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The best business advice came from my wise father-in-law was to be hands on. His advice tore apart the mindset that being an entrepreneur meant being your own boss with everyone at your beck and call. People think if you’re an entrepreneur, you can boss people around. All you need was to give an order […]
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Last February 21, 2023, ANVIL Business Club invited Ms. Jacqe Yuengtian Gutierrez, the owner of Happy Skin and BLK Cosmetics to share her thoughts about Entrepreneurship. Thanks to her 9 years at Unilever as Head of Skin Marketing Department where she handled the brands Ponds and Doce, Jacqe was motivated to think that Filipinos can […]
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Certificate of Employment (COE) — A simple document that has created so much ruckus in the HR community these days. Why oh why oh why? Technically, the COE is a very simple document. See DOLE Labor Advisory No. 6, Series of 2020 for the particulars: Verbatim to the advisory, a Certificate of Employment (COE) is a […]
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I’m not sure if everyone knows but I’m a Christian. My mother’s side of the family is Christian, and my uncle and auntie used to be field missionaries and are now head of a church in Marikina. If you worship in the Christian circles, then you will definitely know who Ravi Zacharias is. Ravi was […]
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Giving your staff access to cash for more than a day: If your staff has cash access, they will use it for their personal use. You don’t trust in God but give your staff the temptation to steal. Daily deposits dapat. Payroll: Always double check that the SSS, Philhealth and Pagibig payments are done correctly […]
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The DOLE and DTI released the following Joint Memorandum Circular No. 20-04, Series of 2020 (DTI-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 20-04-A-3) last August 15 afternoon and created a big ruckus in the Philippine business and HR community for being non strategic, not friendly to businesses, and impracticality. Reading through 22 pages of it, I realized […]
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The company I’m working with officially opened last June 1 (Monday) at the start of GCQ. However, I noticed that while we were open, many businesses remained closed despite already being allowed by the government to open. See the scene in SM Megamall, one of the largest malls in the country. Despite retail shops already […]
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Thanks to the HR Shouts and Whispers and the wonderful HR Guru, Ms. Cristana Estacio Reclamado, we have finished the Webinar regarding DOLE CAMP, DoF/SSS/BIR’s SBWS and DSWD’s SAP. This is a followup to my post, HR HACKS: 12 CONFUSING QUESTIONS ABOUT BIR/SSS SBWS + DOLE CAMP and DSWD SAP ISSUES. Here were my slides […]
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Respect is very important in the time of COVID-19. During the time of COVID-19, I am reminded of the word RESPECT. There’s three ways we should respect — Respect for SELF, Respect for your WORK, and Respect for OTHERS. You gotta have all three to have a fruitful and peaceful life. How does Respect works? Respect […]
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After the President’s Expanded Community Lockdown last March 17, everybody is asked to stay at home and self-quarantine. In our condominium, our building’s board of trustees made the critical decision to ask our frontliners to stay in the condo. These frontliners include the building admin (1), security guards (8), maintenance (3), janitor (2), gardener (1) […]
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Yesterday, Dave Villanueva, a disgruntled popular multi-level marketing employee went to Raffy Tulfo to complain about FrontRow Millionaire’s Club’s failure to pay for his earnings due to some misunderstandings last year. Dave Villanueva was tauted as one of Frontrow’s rags to riches story and his face is still at the site’s web page. Here was […]
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A person’s character can be seen not because of what she said, but rather what she DOES. A person can come all sweet and giggly, but underneath, is a snake in disguise. Whereas they may greet you with smiles and happy cheer, underneath, they are boiling with jealousy, insecurity and paranoia. You cannot change them […]
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