Welcome to another Face To Face Podcast!!!
Listen to the journey of Pau, BS Nursing graduate, wanted to be a doctor, worked in Dubai for a few months to now earning from her passion working as a PR Marketing manager. She is a proud single mom of two young boys and will always choose Pera over Pagibig (Kusa naman daw kasing kinakaltas iyon). :)
Her first hustle was earning from her Kikayness. She used to make necklaces, bracelets and earrings made of beads for her classmates and friends. From making some for herself at first, to then selling it in their school. Until now she still has that Kikay in her, proof is her FB page below.
https://www.facebook.com/paulapinkikay
After graduation she went to Dubai, went back home and was welcomed to the reality that our hospitals has no vacancies for nurses like her and needed to work as a call center agent just to make ends meet.
She had a realization that her current earning was not enough when she had her first born.
Her career transition jumpstarted when her last Contact Center company suddenly closed and she started taking offhsore jobs, writing articles for companies, at a measly rate of 35 cents per article. Getting her clients from then our go to site, ODesk.
During the pandemic she was working 5 jobs.
"Iyong oras na meron ako, dapat maging pera", this is how she treats her free time now. She downsized her client portfolio from having 5 to 3, while still getting the same monthly compensation, but has more free time now.
Let's meet and liste to paula's story.
Hope you enjoy and pick a lesson or two from our special guest, Paula!!!