More than 50,000 jobs posted by Phil-Jobnet online — Baldoz

More than 50,000 jobs are available now and up for grabs for jobseekers in the official job portal of the government, the Phil-Jobnet, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

According to the report by the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) Director Ma. Criselda Sy, majority of the jobs posted in the portal are for local employment. She, however, said there are also available employment opportunities for abroad.

The BLE report said that job opportunities for low to semi-skilled workers abound, with the top 20 hot jobs to date, including opportunities for call center agents (10,712) customer service assistants (3,541), salesman (2,452), production worker/factory worker (1,360), cashier (1,276), carpenter (963), data encoder (823), mason (684), sales clerk (591), laborer (565), housekeeping supervisor (502), heavy equipment operator (499), baby sitter (482), building electrician (475), domestic helper (453), bulldozer operator (430), production machine operator and electrician (403) and janitor (374).

From the jobs posted at Phil-JobNet covering the period June 1 to July 1, 2011, twenty percent (20%) or 10,922 vacancies were for unskilled and low-skilled workers, while vacancies for semi-skilled workers got a share of thirty four percent (34%), or 18,154 job requirements. More than half of the posted vacancies (29,076) or 54.8% were job openings for unskilled, low-skilled and semi-skilled workers.

The report also said that the top skills for hire in the Phil-Jobnet are for production worker/factory worker (4,882), production machine operator (4,660), service crew (3,634), cashier (3,338), sales clerk (2356), data encoder (1,604), saleslady (1,414), office clerk (1,208), staff nurse (1,139), call center agent (1,119), pipe fitter (927), bagger (801), welder (720), merchandiser (614), customer service assistant (530), computer technician (520), machine tool machine operator (497), production helper (481), secretary (478), and waiter (475).

Baldoz said the number of job vacancies being posted in the Phil-Jobnet continues to upsurge as a result of the intensified campaign by DoLE Regional Offices and Public Employment Services Offices (PESO) among the companies challenging them to post their job vacancies in the official government portal for job search and matching.

“Our intensified campaign is in compliance with the Secretary’s directive and challenge of soliciting 1 million available job vacancies from accredited establishments at any given time this year,” Sy said.

Meanwhile, in anticipation of the impact of the ‘Saudization,’ also known as ”Nitaqat” (zones or ranges in Arabic) to the employment of OFWs, Baldoz said jobseekers who feel they might be affected by the Saudi nationalization program should take interest to apply in the following list of semi-skilled, low-skilled, and unskilled occupations that local employers have posted in the Phil-JobNet.

Unskilled workers – laborer, domestic helpers, messenger, construction laborer, janitor/janitress, kitchen crew, housemaid, maintenance crew, domestic cleaner;

Low skilled – field interviewer, food server/attendants, salesman/saleslady, security guards, waiter/waitress, merchandiser, sales clerk , service crew, cook (general), housekeeping attendant, baby sitter;

and Semi-skilled – accounting staff, accounting clerk, administrative assistants, call center agents, data encoder, cashier, customer service assistant, storekeeper, receptionist, office clerk. –Mina Diaz, Daily Tribune