Job Responsibilities
1. technical assistant, 8 hours of the total 40 a week
2. assistant project manager for an IT project, 16 hours a week
3. programmer analyst for the remaining 16 hours a week
4. attend to client queries whenever possible.
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Job Requirements
The job requires a bachelor's degree in IT and relative
experience for a considerable number of years. you get higher
chances of landing the job if you earned a degree from a
reputable university. you know you're in the right place if you
want substantial experience in the field of IT as a tool for
governance.
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Uppers
1. gaining more experience in this particular field.
2. getting to meet lots of people from around the company.
3. getting to practice my people skills specially in dealing with clients.
4. getting to know first hand information specially of policies before they get
public.
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Downers
1. very low pay compared to industry rates, with jobs in the
gov't in our country in general!
2. high resistance to change of many co-employees that make
implementation of IT projects next to impossible
3. arranging compromise between the IT management and the
operations management
4. high productivity expectations with very little resources at
hand.
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Lifestyle
This field of work is a lucrative position if in the private
firms around the country.
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Compensation
In philippine pesos (very dismal!) -
base salary - 15,000 a month (gross)
bonuses and allowances:
monthly cost of living allowance - 1000;
annual clothing allowance - 4000;
productivity allowance - 1800 to 2500, depending on your
standing;
13th month pay - split in half and given every May and December.
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Advice to Jobseekers
This field of work is a lucrative position if in the private
firms around the country.
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