Changing How the World Works.
 
 
  • Feedback:   (5.00 of 5)
  • Percentile: 99%
    Based on 1 feedbacks
Hourly Rate: $5.56
Total oDesk hours:
8
Location:
Cebu, Philippines (GMT+08:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
4.0
Member Since:
February 15, 2008
Last Worked:
June 5, 2008
Current Assignments:
0
Total Assignments:
2
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 

Joel Salcedo - Legal Guru/Senior Writer-Researcher - Freelance Data Entry Professional, Philippines

Over the last ten years, I have been exposed to different work environments, that's why my people skills are more than average. I have also been involved with a labor union that gave me my firsthand skill in people groups with  a different outlook in life. Most of these people were ordinary factory workers who earn a meager income based on Philippine labor standards. My experience started on March 1998 until the end of November of 1999. From then on until 2007 I was involved in pre sales of...
See All Work History & Feedback (2 items, 1 with Feedback)
Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
24364 06/2008 - 06/2008 Engineering Laptop Research $11 (2 hrs @ $5.56)
40618 04/2008 - 04/2008 Internet Assistant/Virtual Assistant required $32 (6 hrs @ $5.56)
See All Tests Taken (4 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.10 57% 03/22/2008 16 min
Call Center Skills Test 3.00 44% 04/05/2008 26 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 3.75 29% 02/15/2008 16 min
Telephone Etiquette Certification 2.60 22% 02/15/2008 11 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Telemarketing Assistance for Merchant Funding Company Buyer November 24, 2008
Newspaper Advertisement Design Buyer November 22, 2008
Job Category Interests

Writing

Administrative Support
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Internet based research 15 yrs 4.0 2008 I have been doing research on the internet since 1993 when the internet boom was just starting.
Legal articles/issues were primarily my tools of the trade, but have just switched with non legal/law related materials.
Enrolled in a short course for windows application/environment.
Has a current internet broadband connection via DSL with a bandwidth speed of up to 512 kbps.
We'll be doing a system upgrade for a faster, better and a reliable desktop pc for performance
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2008 Listening Comprehension - English (UK) 3.74 52% Brainbench —
1998 Philippine Civil Service Exam [Certificate of Eligibility]     Civil Service Commission Earned a certificate of eligibility for Professionals with a rating of 81.35%.
The certification was given as a result of taking the civil service eligibility exam given in the Philippines on August 1998
2008 Written English (UK) 3.55 76% Brainbench —
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
10/2007 04/2008 Sykes Asia Cebu Technical Support Rep / Independent Contributor Sykes Asia Cebu is a call center or a business process outsourcing enterprise.
One of its line of business is being an affiliate of Eastman Kodak Company based in Rochester, New York, USA.
Provide technical support for the line of business of Kodak digital products such as digital cameras, photo printers. docks,etc.
Process repair requests for defective cameras, accessories, etc.
Other Experience
HR Assistant
Worked for MENDCO Development Corporation a Philippine Furniture Manufacturer for export industry from January 12, 2006 to May 31, 2006.
Its clients include buyers from the mainland USA and some countries in Europe as well as the South East Asian Region.
Was the assistant of the human resources manager and my tasks included were the following:
-employee relations/discipline
-grievance handling/negotiations
-labor case disputes/settlement issues
-liaison officer
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
11/1991 03/1997 Southwestern University Bachelors Law I attended law school in the second semester of November 1991 completing it after six and a half years and graduated on March 19, 1997.
I took the Philippine bar exam of that same year but failed.
Sometime again in 2004 I took the same bar exam the second time but failed.
Finally in 2007 late last year I took the same bar exam for the third time and I'm awaiting the results by early April 2008.
There is no field of law specialization in Philippine Law.
But my preference will be Labor Law including Civil Law & Corporate or Business Law should I pass the bar exam.
  • Project Title: Politics in Asia: Philippines and surfing in General Luna, Siargao Island, Philippines
  • Attachment: Writing-samples.doc - 39KB
  • Completed: 02/25/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: One article titled a surfer's paradise: General Luna, Siargao Island is all about travel and vacationing to the Philippines surfing capital in the northeastern part of Mindanao.

    The other two articles titled the whistle blower and EDSA: People Power twenty two years and beyond respectively are both political in nature. They are relevant in today's politics in the Philippines as well as the whole Asian and Southeast Asian Regions.
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
24364 06/2008 - 06/2008 Engineering Laptop Research $11 (2 hrs @ $5.56)
40618 04/2008 - 04/2008 Internet Assistant/Virtual Assistant required $32 (6 hrs @ $5.56)
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
Fixed-Price Assignment History is empty
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.10 57% 03/22/2008 16 min
Call Center Skills Test 3.00 44% 04/05/2008 26 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 3.75 29% 02/15/2008 16 min
Telephone Etiquette Certification 2.60 22% 02/15/2008 11 min