Employment – Local

MANILA — “Maid in the Philippines” was how its top export commodity used to be known, with millions of women from the impoverished country hired abroad as domestic workers.

Some 60,000 jobs will be up for grabs for this year’s graduates through the government’s Internet-based Phil-Jobnet program, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

CEBU, Philippines – At least 72 managers of Public Employment Service Office (PESO) renewed commitment to support the employment program of Department of Labor and Employment-7.

TUCP WORKERS’ COLLEGE FREE (TUCP/TUCP PARTY LIST/TESDA) TRAINING PROGRAM The NTUC Phl program is on hold until further notice.  

POOR-QUALITY jobs brought about by the global economic crisis will persist in the Philippines in 2011, the International Labor Office (ILO) reported.

I missed conservative economist John V.C. Nye’s talk before the Bangko Sentral the other week, as well as a dinner hosted for him later by the free marketeers of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. Luckily I got hold of the transcript of his BSP talk, which offers a lot of interesting prescriptions for the country…

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (PNA) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao announced Monday the one-percent increase in the region’s employment rate.

MANILA, Philippines — The outsourcing industry boom has created more opportunities for Filipinos in different fields, taking up a considerable portion of the 1.011 million new jobs in the Philippines as of October.

BIZZ FIZZ A NEW report by the research arm of the International Labor Organization (ILO) says a long “labor market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries.

MANILA, Philippines –  Business process outsourcing (BPO) industry players will implement various initiatives, including aggressive marketing of the country’s outsourcing services to more customers in key markets to achieve a revenue growth of 20 percent in 2011.

Nearly one-fourth of the nation’s labor force of 58.8 million workers (the estimate of the National Statistics Office, 2008) suffers the fate of the unemployed and underemployed. Those who are caught in this condition are found in the urban slums and in the poor provinces. These people live in uncertainty about what to feed the…

MANILA, Philippines – Call center agents are expected to be the most in demand workers in the country this year.

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WHILE nine out of 10 Filipinos are optimistic for 2011, employment opportunities in the country remain grim as shown by the 152-percent increase of overseas employment certificate in process with household service workers accounting for the majority of said applicants, lawmakers said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino is banking on the love and support of the people to fulfill his campaign promise of reforms.

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) expects the economy to have slowed down in the third quarter of the year. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Cayetano Paderanga told reporters that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) may have grown near six percent in the third quarter.

More on raising the employment of the poor in industrial zones The quickest way to get the poor out of their condition is to give them more sustained employment. The special employment zones as discussed earlier present a big solution. These zones will be in industry and agriculture that bring in large scale labor using…

MANILA, Philippines – Renewed confidence in the Philippine business climate has improved employment and reduced unemployment and underemployment figures in 2010, according to President Aquino.

The quickest way to get the poor out of their condition is to give them more sustained employment. The special employment zones as discussed earlier present a big solution. These zones will be in industry and agriculture that bring in large scale labor using enterprises.

MANILA, Philippines—The country will have at least one million new jobs annually until 2016, the end of the Aquino administration’s term, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday said that local employment opportunities are brighter for jobseekers in the coming year.

Dreaming of landing the job of your dreams in 2011? with only a few days to go before the end of the year, job seekers should take the time to list down their New Year’s Resolutions geared toward career development.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Philippines has been outpaced by neighboring Asian countries in terms of labor, employment and competitiveness, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

With the economy expected to slow and a million new workers joining the labor force next year, the job prospect for the new, young workers do not appear rosy. The labor market is facing another tough year. It would have to create a million new jobs just to be where it is right now —…

MANILA, Philippines – More workers nationwide are looking for additional jobs for extra income, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has warned graduates, students, and jobseekers against marketing firms that compel applicants to purchase their products, pay for training kits, and undergo training for non-existing jobs.

More than one in four adults in the Philippines are jobless or are looking for more work despite strong economic growth this year, the government said Wednesday. The October unemployment rate stood at 7.1 percent, unchanged from a year earlier but up slightly from July’s 6.9 percent, according to the latest quarterly report from the…

MANILA, Philippines—Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz on Monday advised would-be students, students, and graduates to consider taking up fisheries and agricultural courses or skills training and upgrading in these fields because job opportunities in these sectors abound and are “in-demand from 2011 and onward.”

MANILA, Philippines –  The information and communications technology (ICT) industry helps government bring more jobs and opportunities to Filipinos whose lives also improve with more access to technology, President Aquino said at the formal opening of an industry-led ICT exhibition in Pasay City last Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) believes the moratorium issued by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) prohibiting colleges and universities from offering new programs in five crowded fields would decrease the number of unemployed graduates.