I recently had a painful experience with my bank where they presented my reporting transactions in a manner that gave me a very hard time understanding.

To make things easy I called the bank to clarify the transactions I did not recognize based on what I printed from their online access.

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People say it’s harder for women to climb to the top of the corporate ladder than men do. I would agree not because they are less smart or talented than man; but they are more inclined to prioritizing their family and children than their work.

Experience in point

My mother used to brag to me all the time that she was one of the pioneers when the National Computer Center in the Philippines was established and should have been one of the foremost people in the industry today had she not resigned and decided to work as a full-time mother.

It is normal these days that people especially from the Information Technology industry move from one job to another in search for better opportunities and higher rewards (base pay, bonus, perks, etc.). Gone are the days that employers question why applicants move from one place to another and take it as a point against the person; instead, a professionals’ value increases as they move from one company to another (provided every move is a better than the last one).

I recently invited one of my previous officemates to send her resume for a job opening at our company. She was very concerned if our company accepted people of her age.

I was surprised because she was only in her late 30s and I did not feel she was old enough to worry about it either. Knowing she worked with the company for more than 15 years tell me she wasn’t exposed to what was happening in the outside world to know her value and remain confident she could compete anywhere.

Simple ways to keep up with the changing times

People usually remain silent after their possible future employer have asked them a ton of questions in an interview. Tired from answering a barrage of questions, continous thought and evaluation on how they performed, and feeling a sense of freedom to go back to their usual self are some of the reasons that people do not ask questions to the interviewer anymore. Leaving without asking anything is a big mistake for your career.