The Social Weather Station (SWS) reported that 45.5% of the country’s adult labor force, equivalent to 27.3 million people, are jobless as of June 2020, more than double the pessimistic prediction of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the largest labor union in the Philippines. They had 12 million as the expected number of unemployed by 2020 year-end. […]
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I just finished my first 5-session Business Acumen Zoom class for high school students where I was blessed with eight bright students from Manila, Cebu and Davao. A Buffet of Interesting Topics It is the first time I designed a buffet of business topics for a seminar, aimed to give the students a head start advantage. We discussed Tik Tok […]
Unemployment data provided by the Philippine Statistics Authority shows a record 17.7% unemployed Filipinos as of April 2020. Out of about 44 million in the labor force, that’s close to 8 million people, and May 2020 data is expected to rise further. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, the largest labor group in the country, estimates a total of 12 […]
Continuum Academy has reached a milestone of over 10,000 enrollees in less than 3 months of its premature existence. In celebration, it is offering a special 10-day limited-time “Get 1, Give 1″ campaign until June 30, 2020. “Get 1, Give 1” entitles you to bring another person to the same course you will be enrolling in the online school. The person can be an […]
A continuum is something that keeps on going, changing slowly over time, like the continuum of the four seasons. (Source: vocabulary.com) In 2019, the excom of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. planned to launch Continuum Academy in May 2020, as one of the many ways to celebrate its 30th anniversary. What happens next is ECQ and the company suddenly had to launch 2 months ahead. Thanks […]
“Sophie’s Choice” was an American drama movie I watched in 1982. Award-winning actress Meryl Streep played Sophie, a Polish immigrant living in Brooklyn, New York with a past that haunted her. As a prisoner at Auschwitz, she was forced to make a most painful decision – who between her son or daughter will live or die — a tragic situation, […]
We have been in ECQ since March 15, 2020 in most places in the Philippines, with three extensions so far. Make yourself productive by attending FREE business courses offered by Continuum Academy, the online video learning platform subsidiary of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. Here are the topics that you might be interested in: 8 Elements to Evaluate in Your Business […]
Continuum Academy Inc., the online learning subsidiary of Mansmith and Fielders Inc., was launched last March 19, 2020 with its maiden offering, a free course on “Marketing During Corona Virus”. Over three thousand marketers and entrepreneurs were in attendance despite having only a two day-notice. While going into online digital learning was already in the pipeline of Mansmith as one […]
It began with an infrastructure – a Viber group that allowed over 100 Acropolis homeowners to communicate about things of interest to the community, some of which required fast decision making, or needing discussion on important matters that affected every one. Eventually, more and more homeowners were asking each other for referrals in that online community, leading to the offering […]
Chris Lim is the President of U-Franchise and Chief Executive Officer of Francorp Philippines, the largest franchise brokerage company and franchise consulting company in the Philippines, respectively. Chris won the 2019 Agora Awards for entrepreneurship (medium-scale). In this Q&A, he gives a guideline of the factors to consider before recommending franchisors and franchisees to sign a deal together. Q1: When […]