Survey of job - Assignment Example

Teacher Job Survey The surveyed were South East Asian in origin particularly Filipinos. They came from the Philippines andare in the age range of 19-23 years old. The distribution of gender is equal among the respondents. All of them came from economically well to do family and belonged in the upper class of Filipino society to afford an education in the United States.
The foreign students were asked about how their culture influences on what type of jobs they would strive to get and why. Overwhelmingly, all of them would like to work in the private sector with some wanting to put up their own business. They cited large pay and stability of income in choosing a job in the private sector as well as the training they could get from it in addition to their education. They also cited doing what they would like to do and have professional satisfaction. They cited that the prestige in working in their home country lies in the corporate world and business. Most works first in the corporate world to get an experience and feel of the business world then put up their own business. Business is also perceived well in their culture and is desired by many to be the road towards financial success and being in control of their time (that is, they do not have to wake early morning to go work and experience the heavy Manila traffic).
Regarding working in the government, they were asked if it is possible to get jobs in the government even if you are from a middle-class family. They said yes for as long as the prospective applicant is well connected. They mentioned that while there are some middle class background Filipinos can get into the government with their own merits, most still depends on one’s connections. If one has connections either from relatives, family friendship or political patrons it is almost certain that one can get into the government. Most of them frown on working for the government because government is generally perceived to be corrupt and incompetent. There is prestige in working for government in their home country. They also worry that their education may become useless because of the bureaucracy.
The backgrounds of the respondents vary with some taking business administration, some in line with education and engineering. In their culture, most honest jobs in the corporate and business world is respected and has prestige if one is good at it. They generally strive for jobs that they believe they like with all of the jobs including law, business, education and corporate having the same level of respect.
When asked about the typical perception about medicine and lawyering, most of them told that doctors are highly esteemed in their society more than the lawyers. For them doctors genuinely help people while lawyers could become an instrument of deceit and in the government.
The general observation is that Filipino culture almost have no difference with Americans in orientation particularly with work. It is because this country is the most westernized country in South East Asia. Read More