier than my wife, go…
After going through what is probably the rainiest year in my adult life, summer finally arrived for 2015. For those still confused when summer arrives in the Philippines, I personally keep an eye out for three signs. The first is graduation, where thousands, if not millions, of students get the signal to transition into the…
Many of us may be familiar with that movie scene involving a really old grandparent who would talk about things they had encountered in their youth. Typically starting with the words, “In my day…”, they would launch a long story of how thy had to cope with difficult times or narrate some that was new…
I’m not sure which insect disgusts me more, the mosquito or housefly. On one hand, mosquitoes are atrocious looking insects responsible for thousands of deaths. On the other hand, flies are repulsive creatures that spread as many as 65 diseases. After much contemplating, I concluded that houseflies are probably the more disgusting ones because they…