jobs in the philippines

[Chicago22 0]

I was really thinking about spending time with my fiance in the philippines. Anybody have any suggestions of work for US. citizens?

[Robor007 0]

I was really thinking about spending time with my fiance in the philippines. Anybody have any suggestions of work for US. citizens?

As far as I know you're going to have a very difficult if not impossible time finding a job with anywhere near decent pay in the Philippines. My wife has family who are working on overseas contracts for about what amounts to minimum wage in the US because they couldn't find decent jobs in the Philippines.

[Jasman0717 9]

Working in the RP would probably depend on your skill set. If you are in a profession such as engineer or computers you could probably, after getting whatever perimts were required, find a job. If you are skilled or unskilled labor I would recommend just staying in the states, there isn't much money in it, maybe a couple hundred pesos a day. I tried to look on the RP government web site but it is way slow so haven't found much. Maybe you can have better luck: http://www.gov.ph/

I, myself, would perfer to lounge on some beach somewhere and drink a few SMs and watch someone else doing the work

[Robor007 0]

Working in the RP would probably depend on your skill set. If you are in a profession such as engineer or computers you could probably, after getting whatever perimts were required, find a job. If you are skilled or unskilled labor I would recommend just staying in the states, there isn't much money in it, maybe a couple hundred pesos a day. I tried to look on the RP government web site but it is way slow so haven't found much. Maybe you can have better luck: http://www.gov.ph/

I, myself, would perfer to lounge on some beach somewhere and drink a few SMs and watch someone else doing the work

My wife's cousin has a 4 year degree in computer administration and he couldn't find a decent paying (better than US minimum wage) job in the Philippines. He's working in Saudi Arabia right now. I think the best option for a USC working in the Philippines would be to setup some sort of business. One thing I noticed is there's a lot of internet cafes but they aren't managed very well. With a little investment and the right location someone could setup a nice shop and make a decent living.

[Dan J 277]

Some countries don't make easy for expatriates to get a job in their country and that usually limits hiring to very specialized positions usually in engineering or middle and upper management. If you don't have skills that can get you one of those types of jobs, you wont earn any more than your average citizen and your better off staying here.

[Jasman0717 9]

Working in the RP would probably depend on your skill set. If you are in a profession such as engineer or computers you could probably, after getting whatever perimts were required, find a job. If you are skilled or unskilled labor I would recommend just staying in the states, there isn't much money in it, maybe a couple hundred pesos a day. I tried to look on the RP government web site but it is way slow so haven't found much. Maybe you can have better luck: http://www.gov.ph/

I, myself, would perfer to lounge on some beach somewhere and drink a few SMs and watch someone else doing the work

My wife's cousin has a 4 year degree in computer administration and he couldn't find a decent paying (better than US minimum wage) job in the Philippines. He's working in Saudi Arabia right now. I think the best option for a USC working in the Philippines would be to setup some sort of business. One thing I noticed is there's a lot of internet cafes but they aren't managed very well. With a little investment and the right location someone could setup a nice shop and make a decent living.

My wife's brother has an engineering degree and is now taking a class so he can go over seas and put circuit boards together. The number one export of the Philippines is its labor force. This is the reason for the CFO classes, some were going over seas and becoming slaves because they didn't know where to turn to get out of their situration.

I have several friends from the Philippines that are working in electronic factories in Korea and Japan. They don't make much and some of what they make they pay back to the company for room and board. It is a crazy deal but I guess it is better than sitting at home with no income or food. I know the unemployment is very high in the RP, especially amoung men.

I still like my idea of drinking San Miguels and watching someone else do the work

[Robor007 0]

Working in the RP would probably depend on your skill set. If you are in a profession such as engineer or computers you could probably, after getting whatever perimts were required, find a job. If you are skilled or unskilled labor I would recommend just staying in the states, there isn't much money in it, maybe a couple hundred pesos a day. I tried to look on the RP government web site but it is way slow so haven't found much. Maybe you can have better luck: http://www.gov.ph/

I, myself, would perfer to lounge on some beach somewhere and drink a few SMs and watch someone else doing the work

My wife's cousin has a 4 year degree in computer administration and he couldn't find a decent paying (better than US minimum wage) job in the Philippines. He's working in Saudi Arabia right now. I think the best option for a USC working in the Philippines would be to setup some sort of business. One thing I noticed is there's a lot of internet cafes but they aren't managed very well. With a little investment and the right location someone could setup a nice shop and make a decent living.

My wife's brother has an engineering degree and is now taking a class so he can go over seas and put circuit boards together. The number one export of the Philippines is its labor force. This is the reason for the CFO classes, some were going over seas and becoming slaves because they didn't know where to turn to get out of their situration.

I have several friends from the Philippines that are working in electronic factories in Korea and Japan. They don't make much and some of what they make they pay back to the company for room and board. It is a crazy deal but I guess it is better than sitting at home with no income or food. I know the unemployment is very high in the RP, especially amoung men.

I still like my idea of drinking San Miguels and watching someone else do the work

I hope our responses give the OP an idea of how hard making a living is there.

I got your SM reference before but I'm a Red Horse fan. (edit: yes I know it's still SM)

Edited May 2, 2007 by Robor007

[Jasman0717 9]

I got your SM reference before but I'm a Red Horse fan. (edit: yes I know it's still SM)

That Red Horse beer is something else, you drink a 40 oz of that and you know you've been somewhere