Topic: Pandemic Proof Career

Pandemic proof career? Is that even possible? Well, let me just tell you that all the hard work I’ve put into my ESL podcast, the dividends are soaring.  My PayPal account is skyrocketing, but why? Because I live in my passion, I’ve developed a skill which is now a significant asset, and my 4 cores...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Life Skills – Succeeding in Interviews

Here is a HUGEEEEE podcast that will help a many of you out there who are possibly going in for jobs in the future. Interviews, a controversial topic, is what we'll be focusing on today. We need to do some speaking, as well as ironing out the details of dos and don'ts for a job...

New York Times’ Writer with a Broken Approach to Life

“Do what you love” is often terrible advice. Instead of taking the job that will make you happiest, look for the one where you’ll learn the most. Adam Grant, NYT Writer Terrifying. Unbelievably terrifying. I'm scared as hell to see the future generations head in this direction. If that's the case, we too, will become...

Special Blog: Arsenio’s Entrepreneurial Journey from 2016-Now

Ok, you guys wanted it, and here it is. At the beginning of 2016, I started a podcast.  Keep in mind that my followers on Twitter were LOSER sex tourists and my online persona, up to that point, was not very good.  I constantly focused on the negative and the victimization of being a "black" teacher in...

The Failure of Credentials (part 2/2)

Arsenio Foreword: Jiun went through the same thing I went through.  While I was sitting outside one morning after USA's basketball team got ripped apart by the greeks in the FIBA World Championships in 2006, I was talking to a friend (at the time) name Kristine and I told her that I wanted to be...

The Failure of Credentials (part 1/2)

Last year, my friend bought me a book that captured my attention about Malaysian youth unemployment that was higher than our Southeast Asian neighbours. Here the question popped up, 'why Malaysian millennials like me can't secure employment with a better pay cheque and move up the corporate ladder?' and 'did it have something to do...

Questions & Answers: International Schools vs. Solopreneur (In Thailand)

Government schools, private schools, international schools....you name it.  It's all part of the "system" here in Thailand.  One of my students recently asked me "why don't you work at an international school and get better pay?"  Well, let me break down the reasons WHY. 1) Freedom to Accept & Deflect When I was working at...

Interviewee #18 – Soheir Ghanem on All Things E-Commerce

Soheir is the host of the eCommerce QueenBOSS podcast, a public speaker and a Fashion eCommerce entrepreneur.  Through her podcast and programs, she helps creative entrepreneurs to build an eCommerce business that sparks passion, and creates wealth in their lives, so they can share their gifts with the world, even if they’re just starting out or...

The Disruption of Industries Are Coming (longread) Part II

Job recruiters or recruitment agencies have already been displaced by websites like LinkedIn, Indeed.com, and Monster. Also, Craigslist has been replaced by other kinds of classified advertisements and other classified websites. If you just browse your social media like Facebook and Twitter, you can see many hiring managers leveraging those social media platforms for recruitment....

Trust Your Instincts

It was a difficult decision, but because of the intuition I've developed over the past several years, I was able to make the best decision. I had an email one day from a job that I had applied for 3 months prior, and I was shocked to even see that they replied to me. The...