Employment – Local

MANILA, Philippines – Wanted: financial analysts. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported a high demand for financial analysts, but few students seem interested to pursue such profession. “Growth in the financial services industry will create many new positions for financial analysts, but there are still far more people who would like to…

Despite the recent frequent hype about the supposed improvement in the image of the country during the administration of President Aquino resulting in increased investments in the country and thus the creation of more jobs, Aquino fell short of creating labor opportuni-ties for Filipinos, the International Labor Organi-zation (ILO) said, warning that job generation must…

Despite steady economic growth, the Philippine job market has yet to generate jobs that would provide a significant number of its workers decent pay.

The global economy needs to generate 600 million productive jobs over the next decade to generate sustainable economic growth and maintain social cohesion in affected countries, an International Labor Organization (ILO) report on global employment said Monday.

THE services sector, which includes supermarkets, banks, hotels and restaurants, and logistics, will be the main creators of jobs between 2012 and 2020. This was one of the highlights of an extensive study which was revealed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday on the labor market in the Philippines until the…

The Middle East and Asia could hire at least 1.5m highly-skilled Filipino workers in 2012, according to Philippines Labour Undersecretary Danilo Cruz.

MANILA, Philippines – As many as four million local and overseas jobs will become available for Filipino jobseekers this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

A lawmaker is strongly pushing the provision of assistance to first- time job seekers by waiving government fees and charges collected in connection with requirements for employment.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is targeting to create more export-related employment in the next five years despite the global economic uncertainties.

Job opportunities in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector topped the list of vacancies posted by private sector employers in the online job matching system, Phil-JobNet, said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baladoz in a statement Monday.

THERE has been a pervading assumption that life in the big city would give Filipinos in the rural areas greater access to basic services, better education, economic development and livelihood opportunities.

More Filipinos are looking for work, but the number of jobs available to them has not grown. This was one of the findings of the Department of Agriculture’s Labor and Population Force Survey released last week and which mapped out the country’s working population within and outside the agriculture sector.

EMPLOYMENT IN large Metro Manila enterprises declined in the second quarter from the previous year, reflecting the economy’s sluggish growth, according to the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES).

MANILA, Philippines – Employment opportunities appear bleak for workers in Metro Manila. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported that commercial establishments in Metro Manila are hiring fewer workers.  

THE number of jobless Filipinos are expected to rise this year and in 2012 because of the economic slowdown in the US and Europe, a senior official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) warned Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Wednesday that over one million jobs are still available in government job fairs nationwide.

DESPITE a strong economic performance, one sector of society that has not benefitted from the country’s growth is the poor.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now taking steps to help senior high school students prepare for the right courses they should take in college.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has urged greater involvement and action of the country’s network of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) and local government units (LGUs) in the nationwide implementation of the Skills Registry System (SRS).

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has advised students and workers to consider taking health-related courses other than nursing.

FIRMS expect to hire more toward the fourth quarter of the year, consistent with their buoyant view on the solid macroeconomic fundamentals of the country, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) together with the Climate Change Commission and the National Youth Commission, and labor group Federation of Free Workers (FFW) pushed for the creation of “green jobs” to help increase employment opportunities while helping the country achieve sustainability.

MANILA, Philippines – Many workers in Metro Manila are now leaving their jobs to seek better ones. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday that employment opportunities remained bright in Metro Manila despite the closure of commercial establishments in the region. Labor Undersecretary Danilo Cruz said DOLE records showed more workers quit their…

Foreign direct investments (FDI) tripled to P40.6 billion in April-June this year from P13.8 billion a year earlier and set in motion the process of creating 52,604 new jobs, according to the latest data gathered from four of the country’s major investment promotion agencies.

MANILA, Philippines — For 2010, Department of Labor and Employment information says that our unemployment rate was estimated to be 7.9%. IMF website points to the two important reasons for the high unemployment rate namely rapid population growth and increased labor participation.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is expected to create 10,458 direct jobs on 904 small and medium enterprises and seven people’s organizations in the Mimaropa Region (Region IV-B) this year under 10 priority Project GRACE (Generating Resources of Agencies for Community Enterprises).

NEW YORK – Higher education leads to better paying jobs and by 2018 almost two thirds of all occupations in the United States will require a college degree, according to a new study.

MANILA, Philippines – More high school graduates are now employed compared to those who earned college degrees owing to the dominance of low skilled jobs in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) expects the travel and tourism industry to create 296 million jobs by 2019, which is definitely good news for the Philippines because the country intends to double last year’s tourist arrivals from three million to six million in 2016.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday warned young jobseekers against accepting a potentially deadly job in the fishing industry.