Employment – International

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged undocumented Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of job openings as more companies are seeking to hire workers, especially in Jeddah.

More jobs in Brunei for Filipinos are anticipated as four major projects that have a combined investment cost of more than Brunei 20 billion (about P680 billion) are currently being pushed in that country.

NEW DELHI – The world economy is still not growing fast enough to generate jobs for tens of millions who have become unemployed but it is strengthening gradually, a top International Monetary Fund official said Wednesday.

(CNN) — As leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa convene in Durban, the term “BRICS” used to describe these rapidly growing economies is so last year; today everyone is talking about the “CIVETS.”

CHINA surpassed the US to become the world’s biggest trading nation last year as measured by the sum of exports and imports, a milestone in the Asian nation’s challenge to the US dominance in global commerce that emerged after the end of World War II in 1945.

Filipino workers and other foreigners in Canada will find a new hiring system in place effective in May, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.

Japan’s government has approved its second round of stimulus in a little more than a month, as prime minister Yoshihiko Noda tries to pep up a flagging economy in the run-up to December’s elections.

WASHINGTON — The “fiscal cliff,” a metaphor drawn from nature, was actually created by members of the US Congress, who designed it to be so horrible that they and the president would come to their senses and avert it in the nick of time.

Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

The ILO looks to harnessing the potential of the world’s rural areas as city dwellers in the developing world struggle to find work. GENEVA (ILO News) – It is impossible to talk about sustainable development without taking into account this simple fact: half of the world’s population and 75 per cent of the world’s poor…

SINGAPORE – What jobs offer the highest pay? Investment banking is up there. So is specialist surgery. But consider this. Slightly over twenty years ago, Johnathan Roberts started work on an oil rig at $5 an hour. Today, the newly appointed operations manager of Norway’s Standard Drilling makes about half a million dollars a year.

The global economy will need to have created 600 million new jobs between 2005 and 2020 to absorb young people entering the work force, spur development, empower women and prevent unrest, the World Bank said.

Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday said the reinstatement of the “au pair” program in other European countries would bring employment opportunities to Filipinos, especially in view of the tight labor situation arising from the political unrest in the Middle East.

MANILA, Philippines – More young workers are leaving the country to seek high paying jobs abroad, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

BAHRAIN – The Bahraini government, thru the Royal Family, prefers Filipino workers compared to other nationalities.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sees no massive layoff of Filipino workers in the United States despite the prevailing economic crisis there.

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is experiencing a “brain drain” phenomenon after a number of ramp controllers (RCs) resigned for high paying jobs abroad.

Brussels, 21 February 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has sharply criticised the failure of last week’s meeting of G20 Finance Ministers to focus on the global employment crisis.

MANILA, Philippines—Despite a sharp rebound in the economies of many countries, job recovery in the Asia-Pacific region continues to lag behind growth, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.

Brussels, 25 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Today’s Global Employment Trends report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) confirms that, despite improvements in many economic indicators, global unemployment remains at crisis levels.

IMPROVING QUALITY of jobs will be a key challenge for the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia and the Pacific this year, the latest report of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said.

MANILA, Philippines—The number of active manpower agencies licensed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has dropped by almost half from 1,200 in the 2007-2008 period to less than 700 active companies now, a recruitment consultant said Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine trade negotiators should seek the liberalization of various trade barriers particularly on market access, national treatment and domestic regulation to exploit the competitiveness of Filipino accountants.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is eyeing Asian countries as the top destination for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year.

The International Labour Office (ILO) and the World Bank have jointly organized a conference on “Trade and Employment Post-Crisis: Global Shocks, Structural Changes and Policy Responses” on October 25. Held in the lead up to the G20 Summit in Seoul on 11-12 November, the conference discussed the role of open markets in supporting growth and…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has set up an online job search system to enable prematurely terminated Filipino household helpers and other workers in Hong Kong to find new employment.

Companies in growing markets like China and India are adding more jobs in North America and Europe, a shift from the usual hiring patterns, says a new study from IBM.

CEBU, Philippines – There are now 10,100 slots made available for Filipino workers in the manufacturing, construction, agriculture and fishery sectors in South Korea. This number, according to an official of a manpower agency, is mainly because most Korean employers prefer Filipinos as their workers.

About 40,000 to 50,000 Filipino workers may be needed by the United States to construct its new military base in Guam, US Ambassador Harry Thomas said.

MANILA, Philippines—More than 6,000 Filipino workers in Afghanistan face repatriation by the end of the year after the United States Central Command (Centcom) ordered the termination of all foreign workers whose domestic laws prohibit them from traveling to or working in Afghanistan.