Trabaho Philippines Blog

Philippine lawyers and staff of law firms, read on. Do you think that the law firm layoffs in the US can have a trickling effect on you? In the US biggest law firms like Morgan & Finnegan are letting their attorneys go. One law firm laid off 50 of their attorneys.

Why is this happening? With the decline of the real estate and insurance industry in the US, legal services relating to these industries are affected. With their biggest clients having not much of activity, the services of the lawyers are becoming less and less in demand.

Will this have an effect on the Philippines trabaho? Will our lawyers who work in big buildings in the country’s financial centers also experience what US attorneys are experiencing now?

If we will believe what the government is saying, law firm layoffs are far from happening in the Philippines. Our real estate industry is healthy, thanks to the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are continually buying houses for their family.

Added to this is the government’s strong housing program where Filipinos especially that OFWs are given all the opportunities to own their own houses. Vice President Noli de Castro’s program under PAG-IBIG fund provide low cheap loans affordable even to minimum wage earners.

The finance sector is also strong. There is still no signs of interest problems or stock investment problems. As of now. We are hoping that it will continue but a few economists and professors are painting a less colorful future.

The law firm layoffs in the US has no effect to us at the moment and we are hoping that Philippine lawyers and Philippine law firms will continue to benefit from the good real estate condition of the Philippines.

Naghahanap ka na ng halimbawa ng liham na naghahanap ng trabaho? I’ll give you an example here. In English, it is called cover letter. You submit a cover letter together with your resume.

The format for a cover letter is the same for Filipino and English. If you need it it Filipino or Tagalog, you just have to follow the format below and compose your letter in Filipino.

We will be using block style format letter. This means that all of the lines are aligned to the left. It is used in most businesses correspondences. At mas madali.

The first entry is the date where you will submit your cover letter. Make a 1.5 margin from the top, write the date and then press the enter key twice leaving one line blank.

The second entry is information about you. Write your name in the first line first name first. Write your address below. Leave 4 spaces blank before the next entry.

The next entry is the recipient’s information. Write the name of the receipent on the first line followed by the position below and then the name of company. Leave one space blank below before writing the salutation.

The salutation is the next. It is alright to say, “Dear” and then the name of the recipient. Leave one space blank and write the body of the letter.

The body of the letter is the most important. The first paragraph should state that you are applying for a position. Be clear with the position. State also how you learned about the position.

In the next paragraph of the body, you just tell why you think you should be considered for the position. You can say that you have experience in a work related to the open position and that you have the skills. Write your most important achievements related to the position you are applying for.

In the last paragraph, you’ll say thank you for the time and then state that you will be waiting for a response and that you have attached your resume.

Close your letter with the closing and then sign the letter.

Yan ang isang halimbawa ng liham na naghahanap ng trabaho. Nakatulong sana.

This phrase is one of the most popular phrases that we often find Filipinos search for in the internet—halimbawa na nagaaply ng trabaho. In English, it roughly means examples of people who are applying for work. It’s actually an odd kind of phrase construction but still a lot of people search for information using that phrase.

So, how do we make sense of that? What information can we post to be of help to people searching with that phrase? Well, we can say for one that it is difficult these days to apply for work in the Philippines. Employers are looking not only for employees who have experience but also those who came from good universities.

Now, for examples of people who are applying for work, I can give a very long list for that. One is the OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers). Every year the Philippines send out at least 1 million Filipinos to work for different countries all over the world in different industries. Filipinos choose this option when they can’t find any good jobs in the Philippines for them.

Other examples of people who are applying for work (halimbawa na nagaaply ng trabaho) are people who are professionals and are looking for a long-term career in the industry related to their course in college.

Majority of them don’t get to work in an industry that is related to their course in college. Most have to accept jobs that they learn how to do while they are already working. Professionals and OFWs make up the bulk of examples of people who are applying for work.

Everyday we hear news of a new foreign business that is closing down in the Philippines. There are already a number of factories in the business parks in Batangas, Laguna and Cavite that closed down this year. Economists say that there will be more to come. With the hundreds of thousands of students who will graduate from high school next month, parents are asking, what are recession-proof Philippine jobs?

If you have a child who will graduate from high school, the most secured industries are the academia, healthcare, IT, environment-related and energy.

With or without economic crisis, people will send their children to schools. They may give up their car or the remodeling of their house but they will not let their children stop schooling. On the contrary, they will work even harder to keep their children in school because that will help them eventually during difficult financial times.

Nurses and caregivers are still very much in demand. Countries in Europe, America and even Asia have shortage of nurses and caregivers. High school graduates will still have very bright future if they enroll in nursing schools and take caregiving courses.

The industries of IT, green businesses and energy will also be recession-proof Philippine jobs. Corporations from different part of the worlds are capitalizing on the demand for people who have green skills, IT skills and people who can help in solving the energy crisis of the world.

These are the industries that will continue to grow in the following years with or without recession. Filipinos who will graduate from high school next month should target college courses that are related to these industries first.

If you are an employee in the Philippines, chances are that you are already feeling the impact of the Philippine economic crisis. You may probably know people who were laid off. Weak financial and insurance companies are closing down. Even big businesses are reducing their operations cost in all ways possible one of which is in reducing their work force.

In these times of job insecurity and difficult financial times, what do we ordinary employees need to do?

First, we need to work harder. We need to bring value to the companies that we are working for. Today is the time we need to show our companies that we contribute something significant to them. Make yourself the best worker than you can be so that it will be very hard for the company to part with you even in the hardest financial times.

Second, save money and look for other ways to earn income. This is not the time to splurge on things that you want. Times are uncertain. What you need is to save the money that you have for rainy days. It is also a good idea do part-time work to augment your income.

Third, be positive and don’t panic. It is not as bad as you think it is. New on TV and internet may scare you but economists say that our country is doing well financially. Philippine economy is a slow growth but it is still expanding. In fact, 60% of companies are looking for new employees. The companies who lay off workers in the Philippines are only a fraction of the Philippine economy.

Put your head high. Go the extra mile at work. Make yourself indispensable at work by providing unequal value to your company and best of all, stay calm and be thankful for the simple things that you have like work, family and friends.