Report by: Ben Skelton
Students and volunteer speakers Ben, Roy, Nelson and Dalareich
Bohol ICT Council volunteers were in action again this week. This time at Holy Name University as part of the Rural Impact Sourcing initiative. An afternoon of presentation and Q&A was held to spread awareness of online job opportunities, now ripe for the taking by students and new graduates.
The show was led by tech entrepreneurs Jay Paul Aying and Ben Skelton. They expounded the variety of opportunities available.
Writers, educators, engineers, artists, virtual assistants and programmers are among those in demand for online work. The earning potential is attractive, for instance those teaching English to Japanese students via video chat are commonly receiving 750PHP per day part time.
The BICTC Team gave a practical how-to explaining where to go to find work online, how to make the difficult first steps and the kind of mindset to adopt to achieve success. Genesis Reonico of onlinejobsuniversity.com supplied expert up to date material for inclusion in the presentation.
Nelson Buena gave an account of his real world experience of online work in web design and social media management. His testimonial was invaluable proof to the audience that it can be done here, and done by someone who began from their position not long ago.
To bring the afternoon to an end local business heroes Roy Bayonas and Dalareich Polot recounted their trials and paths to eventual success. Developing electronics and chocolate products respectively, they both broke the news that their operations are expected to grow rapidly in 2016.
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