Bad Economy these days

Oh my, another news on the bad economy and downturn of the economy as broadcasted over the news on tv these days. These negative reports are really dampening spirits and for sure, many employees like you and me may have to face these days - Retrenchment exercises.

I really hate the word retrenchment. Take myself for example, i have gone thru that cycle for two times already and know what it is like getting retrenched and then trying to find a job again after the previous disappointment. Especially when one is all time building their one and single career over the years, your resume could have been left at a corner not updating at all! And suddenly, landing on your lap, is this horrible circumstances where one is helpless and needing some guidance.

I don't know about you, but when i was retrenched, my resume wasn't at all updated and i was at a loss of not knowing how to update it. Till today, i finally found this site called EmploymentBoost , a expert in resume building where they use only the finest personnel to help you build a professional resume to your future employer.

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Job Resume : How should one go about doing it!

I recall many many years ago when i was starting out and joining the workforce in Singapore and haven't the faintest clue of how to go about doing up a resume and needless to say a professional one where my potential employers will nod their head in approval when they sees them!

What i heard when i was starting out was this myth that if one doesn't have a proper
resume on hand, it will really be a laughing stock to the person whom is going to read about you! And whats more, if one doesn't even have the capabilities to write good English, and the resume is full of writing faults, i guess that will also kill the resume and definitely will end up in the dustbin of the office.

Many things can come to mind when writing a proper and professional resume be it mailing it out or faxing them today! But there is a certain format where one can include bits and pieces of you, be it whether you have the aptitude that your future employer is looking for or the experience in the similar field that they are requesting for is stated here. A resume basically tells your future employer abit of yourself before you are selected to come for the respective interview.

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A Change....(Part 2)

Another big change is coming after this festive season of merry making in my company. Both of my Assistant Manager whom was just promoted and my Executive has tendered their resignation. For the Assistant Manager, her reason was that she has to look after her two baby sons, she has lost confidence in maids and her mom is leaving for China together with her husband whom was sent there to work. Her mother-in-law is also not capable of looking after two babies and hence she decided to look after them for 2 years and then decided later in life. As for my Executive, she has lost interest in her job here and decided to look for some other challenges, my boss respects her decision and is letting both of them go.

I have developed a close relationship with both ladies but filled with both jealousy and anger inside of me. From then on, when both ladies have left, their portfolio will be taken over by me. More and more workloads will be piled upon me, my boss has already been starting to interview some new candidates but all of them fresh from school. Its not easy to fill in vacancies especially its quite specialise and you must have an interest in doing product development. As for me, i have long ago developed that sense of fulfillment doing this job. Its something that i love and working on it really is something that i would want to continue doing and improving myself.

All said, i hope everything will turn out well for our department.

A Change....(Part 1)

My travel company that i worked will be taking a 180 degrees change this coming February 2008. It has just been announced that we will be changing our operating hours as some of the staff has feedbacked that a change in the operating hours will bring some good changes to the company. The counter staff will have 2 days off instead of the 1 day off that they are entitled to but this will mean that they will have to put in longer hours in the office.

Secondly, along with this change, our operating hours will change from 9.45am to 8.30pm. Seems to me, its pretty long hours for the counter staff to be sitting in the office and attending to enquiries, calls, etc... My colleague commented that after going home after a very long day, one might not have the energy to meet up with their friends or go out at all.

As for the back-end office where i worked, we are also affected and WEF from 1FEB08, we will also go for the alternate saturday off. But there is a catch though! We will still report for work at 9am but will leave office at 6.30pm instead of 6pm. And while those saturdays that we are scheduled to work, we will start our work at 10am and finish off at 1pm, with 3hours, i really do not know what can be done! Why couldn't our boss let us start work at 9am and finish at 12pm instead of 1pm? Oh well, at least, there is a alternate saturday off to look forward to. Oh i remember now, there is another catch by the way. If we have fairs going on, then we are not allowed to be scheduled for our saturday off and will be replaced by another day instead.

Well, i hope everything will go smoothly for me this year....

A Change....

I felt sad this couple of days as i've discovered that my senior product executive has been promoted to a assistant product manager. We came in at the same time but she was promoted to a managerial position whereby i'm still stuck at this present position. I was experiencing sharp pains in my heart and felt rather displeased with myself and questioning whether did i done anything wrong and that why i wasn't deserved to be promoted as well.

Then, i received another bad news, my boss is intending to ask me to be placed under the counter session in a way to supervise the counter staff and keep an eye on them as well. My big boss has always been thinking of putting all his product team at the front counter so that if there were any enquiries from big groups, its easier for the counter colleagues to close the sale. With this arrangement done, i may have to perform shift duties and might have to work on weekends and even public holidays as well, as these are the times where the public will come and enquire on tours and etc...

When i put the two together, i felt that my boss is trying to push me out as there is the saying of "one mountain cannot hide two tigers" meaning to say that she cannot have two managerial position supporting her in this area. And hence, the decision to get me out to the counter. I was at a loss and i kinda of like my job and how its going right now, but with this change, i really felt extra lost...

Oh well, lets see what the year 2008 will bring for me...

My overseas assignment confirmed!

It has been confirmed that i will be leading a group of around 80plus of folks up to Koh Samui Island. I'm really excited and bewildered about this opportunity. We will be allocating 2 Tour Leaders which includes myself and another of my co-worker to come along to lead this trip. I will be gone from the 6th to the 9th December 2007. Along with this group of passengers, there will be this female artiste following us, her name is Jing Yin Ji. She has been with Mediacorp for some time and now her main acting focuses on mums, grandparents along that line.

Not many of us anticipated this to be a success as nobody actually wants to follow this programme. I guess this artiste pull of her own supporters is not that strong, meaning her supporters are mainly from the older folks and going to a beach holiday does not excite them at all, from the holiday trend of my country. And hence, it wasn't a huge success this time round compared to the other trip i had last year. My boss has actually wanted to have a younger artiste to lead this tour, someone hip, full of vigour or sunshine and hopefully lots of young supporters but the final decision lies with my big boss and he decided to have this Jing Ying Ji to lead this group. Well, maybe, this is a lesson to be gleaned for my big boss and not any artiste will attract the crowd to come and support but someone of a certain popularity will be able to do so. Well, i will end here and write somemore later...

Overseas Assignment again

Boy, i received some good news for myself. My boss told me that i were to choose one of the charter flights which is flying off this early December to Thailand to lead a group up. I was quite excited that i could again do this assignment again.

There are two dates which i am given and to choose one date to go. The departure date of 6th December has about seventy-nine passenger and the date of 9th December has zero passengers. I think that i may choose the date of 6th December as i could also earn some tipping from my fellow passengers and at the same time, i could also earn some allowances for this trip although it isn't much for me.

Next, i will have to get ready to pack up for this trip, but before that, there are alot of preparation work to be done. I will have to conduct a briefing for all those seventy-nine passengers, clear off those balance payments and many other administrative duties to be fulfilled. Next, i will have to purchase a digital camera to bring along, my old canon digital camera broke down when i dropped it while coming back from another overseas assignment last year. I still have not got around to buy one yet. Still thinking which brand, model to buy though. Oh, i am brimming with happiness that i could go for a trip again....

My other training...

I recently finished my in-camp training. That was the same kind of in-camp training that i went through and its the 3rd time that i have done such a exercise before in my time. I have found that life is refreshing once you have completed such a exercise and well i guess time is really well spent learning from one another (other camp mates). I have made some new friends along the in-camp training and have learnt some new things as well.

Alot of my in-camp mates think that this exercise is really a waste of time and resources of us and would really rather go back outside to work our ass off. You see some of us are self-employed and hence this unique group of guys think that this exercise is really wasting their time where they can use this time and earn more money out in the corporate world. They have tried to defer this in-camp training but was rejected. Reason being that the notice was sent out 6 months ago before this scheduled training and hence there isn't a excuse that there isn't anyone to cover the duties of those coming for this in-camp training. I've have tried to defer myself and this was exactly what i got in my face. These days, the government in my country really takes in-camp training very seriously and would take actions if that certain individual does not turn up for this training. In my country where i lived, its against the law to not turn up for this in-camp training whenever you are being called up.

During this time, i have learnt some things from my this friend whom is also in the same vocation as me. We served this in-camp training together, he is a nice guy and in his thirties. He is still single and living with his mum and dad, drives a car and is a manager (IT division) of a IBM company here. He is a fanatic of PSP where i think anyone whom owns a PSP will agree that its a great game to bring along to enjoy during those free times that we have during this in-camp training. I even got some sites where i can download new games and also some fun animes which i like to watch and am trying to download it into my PSP game machine.

All in all, this in-camp training has helped me gain some new friends and if i am not wrong, this could be my last in-camp training. Well, fingers crossed.....till then in-camp training....

A review on Pay Day Loans

I have not done a review on any No Fax Payday Loans site. But today, my sponsors has asked me to do that, and off i go. This www.paydayloanquotes.com is a comparison site where it will base on your online information, get a authorised and approved money lender whom will approach you with those information you have furnished and if its approved, the money in which you required, will be deposited in your bank. (But if you feel uncomfortable dealing online, you may contact them through the phone)

With absolute confidentiality, your personal information will be kept between you and the money lender and none will know of this information, not even your wife. Such a practice is good for any individual, as you do not even have to meet up with the money lenders face to face but everything will be done online, hence, one will not be embarrassed to meet the money lenders and request for a short-term loan today.

You can even discuss with your money lender on how to settle your loans. You may opt to pay in full once it is due, opt to renew your loan and just pay interest and fees only and many more other options, approach your money lender if you have any further questions.

All in all, its a safe and trouble free pay day loan site and everyone whom is in need of a short-term loan should approach them today!

My friends truck

I have a friend whom just left for states just a few days ago. She has this truck that she has been driving for some time which was quite cool and really suits her needs as well. While her two nephews from states were here to visit her, she played host for them in Singapore and i guess that both kid really enjoyed their stay in Singapore here with her. There was a trip where she brought them to the beach and the boys really like this outing. They had a really good time and enjoyed themselves tremendously with all the swimming and playing in the sand. Lucky her, she was driving this truck if not all the sand and salt water bringing back to the car would have spoilt the inside of it. And so, with a truck, she doesn't really mind the boys coming into the truck with their sandy and salty feets. While surfing the website, i notice this site at www.buyautotruckaccessories.com, where they have lots of truck accessories and thistruck bed liner will be a good item on offer to purchase first. With its STK Line-A-Bed Bedliners, it delivers Superior Bed Protection with skid resistant technology,ideal for the boys if they want to sit on the back of the truck while she drives and of course with a adult supervision onboard the back of the truck. I think that will be a good idea for her truck and i will introduce this site to her when she comes back from states.

Different occupation

This time round for three weeks,i will be doing my reservist training. This reservist training is all about preparing the men whom have gone back to the society to work and are recalled back to do some training and exercise to prepare them just in case the country needs them for war time situation here. I have a number of friends whom comes from all walks of life, some come from the other government sectors, most come from the private sectors and a small percentage being self-employed. Normally its the self-employed whom mades a big fuss while attending this reservist coz time is money and precious earning money time is wasted on coming back for re-training in camp, although the military do reimburse back the money that these self-employed lost out on.

One of my friend comes from the treasury departments belonging to the local banking institution here, while the other friend of mine comes from the gold
, other precious metals and commodities trading department from a local firm. While these two of my friends became acquainted here, they began non-stop on trading on stocks, shares and other investments which did not sound anything to me. I guess probably its the profession that they are in and hence its a good conversation material for them. For me, i'm trying to learn up on gold, silver and other precious metals investment portfolios and Monex Deposit Company mades a good partner to be with while their consultants are experts in these fields. With more than 40 solid years of foundation and has been America's trusted name, I will depend and seek them out if i am you, wait no more, seek them out today!

Earning womens money

Do you know how to earn a woman's money or the trick to earn woman's money? I saw this TV Variety Show which telecasts every Tuesday in my country's local television programme, where this group of local artiste goes to promote their wares, hoping to sell it to their future customers. There are two groups competing with each other and the group that sells most of their wares will win in the programme. Each episode, there will be four local artiste competing in this game programme and its quite fun just watching them trying their ways and means to market their wares, drawing the intended crowds to visit their shop outlets and many more other gimmicks like free flow of drinks, free souvenirs etc...This time, both group are competing in drawing the most women crowd to patronise their shop doing pedicure and manicure services.

This pedicure and manicure services are very popular with women these days as they could be made quite pretty with the proper equipments, different colours or mini artistic accessories can be added onto their nails as well. I thought this idea is not a bad idea coz it can help attract lots of women customers to patronise but the idea is that i will do up a online store with their help of Ashop Commerce which specialises in online shopping cart software. Women do not need to come down to physical store, just book with us online and i will send a pedi and manicure lady to her office, home to pamper her, now hows that for a earning women's money idea?

Bingo Game

During my working stinct with this social club house which i worked around 2 years, it was full of fun and excitment and self-satisfaction. I used to work for them as a social and events executive, where i will plan out social and sports event for the members over at this social club for a minimal fee. Especially when members come and sign up for those social or sports event, i will have this sense of self-satisfaction inside of me and i sincerely felt that i have accomplished something while i was there.

Of the many social and sports events that i hold in the club, i like the Year-end party which i will organise for the members again with a minimal fee with free flow of drinks and food, live entertainment and count down for the year as well. Every member is filled with joy and laughter and you could see that glimpse of happiness inside them that shows they have enjoyed this event. Another social event which i organises for the general memebers are Bingo Nites. The club members will just go crazy if i don't organise one for them and hence it began starting to have at least 2 games per month. Not only members can enjoy the game of Bingo and win back cash prizes but refreshments will be served as well, like finger food, coffee and tea.

While surfing this site at www.pro360.com, this site has a wonderful review of some of the best gambling games on earth. Gambling games likecasino online, poker, routlette and even bingo as well. I will look up this site and see if i could learn a trick or two and share with my social and events executive whom has taken over my position there some tips on better organising gambling activities in this social club.

Don't just listen to me, go on and see it for yourself today!

Gold Urn!

Ever since starting this travel company, my boss has been starting to get superstitious. He will believe in anything that is in this world to help him gather the force of Yin and Yang which will help him to manage his travel company and perhaps bring in more luck and money (in terms of more customers booking with us). In other words, he is much into fengshui these days and will try to buy objects to turn his money making business into a success in this travel industry.

The day has come for him to made a decision of whether to buy this gold urn which is from the country of Taiwan. Its rather heavy which needs at least 4 person to man handle the golden urn which was placed strategically in the door way of our office entrance. Since then, whenever anyone enters into the corporate office, visitors will see this golden urn right in front of them in whichever direction that you wish to take. I guess this must be his fengshui master's bidding to put it there to gather the energy force of making more money for him. Lets hope so...

Britney Spears woes...

Spear finally loses her custody of her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline. The court has ordered Britney to go for a test for consuming illegal substances and further to that, she was driving with a invalid license and was charged on 21 September this year with leaving the scene of an accident after police said she ran into a parked car. But this gal has her charms set on climbing the charts with her latest hit "Give me more" and has been the biggest online downloaded songs.

Oscar Nicholas Cage's leather jacket found on...

This is really funny, a burglar broke into Nicolas Cage's Orange County home and was found sleeping naked and also found him adorning Cage's leather jacket while sleeping. Luckily, the burglar did not do any harm to Oscar Winner Cage and the burglar is on bail right now.

Fashion Tips for the Gentlemen!

Here, they are going to show you what is the best kind of shirt and colour that will best suit you and must have that can go with anything, be it jeans, pants...

Online Money Lenders

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I remember while i was studying part-time doing my diploma course, this situation of shortage of money is always happening to me. Being the eldest son in the family, i would have to provide for my family, i have to pay for my own commitments as well, like handphone bills and etc...And there is the going out with friends, going for a movie, a meal together or just hanging out, all these take a strain on my wallet as well. I would remember at times, i will prepare sandwiches to bring for my classes to eat for dinner, partly the dinner there at the school grounds are expensive and didn't taste nice at all and i could save some money out of it as well. When i think back on my studying days, i hope that the children whom are studying will pay attention, get good grades and go all the way up and not like me have to struggle mid way through my working life. But all that has passed and now while i look back at those things that i have done, i will laugh at myself and thank the Lord that he has carried me through till today.

Today at this online payday loans, lenders will lend you money based on the criteria that they've set for their customers. All employed adults will usually meet their criteria of working status, minimum income and active checking and savings account. There are a few online lenders which you can look at which will satisfy your cash advance needs, look them up today!

Raining Day today....

It was raining cats and dogs this morning and i was forced to take the public transportation today! Morning rush hours are something not everyone can enjoy and although i left my house early this day, i was still late by 5 minutes to work. Again after work, i have to brave through the mad hour rush again to take the public transport back to my place. While i arrive at my place of abode, i decided to reward myself at the Fun Fair and buy myself some treats. I bought a fried drumstick and a piping hot corn or maize. It was crowded with people trying to buy some of those alluring snacks which can really make you sinful just by looking at it though. Already, i was beginning to feel sinful while i ate on my drumstick and corn. Lucky, it wasn't raining or else the businesses of this Fun Fair will be struck down but my guess is, their loyal customers will still brave those storms to have a bite in their favourite snack.

While surfing the internet today, i was fascinated by this site called Ashop Commerce. A full pledged online shopping cart software that can help any online store owners to succeed in their online selling. With no templates to choose from, work from their unique design creator and have your very own personalised online store. No longer, will you need to queue to buy your favourite food, items or anything under the sun or rain for that matter, just surf to the online stores and order your merchandise, its that easy. With their advice, technical support and customer service, in no time, your site will be found in any of the search engines found in the internet which means customers will look up your store and buy from you too.

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VisionBedding.com for your bedding requirements!

Have you ever thought of personalized Bedding for your bedrooms or for your loved ones? I thought of them as one whom can be bold at times using those personalized beddings and a sense of character or personal taste will be what i will describe them to be. At times, these can tell one's mood or feelings and from there, one can judge whether one is welcomed or to be left alone.

These can be good personalized gifts as well, to be given to your loved ones or close ones as a sign of a personal touch to those gifts which you present to them. Of the many photo blankets, beddings and pillow shams, i thought of doing one personalized gift for myself. I always dream of staying in those beach front houses where the waves come sweeping into the sand and where you can dream yourself away. No worries or stress but enjoying every minute of those time by yourself doing nothing. Such is the atmosphere and environment that i wish to be in and i thought of this beautiful Tropical Sunset design. I can't wait to be having my very own Tropical Sunset bed blanket and wrap myself in it and dream on of those fantastic days ahead! I am such a dreamer and i think that at least, i can have time to dream of such a vacation house on my own and am looking forward for that kind of opportunity to arise.