Last weeks, Ireland media being highlighting

1. Closure of Waterford Wedgwood: – products that cost around 3500 Euro that is nice to have, facing receivership.

2. Dell Ireland letting go 1,900 staffs in the city of Limerick. According to Irish Times, Dell is the country’s biggest exporter and second largest company. It accounts for approximately five per cent of Irish GDP.

Against this background of news, I feel great to see some professional offer their valuable service and time to help people who are made redundant.

For example via my Twitter network, I learn that

• One offer to provide free career coaching for people affected by job losses.
• Another offer to design logo and will getup and running with a website or blog.
• Another offers “LinkedIn Profile Enhancement” ie. to write better profile on Linkedin.com
• Limrick Open Coffee Club offer would be entrepreneur free start-up advice.

List goes on. Instead of waiting government to do something, they take the initiative to help one another.

Mr Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his pioneering work in microcredit said “We citizens, we individuals, are capable people addressing social issues. Maybe address a small social issue within my neighborhood, maybe within my district, within my village.”

See also Bailout Program for people affected by Job losses

Who it is for?

For people who are out of work and intend to setup their own business or just wanted to take control over their careers.

What?

4 page website. (no flash animation)

What the catch?

1. You pay only for
   • domain name
   • hosting*
   • font and images

   (this is to make sure you’re serious and committed)

2. I ’ll publicise detail (technology, design and usability decisions) of the project on my website, blog, Social Network  (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr).
3. I’ll make all technical and design decision.

Extra

You want anything more than the 4 basic page? That can be arranged for additional charges.

What Next?

At the end of the project, I will leave. I don’t pestering you for follow-on work. I am confident that you’ll have been impressed by me. And that, you’ll call me again – when you’re ready.

It also fine that you engage another web designer/developer to work on your website.

I will handover whatever technical/design information to your new  web designer/developer to make your website works harder for your new  business.

* Disclosure

I will let you know which company to get hosting, font and images as I had use their services before and I satisfy with them.

I’m an affiliate with the hosting company so when you buy hosting place with them I get little commission so I can afford coffee and bread.

Over the last few weeks, my 3 years old boy told us in his own way without us prompting that he want to go back to Singapore. He did not want to stay in Ireland apparently.

The wife said she missed Singapore convenience and warm weather…not to mention the way it works in Singapore suits her.

I have reservation going back for the following reason:

Reservist commitment. Every year, Singaporean Male are expect to spend up to 2 weeks in camp. This going to have am impact on our job. Savvy employer will not want to see their staff disappeared for 2 weeks away from job. They cannot by law terminate us but there is a workaround for them – to engage non Singapore staff from the start.

Once over the age of 40, you considered old man work wise. I have overheard my ex-colleagues at a US MNC in Yishun commented they are reporting to “someone who can be my grandfather” – with reference to a department head (over the age of 60) on the other side of the Pacific ocean.