Employment – Local

Economists and politicians often sing different tunes but this election season they seem to have found a common melody. They both agree that job creation should be the next administration’s top priority.

JOB prospects will turn more favorable in the second quarter this year, as more companies gear up for heightened demand during the summer season and the May political exercise, according to the Philippine central bank.

MANILA, Philippines – A survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that more and more companies are looking at hiring additional employees after rationalizing their workforce during the height of the global economic meltdown.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has created Task Force GenSan (Gen. Santos City) to facilitate the timely delivery of services and interventions for workers in the local tuna industry which is being severely affected by international fishing groups’ imposition of a two-year ban on tuna fishing.

The tuna fishing ban in the Pacific Ocean will directly affect some 500 workers in the country’s local fishing industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines – At least 500 fishermen in General Santos City face possible displacement as a result of the two-year tuna fishing ban in the Pacific Ocean, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

OFFICIAL statistics indicate that nearly half (more than 430,000) of the new jobs created in our economy last year were in trade and private household employment. The numbers suggest that a great number of Filipinos turned to informal buying/selling or vending activities and domestic household jobs to cope with the overall economic slowdown.

The true unemployment gap in the Philippines is about 15 million able-bodied Filipinos that include the totally jobless, those who are holding part-time jobs during some periods of the year and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose work contract have expired, Dr. Fernando Aldaba, former dean of the Ateneo School of Economics, said.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday that the creation of more jobs should be the top priority of the government at this time and should continue to be a priority of the next administration.

SENATORS Manuel Roxas II and Manuel Villar Jr. are seeking an inquiry into the two-year ban on tuna fishing and its impact on the industry, specifically on Mindanao.

MANILA, Philippines – Highly skilled Filipino workers fit for overseas employment are getting fewer – and older.

How to avoid age discrimination There was an overwhelming response to my earlier article on age discrimiantion against those 40 years old and above. Even now I am receiving questions regarding the topic and so it seems time for an update on the matter.

DAVAO CITY—At least 150,000 people who depend on the tuna industry in General Santos City could end up jobless as a result of a two-year ban on tuna fishing in Western and Central Pacific, a fishing magnate said.

MANILA, Philippines – Employment prospects appeared bleak for graduating college students and other young workers.

The economic crisis has had a major impact throughout the world on the level of employment as well as its quality. The ILO’s annual report on “Global Employment Trends 2010” says the share of workers in vulnerable employment worldwide may have increased by more than 100 million in 2009, and with it global poverty. ILO…

Trade Secretary Peter Favila said Monday he expects the export sector to begin rehiring the workers it laid off last year after ending a 13-month slump in November.

AS far as the economy is concerned, most of us probably regard 2009 as a year we’re happy to put behind us. By the key yardsticks of “presyo”, “hanapbuhay” and “kita” (prices, jobs and incomes)—the three economic variables that affect the common citizen most directly—we have definitely seen better times.

THE easing of visa restrictions has seen an employment bonanza as a total of 33,000 new jobs for Filipinos where created last year after more than 400 foreign businessmen and their dependents from 34 countries were given indefinite visas by the government.

1. Inappropriate attire: wearing slippers (even if it’s a pair that costs over P1,000, they are still slippers and not office attire), sandos, jeans and other non-business attire for an interview.

How come I am always rejected when it comes to jon applications? What am I doing wrong? You have applied for a job for the nth time, but you are still not hired. This is a very frustrating experience. While others are enjoying their positions in their companies, you are left wondering why you are…

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) opened a total of 33,000 new jobs for Filipinos to help the job industry cope with the financial crisis that hit the globe.

MANILA, Philippines – A bill pending at the Senate is mandating the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to conduct a five-year research on the viability of part-time employment as an alternative to retrenchment options for employers suffering business losses due to the global financial crisis.

DESPITE having evaded a recession, the Philippine labor market turned for the worse in 2009.

GOOD news: despite the global economic downturn, the number of jobs generated by the economy grew in the past year (from October 2008 to October 2009). Bad news: the number of jobs did not grow fast enough to catch up with the growth in the labor force. Based on the October 2009 Labor Force Survey…

MANILA, Philippines – The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday that the number of jobless Filipinos increased to 7.1 percent in October from 6.8 percent last year.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) — Philippine unemployment rate was 7.1 percent in October, slightly higher than the 6.8 percent rate posted in the same period last year, the National Statistics Office reported Tuesday.

DUE to the extent of the global economic crisis and the continued increase in the Philippine labor force, the country may experience a continued increase in the number of underemployed and unemployed until the end of 2010, according to local economists.

ILOILO CITY—A government job training agency received at least P2.4 billion from 2006-2008, but achieved very little in generating employment, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in a report.

NORWAY – The Philippine and Norwegian governments will forge a bilateral agreement soon to lift the ban on au pair deployment to Norway. This was announced by Philippine ambassador to Oslo, Elizabeth Buensuceso, at an au pair conference dubbed, “Daughter of Globalization: An au pair conference”, held in this city.

While educated Filipinos were vital to the Philippine economy, the World Bank noted that most of them were unemployed.