Employment – Local

MANILA, Philippines–About 50 export firms operating within economic zones mostly in the Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) have implemented shorter working hours and forced leaves affecting up to 20,000 workers amid delayed production as a result of the truck ban in the city of Manila, according to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza). On the sidelines of the…

MANILA, Philippines – A watershed rehabilitation project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Visayas and Mindanao will provide livelihood for some 350,000 families.

MANILA, Philippines — Recruitment website Jobstreet revealed the highest paying industries for fresh graduates in its Annual Salary Report. Basing on 2013 disclosures of companies hiring workers with new diplomas, Jobstreet said the travel and tourism industry pays the highest with an average salary of P20,600.

Manila, Philippines — The government’s web-based job matching facility and labor market information portal, the Phil-JobNet, has been enhanced to make it more user-friendly to jobseekers.

“Para sa mga nagnanais makakita o makaipon ng extra income, ang part-time job ang alternatibong solusyon.” Para sa mga nagnanais makakita o makaipon ng extra income, ang part-time job ang alternatibong solusyon.

The Philippine government should intensify its job creation efforts, particularly in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, to alleviate poverty and make economic growth more inclusive, according to a World Bank report released Monday.

Local firms anticipate employment opportunities to remain steady, albeit at a slightly lower level in the April-to-June period, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

This question crossed my mind after reading last week Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz’s announcement that the government will allow the entry of foreign workers in at least 15 jobs in the country that have a shortage of skilled workers.

Employment among the top enterprises in Metro Manila during the third quarter of 2013 kept its growth pace from the same period the previous year as the Philippine economy continued to perform strongly.

DOLE hopes to forge bilateral agreements with 9 countries Filipino companies may soon be allowed to hire foreign skilled workers.

MANILA – There are more than 1.3 million job vacancies in the country for 2014, according to the government’s online jobs portal Phil-JobNet. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said this figure is 100,000 higher than what was posted the previous year.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is embarking on new programs this year to boost local employment and curb the high jobless rate nationwide.

MANILA, Philippines – There are plenty of vacancies to greet job seekers in the New Year, with the number of openings on the government’s official job portal Phil-JobNet hitting an all-time high.

MANILA, Philippines – Online recruitment company JobStreet.com said accountants are the most in-demand specialists for the fourth quarter of 2013.

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Why is the Philippine economy not producing enough good jobs despite higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates in the last decade? Is there a silver bullet that can solve the jobs challenge?

It may be the single biggest challenge the Aquino administration faces in its drive to reduce poverty: how to create more and better jobs that raise real wages and lift people out of poverty. The Philippines Development Report (PDR), released by the World Bank the other week, estimates that good jobs need to be generated…

http://www.interaksyon.com/business/71284/infographic–how-can-philippines-create-14-6m-jobs-until-2016 MANILA – The Philippines has recently been one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia but it has yet to provide enough jobs for its citizens.

In line with efforts to create more jobs and achieve inclusive growth, Philippine economic managers are pushing for higher foreign direct investments (FDI) – as much as 20 percent a year, a Cabinet official said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Over the decade, only about a fourth of the potential entrants to the labor force in the Philippines land good jobs, according to a study conducted by the World Bank.

MANILA – The World Bank gave a press conference yesterday about the Philippine Development Report 2013 with the theme, “Creating More and Better Jobs.” The Bank expressed alarm that many Filipinos were either unemployed or underemployed, or had jobs but were in low productivity, low-paying work. Both conditions result in more poverty.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor of Employment (DOLE) sees more jobs for the youth and other jobseekers in the remaining months of the year due to the coming holiday season.

The Philippines today has a great window of opportunity to deepen reforms that will put the country on an irreversible path towards inclusive growth – one that generates more jobs and reduces extreme poverty. If Filipinos could work together for a broad reform coalition that will commit to continuing the current positive trends on good…

Women have entered almost all fields of professions these days. Be it armed forces of business, women can be found working in all environments. It is a fact that these days, women are starting new firms at twice a rate of all other businesses and according to a research it is projected that women labor…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines faces an enormous jobs challenge. Good jobs — meaning jobs that raise real wages or bring people out of poverty — needed to be provided to 3 million unemployed and 7 million underemployed Filipinos — that is those who do not get enough pay and are looking for more work—as…

As a result of investments and a refinement in Tourism courses, at least 10,000 jobs are being posted daily by luxury hotels, casinos and resorts nationwide, search engine operator JobsDB said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Online recruitment portal JobStreet.com Philippines expects more job opportunities for Filipinos as companies look to expand in the third quarter of the year.

A significant improvement in the job market can be expected in the fourth quarter this year as businesses look to hire more employees amid an expected surge in economic activity in the runup to the Christmas holidays.

MANILA, Philippines – Like the government’s weathermen, Philippine air traffic controllers, pilots, and professional aerobridge operators are leaving their posts, lured by high salaries offered by the emerging Middle East airports.

High unemployment and poverty levels remain the main challenges facing the Aquino administration, whose success in stabilizing macroeconomic conditions has failed to translate to a significant improvement in the lives of millions of Filipinos.