Small Business:Wholesale/Retail Clothing


My sister and her husband started their clothing business just two years ago. They gamble in retailing women's clothes and labeled it as Vine Original. They put up a tiangge boutique in Greenhills Shopping Center. Not easy at first, the price per booth  is sky-high and they were uncertain if they can get their investment back by just selling women clothes, let alone make a profit from daily sales. 


Now, they are slowly climbing up and presently owning two tiangge boutiqes. Since selling in Greenhills has its on and off-peak seasons, they decided to venture on a bigger market--wholesale selling. So, anyone looking for women clothes wholesale supplier, you are welcome to contact them for more detailed information. 



Please visit Vine Original Facebook Page for more info.


5 Ways To Manage Professional Stress

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Stress is our body's reaction to any events or situation that threatens our security and one of stress sources is work-related factors. To avoid this job-related stress, you have to define the symptoms of stress--conflict at work, burnout and poor morale. If your workplace has a stressful climate, you can still run away from it. But turning your back is not usually the best option. Oftentimes, stress is inevitable. The real challenge is to establish calmness in the midst of it.





Are You Burned Out?

Heavy work load or long working hours often cause stress to working professionals. Mental and physical exhaustion could result to lower productivity, inability to concentrate that may adversely affect what you are doing, and it may create interpersonal conflicts in a workplace. There are many reasons why stress is evident in any workplace. Therefore, professional workers must adapt an effective coping techniques in handling stress. A number of simple guidelines that can help you prevent work-related distress are as follows.

Professional Stress Management Tips 

Tip #1 

To separate your personal frame from professional spheres, cultivate and sustain an active support system both at work and outside from work. Having friends who are not in the field that you belong aids in maintaining a sense of balance.

A strong social support helps to reduce stress. Make time to be with your close friends and family.

Tip #2

Enhance decision-making abilities. A good means to do this is through vivid management. Break larger tasks into small, practical, and attainable objectives. This viable method will keep you away from becoming overwhelmed by the seemingly hopeless undertakings and unachievable goals before you.

If you think your task is impossible, do not use your energy trying to solve your dilemma while accomplishing nothing. Set a milestone one at a time.

Tip #3

Don't fall into noxious substance abuse in dealing with pressure. This proves harmful to anyone who gets hooked. Live a nicotine- and narcotics-free lifestyle and do not rely on precarious dwellings or vices such as overeating, drinking alcohol, and smoking as forms of relaxation or means of detaching temporarily from shortcomings and tension. Toxins actually rob your body of its stored nutrients. These stimulate heartbeat and affect moods, behavior, and brain chemistry. These things only compound stress-associated health issues.
Physical activities like working out or jogging help you sweat out tension and relieve stress.

Tip #4

Practice a healthy living by nourishing yourself with nutritious diet, sufficient sleep and rest, and balanced physical activities and exercises. Care for yourself is an effective way to minimize crunches.

Extralegal substances can offer you a "perfect world." Meanwhile, this fanciness can only drown you deep even more. Live a substance-free lifestyle.


Tip #5 
An old cliché, "laughter is the best medicine," maintains a sense of humor while working, usually improves job performance, reduces emotive pain and instability, connects people socially and emotionally, and enhances blood flow. Developing a blissful attitude helps you generate a positive outlook in life. Negative reactions with a particular situation contribute to strain, but by perceiving positively, we get to think rationally in most circumstances.

It is necessary that you find happiness at work. A little comic relief in your environment reduces stress and makes a person feel good about himself.



How to Apply for Registration of Land-Based Applicants in POEA



Registration Certficate is issued by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to all aspiring migrant workers. This is essential to ensure that Filipinos are working abroad legally and to prevent any problems that may arise from working outside the country.
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My husband is working abroad as field engineer for several years now and currently based in Manama, Bahrain. He was directly hired by an American company, his third employer since he became an Overseas Filipino worker (OFW). He decided to work abroad on 2005 because our joint monthly income was not enough to meet our daily family needs, especially for our kids school expenses.

This is a common problem to many families here, and it is not surprising that lots of Filipino professionals and skilled laborers opted to obtain employment abroad for greener pastures. However, there are laborious paper works that need to be processed in order to work abroad legally. If you want to find employment in other country, you need to register first as an overseas applicant as per Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) rules and regulations. This is compulsory to all citizens of the Philippines.



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What is POEA and its functions?

POEA is a Philippine government agency that regulates and facilitates overseas employment of Filipinos, whether they are looking to find work in foreign countries, or already employed by private companies or government through direct hire or recruitment agency. They promote and develop overseas employment program and protect the rights of overseas workers. If you are looking to find a job abroad, a first-timer migrant worker or workers-on-leave, it is imperative that you go through POEA process in order to work abroad legally. One of POEA Frontline Services is the Registration of Land-Based Applicants, Filipinos who wanted to look for work in foreign countries should apply.

Registration of Land-Based Applicants: Requirements, Qualifications, and Procedures

Requirements (Original and Photocopies):

  • Recent bio-data or resume with detailed work experience
  • Valid Passport
  • High School/College Diploma
  • Transcript of Records
  • Valid PRC ID (for Professional only)
  • Board Certificate (for Professional only)
  • Board Rating (for Professional only)
  • Valid NBI Clearance
  • Employment Certificates ( of at least 2 years experience in one position)
  • Training /Skills certificate
  • OMA Certificate ( for Muslim Applicants)
  • 1 piece 2x2 colored picture (6 pcs. For MOH-KSA applicants)
  • Active e-mail address

Procedure

Applying for Registration Card when you are a land-based job applicant is free of charge. Just get a Registration Form and submit it together with requirements listed above for evaluation at Window M at the Manpower Registry Division, located in ground floor lobby area. You will need to wait for the result of evaluation and if documents are complete and in order, proceed to the encoding room located in the same area for the encoding of registration data. Next, return to Window M for issuance of Landbased Registration Card. (In case of incomplete requirements or documents, their papers are returned for completion before applying again.)

Process Time: 30 minutes from receipt of application with complete documentary requirements to issuance of Registration Card

You can also apply for Registration thru online by directly going to POEA website.

Note: Wait for notification for possible referral to prospective employer. If not notified within six months, update your registration data through any internet facility via POEA website.