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How She Got Her Dream Job Without An Interview - an Interview with Deborah Hinaut

January 16, 2019
by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.
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Watch this video as Ms. Anna Soriano and Ms. Pinky Anicete interview Ms. Deborah Hinaut on how she started out with her freelancing career, her journey in over ten years working in a corporate world, her struggles while she was in her work outside freelancing, and now as she focuses on her freelancing career.

Find out why she pursued her full-time job in freelance and her goal to be a successful full-time mother. Her story in her freelancing career will inspire mom out there and surely it can give motivation for everyone whose dream is to be with their family at home while working.

And a lot more…

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Notable Quotes:

  • Sa pag umpisa need lang is discipline sa time, kung sa time pa lang hindi mo mababalance, hindi mo maaayos ung step by step na gagawin mo as freelancer.
  • Mahirap ung pagsasabayin lahat na hindi ka disiplinado sa oras.
  • Meron akong mga notebooks, na per client, gumagawa ako ng to-do list.
  • Sa bawat client, may kanya–kanya silang notebook, kinacategorize ko kung ano ung mga task na mga short-term task at saka ung mga priority.
  • Maging “resourceful” sa mga web tools. Hindi ung kung ano lang ung makikita. Kailangan mo mag-initiate kung paano mo matutunan ung mga webtools na kailangan natin sa freelancing, sa online job. Kasi hindi mo sya basta makukuha, kailangan mo siya pag-aralan, kailangan mong mag-take action kung papaanu mo matutunan ‘yun. Hindi ung magtatanong kalang tapos ayaw mo na kung di mo kayang gawin. Andun na ung magresearch ka.
  • “Struggle” talaga ang umpisa pero kung nandun ka na hindi mahirap kung sa sarili mo pa lang is marunong ka nang bigyan ng determinasyon, disiplina at tiyaga. Pati ung motivation sa sarili. Kasi hindi mawawala sa’yo lahat ng meron ka kung andun lahat yung mga ugali na ganun. ‘Yun ang magiging “foundation” mo para maging ok ka sa freelancing.

Deborah’s journey to freelancing

  • She worked in a corporate world for over ten years before she became a full-time freelancer.
  • She struggled financially because she helped her brother in his study.
  • In 2005, she was hired as sales personnel.
  • After a month, she was transferred to importation where she worked until 2018.
  • She experienced working beyond eight hours to cope with her work because there is no proper turn-over. The employee whom she will replace is already resigned.
  • Her work was difficult because she needed to learn things on her own.
  • In 2014, she got married. Her husband requested her to quit her job, but she didn’t want to.
  • When she had a miscarriage with their first baby, again, her husband requested her to quit her job, but she thinks it is better to keep her job while she is still coping with their loss.
  • When they moved to Bulacan she experienced being exhausted because of heavy traffic.
  • When she had a second miscarriage, she prayed to the Lord that she would quit her job if she got pregnant again.
  • She got pregnant for the third time and her doctor advised her to have a three-month complete bed rest.
  • Unfortunately, after the three-month period, her doctor advised her again to have a complete bed rest until she gave birth. This is the time she tendered her resignation but rejected by her boss.
  • Her company allowed her to work from home until her baby was five months old.
  • After returning to work, she struggled to balance her time between work and her baby. She cannot give the same amount of effort and dedication to her work because she has a baby to take care of.
  • When her baby got sick, resignation crossed again in her mind but she didn’t want to be idle. This is when she remembered the Work from Home she saw when she is still pregnant.
  • Also, she has a health issue because of lumbar spinal instability. It is her second consideration for resignation.
  • When she accessed the free VA course at Work from Home, she asked her husband to buy a computer set to find an online job.
  • On July 13, she enrolled at VABootcamp and finished the course on July 27.
  • She studied her course while traveling to work and kept on improving her profile.
  • She got a rising talent in August and the client started inviting her to the work.

Q & A highlights

How did you find out about freelancing?

During pregnancy ko si Work from Home dumadaan-daan na ‘yan sa wall ko, ‘yung babae na buntis ‘ata yun at may baby at naglalaptop. Siguro kasi nagsesearch ako ng online job. Di ko alam papaano siya nagfeed sa wall ko. Sabi ko, “totoo ba ‘to, meron talagang Work from Home na ganito? Paano kaya ginagawa?” Natry 'kong i-browse ung free VA course no’n. Sabi ko, “papaano ko kaya subukan ‘to?” Pero wala ‘di pa rin nagsink-in ‘yon sa akin. Kaya nagtry pa rin ako pumasok kahit na halos every month madalas absent, late, wala akong memo, tuloy lang sa trabaho. Kung mayroon mga important meetings pinapatawag pa rin ako ng boss ko, pero alam mo ung hindi ko na nafufullfill lahat ng task na dapat na ginagawa ko. May time na napaisip na din ako na siguro time na din na tumigil ng trabaho. 

Nung June na sumakit ung back ko, nabuo na sa isip ko na magreresign na ako.  Sabi ko sa asawa ko, "magreresign na ako… bilhan mo muna ako ng computer…magtratrabaho ako.” Kasi nabrowse ko na ung free VA course nun, nagkaroon na ako ng hint na mayro’n trabaho talaga. Naalala ko nung 2013, nabrowse ko yang si Upwork. May account na ako pero hindi ako naapprove.  Nung nakita ko sa FLIP ung Upwork, sabi ko, “totoo pala ito.”

Pagka July, sa email nabasa ko na wala ng lifetime access after July 15, sabi ko, kailangan ko mag-enrol kasi sayang ung lifetime access. Mabuti p’wede naman ng instalment. Kinuha ko na package ay Accelerated. July 13 nag-enrol ako sa VA Bootcamp, July 27 natapos ko ung course. Ang ginagawa kung time para magstudy sa courses ko ung travel time, ung pag-uwi at pagpunta sa trabaho. Sabi ko sa sarili ko 'pag natapos ko ang course at natry ko ung online job, kahit isa lang, talagang magreresign na ako.

What are your strengths in facing struggles in life?

Araw-araw hindi ako tumitigil magsubmit ng proposal, hindi ako nawawalan ng pag-asa, ng gana. Lalo akong nachachalenge na magsubmit para mapatunayan na kaya ko ito. Tumatak sa isip ko, kung kaya nila kaya ko rin kailangan ko lang ng determinasyon at tiyaga.

August 11, nagkaroon ng incident, siguro sa pagod ko pagsubmit ng proposal.  Nung time na ako nagbabantay sa baby ko, nakainom siya ng baby oil kasi busy ako sa kakaapply. ‘Di ko alam anu gagawin ko, sabi ko nung time na ‘yun, Lord, bigyan mo ako ng trabaho magreresign agad ako.

Did you accept a job offer while you are facing problems?

August 13, madami ng offer. Hindi ko napapansin meron ng contract offer sa akin first time, nasa hospital kmi nun. Sabi ko, meron pa lang ganun na “walang interview”. Di ako nagsubmit nang proposal, siguro dahil sa tiningnan lang profile ko, contract offer kaagad. Sabi niya “ito lang gawin mo.”, research task yun. Sa excitement ko “hindi ko binasa ‘yung job description inaccept ko lang kaagad, grinab ko na kaagad, which is “mali.” Dapat kasi basahin anu nakalagay dun dahil may namiss akong information doon, kasi sayang bukod doon sa research meron siya inooffer sa akin na full time assistant niya sa social media. Tapos, narealize ko papaanu ko gagawin ang trabaho na nasa hospital ako, wala akung laptop. Kung uuwi pa ako ng bahay papaanu ang anak ko sa hospital, unfair din sa anak ko. Naglalaro ang isip ko, pero tinanggap ko na ang trabaho, paninindigan ko ‘to.

Anu ang tip mo sa mga new freelancers?

Kailangan lang talaga yung pag umpisa is discipline sa time. Kasi kung sa time mo pa lang hindi mo siya mababalance, hindi mo maaayos step by step na gagawin mo as freelancer, kasi ang pagiging full-time mom, may full-time job pa, kung kagaya ko na marami ng clients ay mahirap ung pagsasabayin lahat kapag hindi ka disiplinado sa oras. Meron akong mga notebook per client, gumagawa ako ng to-do list, hindi ko pinagsasama-sama, kina categorize ko 'yong short time task saka priority. Kailangan mo rin maging resourceful sa mga webtools, kailangan mo mag initiate, kailangan mo pag-aralan para matutunan mong gawin, magresearch ka. Struggle ang umpisa, pero kung nandun ka na hindi mahirap kung mayro’n kang determinasyon, disiplina, tiyaga, at motivation sa sarili. Yan ang magiging foundation mo.

     

       

 

    

 

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by Jason Dulay 
Jason is the founder and CEO of Work from Home Roadmap and VA Bootcamp. Aside from teaching Filipinos how to succeed working from home, he likes traveling, playing board games, and drinking coffee.

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164 comments on “How She Got Her Dream Job Without An Interview - an Interview with Deborah Hinaut”

  19. nung nag ha hustle challenge kami weekly accountability call nasa commute din si Debbie. Ang sipag nyan. Guys alam nyo na sikreto ni Ms. Debbie. Masipag mag aral ng vabootcamp courses at mag apply ng lessons at super Mom pa. Galing! Classmate ko yan.

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  44. This VA Bootcamp program will truly be blessed even more, and their students of course, because it caters God's calling to all mothers and that is to be workers in the home - to prioritize family but giving an avenue to help in the family's income.

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