The last Women Empowerment Summit revolved around the theme “Dress for Success” or more importantly Success. Some Speakers felt that they were not yet successful and credible enough to talk about success or share their experiences and knowledge. That is a woman for you alright. If there is a job opening that has 10 criteria or requirements for hiring, – a man will have 6 or less ticks but he will still go for it. – a woman will have…
A few weeks ago on one sunny Saturday in April, to be precise April 14, Made4U (M4U) Events successfully mounted its first ever Women Empowerment Summit with the theme “Dress For Success”. This is also M4U Events’ maiden official event after the business concept testing last Oct 2017 with a back-to-back, North-to-South Makeup Workshop. The Women Empowerment Summit covered the following topics: Discovering Your Best Self – A Journey Within, Personal Finance and Investment Vehicles – Mutual Funds, Stocks and…
Embarking on this new chapter of my life – pursuing freelancing and entrepreneurship is not a walk in the park especially as I have been an employee in the Corporate world for the longest time and spending the last 11 years overseas. It’s been 3 months. I am still in the process of adjusting to being home and this new “job”. So far, it has not been easy and these are the 3 challenges I have faced so far:…
Most OFWs dream of putting up a business when they go back home for good because they know our expatriate life has a deadline depending on our contract expiry date or our ability to handle homesickness or if the company we work for wants to renew our contract. They cannot imagine working again in the Philippines given the pay we receive overseas is way, way higher than the salary we will receive here. As an OFW, we have 5 advantages…