HUSBAND. FATHER. DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.
ENTREPRENEUR. MEDIOCRE GOLFER.

There’s this quote from Teddy Roosevelt “In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The second best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” When hiring someone, we all want to do the right thing. We all want to hire the...

Email.  How many emails do you get every day?  100?  2,000? It used to suck for me too. But it doesn't have to. And inbox zero is totally achievable. Here's my current inbox as I write this: Years ago I decided I wasn't the only one who could get junk out of my inbox....

Something different for this Friday. If you want some ideas for how to unify your virtual team and inspire them to grow professionally, watch this case study with Bibi Raven from BibiBuzz. https://youtu.be/EeqJSLgLJwA Human beings thrive on personal connection,...

I’ve talked before that setting up shop in the Philippines is really hard, and that’s still the case today. People sometimes want advice on how to set up a legal entity in the Philippines and my advice is DON'T. It's really difficult, and the Philippines government is...

Most people aren't going to like hearing this. Working 40 hours/week is overrated. Most people working 40 hours/week fritter away time. They watch funny cat videos on YouTube, they scroll Facebook. They read "news". I don't do any of it. No FB. No news. No Youtube....

Every day I get emails from people saying "Do you have X type of worker?" Yes, yes we do. I usually reply with a search result from OnlineJobs.ph. With over 2,000,000 Filipino profiles, we have people who can do almost anything. And, it’s easy to find great applicants...

Job titles aren’t that important to me. But in the Philippines, it’s a big deal. An impressive job title is a source of pride. A nice-sounding job title announces to their family and friends how good they are at their job or how much money they’re making without...

Riding a bike is so easy...once you know how. Once you know, you can't imagine not knowing how. To a lot of people, a bike adds freedom, opportunity, exercise, competition, transportation... Here's my daughter competing in her last high school race: Hiring an OFS is...

I have a neighbor who sells shoes on eBay. He has like 3,000-5,000 Pairs of shoes...in his basement! He's always wearing some cool new pair of unique shoes. I've mentioned to him a number of times about hiring OFS and he's always like "Oh, there's nothing they could...

I talk a lot about earning your OFS (Online Filipino Specialist) trust and giving them training and benefits. Why? Why be so nice to Filipino workers? They work for you! You’re paying them to do their jobs! You’re paying them to work, right!? Right??? Yes, you’re...

I get a lot of emails from employers and Filipino workers telling me how Onlinejobs.ph changed their lives. But this...is different. Here's a conversation I had last week with my oldest child, Austin. He was sent to the Philippines for his mission with the Church of...

You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world…but it requires people to make the dream a reality.  - Walt Disney I don't think I can say it better than him. Your business requires people. Ready to take the leap? Start with...

People always tell me "How can I trust this person?" Their minds immediately go to “What if my OFS steals from me?” With a local hire, you know you can go to the police. But what if your OFS steals your financial information or client list or destroys your website,...

I’ve mentioned a few times that “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is one of those books that shaped the course of my life. It kept me out of debt. It taught me to take appropriate risks.  It taught me to buy assets before liabilities. There’s a line in that book that, I think,...

I got this email from one of my newsletter subscribers asking about how I organize my video training library. I love your emails and am extremely grateful for what you've created with OnlineJobs. I hired a wonderful person a little over a year ago through your site...

You want to hire an OFS (or maybe even a VA!) but you've been putting it off because you're afraid you don’t know how to do it right? There’s one thing you can do to help you get over your fear of hiring AND help you learn how to hire someone faster. Write and post a...

Last week I told you about my son in the Philippines and how he had a friend there who needed a job.  My son had vetted Marc for me.  Marc was trustworthy and hard working, just not super skilled. His option was to travel to Manila for work and leave his wife and 2...

After I released that newsletter on phone services, I got a lot of responses on phone services that are not on the list. So here's an update based on what subscribers told me: Unitel Dialpad Ooma Office Twilio WhatsApp ZegoCloud DialDesk Not a phone service but a...

"John - How do I know if I can trust them?" It's one of the first questions people ask me. Humans are hardwired to be suspicious of things we don’t know or understand. That’s how we protect ourselves. So I understand why you’d be reluctant to trust a stranger halfway...

Here's a VA I know who is available to hire. Notice I didn't call him an OFS.  He's not. And...I don't actually KNOW him. Here's the story... My oldest son is serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The "Mormons".  Yes, I'm an...

Chat GPT is everywhere. People keep asking me if it is replacing VAs. Yes and No. Yes, in a sense that it can help get rid of a lot of busy work that your VA is doing. If you need your VA to write ten articles daily for your content marketing, an AI can do that...

In 2022, many Philippine holidays fell on the weekend. But in 2023, you may have noticed that many of those holidays now land on a Monday or Friday. If your OFS doesn’t work on the weekends, they can expect around 9 “long weekends” if we count regular and special...

My OFS, Julia, is in the process of getting her driver’s license. She’s in her forties, so I was surprised to learn that she’s only started learning how to drive. She tried learning to drive when she was younger. But she crashed the car, which scared her from driving...

"Hey John, you should create a job board like OnlineJobs.ph in...." I get a lot of requests from people asking me to replicate Onlinejobs.ph in their country. No. Why? Because employers have a better experience in the Philippines than anywhere else in the world. Not...

It’s January 2 and I’m sure gyms across the world were packed this morning with people who’ve decided to get in shape as their “New Years Resolution”. I spent the day in the mountains backcountry skiing with my wife. It’s not part of any “resolution”, it’s part of my...

Christmas in the Philippines starts on September 1.  Yeah, it's early. But...for a lot of Filipinos, the New Year celebration is the more awaited day. New Year in the Philippines is a loud, bright celebration that everybody looks forward to, regardless of religion or...

I was interviewed by Starter Story, and I shared a lot of stuff there that most people don't know about me or Onlinejobs.ph. https://www.starterstory.com/stories/onlinejobs Most people don’t know I started Onlinejobs.ph with just $5,000. It was just me, Dan, and two...

Merry Christmas. I'm going to keep this short. Right now I find very little expectation in my business. There's little demand from customers and workers. I find I have a bunch of "couch time", which I don't get a lot of during the year. I find this down time to be the...

I hope you have something fun/great/spirit filled for Christmas and New Years. I just want to remind you that the last week of December will be crammed with Philippine holidays. Even though December 24 (New Year’s Eve) and December 25 (Christmas Day) fall on Saturday...

Just before Thanksgiving, I got this email from Austin. It was in response to the newsletter I sent about EJ buying his OFS (Online Filipino Specialist) a laptop. John, I've read most of the emails you've sent since I first used OnlineJobs.ph in January 2021. One of...

You can now send your OFS gifts from Amazon! The Philippines has been able to order from Amazon for decades, but my OFS has never recommended it before because shipping is expensive, and the options are limited. But Amazon recently commissioned several local courier...

I'm not a morning person. I'm not a night person either. I'm a solid 11-7:30 sleeper.  If I don't get 8+ hours of sleep my skills (mental, physical, relationship...) go downhill. Last week we went to an in the dark Christmas lights experience with like 10 million...

I get asked "How do OFS make phone calls to the US?" all the time! Recently, I got this email: Can you put out something on how to allow Filipino VA to make calls to the US and to answer calls from the US (without incurring calling fees ideally)? Jason To answer that...

Winter is in full swing for me in Utah.  Here's what it looks like: In the Philippines, it's the holiday season, which means it's time for you to pay your OFS the 13th month. If you don't know, here's a full explanation of the 13th month. If you already know about it...

A few weeks ago, I talked about how EJ helped his OFS get a new PC. If your OFS is thinking of buying a computer (or you’re thinking of buying a computer for your OFS), we just updated our computer buying guide:...

If you have a team in the Philippines and they live close to each other, I’m willing to bet this is something they would do as a form of team building. My OFS Julia writes ------- The holidays are here! Now that the Philippines has reinstated face-to-face classes and...

I recently stumbled upon this blog post by one of our customers, Ziv Raviv, the CEO, and founder of Kivi Media & Daily Cookie. https://dailycookie.co/get-faster-results-for-your-business-with-an-ofs/ I’m really happy about the endorsement but what I love about...

I like to keep things simple. Simple = efficiency. I try to do this in all aspects of my life. If you've watched any of my videos you'll notice I only wear single color t-shirts.  No logos. Nothing fancy (except for my one green/gray striped shirt...that's my "fun"...

My kids are pretty entrepreneurial (at least some of them are). They run a pretty successful local business. They make more than their teachers make. They've also invented all kinds of contracts. Contracts buyers sign. Contracts anyone working for the business sign....

At this time of Thanksgiving (in the US) I'm thankful for the flexibility my OFS provide me. In our house it's a time of puzzles and Legos and being together. I hope your OFS provide you this flexibility too. I got an email about being flexible recently from a long...

Check this out.  It made me cry. EJ replied to my All Saints and All Soul’s newsletter because, like me, he appreciated how Filipinos celebrate these holidays. As we talked, it turns out he also gives his OFS team holidays off and benefits like SSS. In his words,...

I want to share this email from Danielle because I know many of you might be having this issue too. I’ve had my OFS for 10 months and it’s great 🙂 However, I need a little advice. Sometimes grammar or wording can be an issue. Some of her tasks include writing social...

At Onlinejobs.ph, we strongly advocate for Filipinos only to have one full-time job. But I know that there are a lot of jobseekers who have multiple jobs on the site. It’s usually one of these scenarios. 1. They’re not making enough money from their part-time job....

I sometimes get comments from people about how much turnover there is in the Philippines. The TLDR of my response is, “turnover is a management issue.” I know that answer is hard for a lot of people to hear. Nobody likes to be told they’re horrible managers. I know...

I’m proud that when there’s a disaster, my team will come together and offer to help right away. When the pandemic started, my team donated and distributed groceries to people who couldn’t leave their homes, mainly seniors and families with babies. They started this...

I got this really good question from Debbie about pay raises Hi John, I’m about to do a review with my assistant who has been working for me for 4 months, and would like to reward her work with a pay rise. She still has quite a bit to learn in her role so I want to do...

Last time I asked about how I don't like Halloween. What I do like is Thanksgiving -> New Years. Everyone is nicer. People are giving. The world is a more enjoyable place when people are looking to help each other. I know it's still October, but let's talk about...

Next Monday (Oct 31) is my second most dreaded day of the year: Halloween. The worst day of the year of course is April 15. Tax day. But this isn't about Halloween, it's about All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, two Philippines holidays coming up next week. November 1...

Here's a fun piece of Philippines culture. What comes to mind when most people talk about convenience stores are places like 7-11. They have 7-11s in the Philippines too, but the purest version of a convenience store looks nothing like a 7-11. In the Philippines, a...

I found this comment on my benefits newsletter from Jacqui Hi there, I went back and re-discovered this blog post because I want to offer my OFS healthcare. My OFS is expecting twins in March next year and I would like to provide her with the best (but most...