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| Paul with peers enjoying the weekend - Riyadh |
In 1994, Paul again had dreamed to go abroad. He was lucky though because he did not experience much difficulty in acquiring an overseas job. His uncle-in-law who at that time was the chief accountant of the company Kawasaki Helicopter Saudi Arabia – Finance Department helped him get his current job by recommending him to the administrator of the company.
A Philippine-based recruitment agency, FB Allan processed his papers and he was able to go out of the country as a documented OFW. When Paul arrived in his current location (Riyadh) on March 23, 1994, he was first employed as a janitor/laborer. That will be his work position for two years and nine months. The management must have noticed his hard work because he was promoted to be a Facility Records Clerk.
Paul's job as a facility records clerk was typing of internal correspondences, memorandum, monthly reports on facility housing maintenance inspections, and cleaning operations. Paul also prepared the daily timesheets, purchase sheets, weekly expenses reports for all cleaning materials purchased for the week.
He was also responsible for the receipts, issuance inventories, and maintenance of supplies/stocks of all cleaning materials. He also checked the technicians' daily accomplishments reports, receives job order requests from their clients, and distributed the same to the appropriate technicians. He sorted out and maintains a good filing system and performs tasks assigned to him.
After some time he was again promoted to be an Analyst/Bookkeeper at the Company's Finance Department and this would be his job for nine years and three months. Paul maintained the weekly and monthly analysis of imprest funds also known as petty cash. He prepared check vouchers, employee’s timesheets, and monthly payroll. He computed the employees' vacations and final settlements. He maintained detailed records of the company’s transactions especially its purchases and other operating expenditures and performed jobs that required his services.
The promotion did not stop there. On May 8, 2006, he was assigned as assistant Secretary to the Vice President of the company. Paul supported the Vice President in the connection process: Handles monthly progress report, weekly person-hours report, staff timesheets for payroll, handles the collection follow-up of the accounts receivables.
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Paul's other responsibilities include administrative and clerical duties such as filing, typing correspondences, answering phone calls, receiving documents from project sites (such as petty cash requests, vacation requests), and transmitting the same to the respective branch of operations. He prepared monthly technical minutes; organized and maintained files and performed other duties that required his services.
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| Paul with co-workers in a bountiful lunch date - Riyadh |
On March 23, 2008, the company he was working for assigned him to manage a new showroom that sells antiques and other home accessories. From being a mere janitor, Paul had gone a long way and one can say that things just get better and better for him.
Aside from working, Paul also devotes some time to his other interests. While employed, he took up a creative writing course by mail with the Writer’s Bureau in Manchester London during the years 1998-1999. In 2000-2001, Paul took up Journalism and short story writing course with the ICS, PA, the USA by mail. (To be continued in part 7)
