Skills

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by Maila Ager, Inquirer, Jan 22, 2018 The signing into law of a landmark legislation that would institutionalize a national qualifications framework was a “dream come true” for the Philippine education sector, Senator Joel Villanueva said on Monday.

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Op-Ed / Opinion, Jan 3, 2018 A knitting factory in Bangladesh brings together the past, present, and future. On one floor, workers knit by hand. On another, people and machines do the work together. And on a third floor, there are only robots.

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), Dec 11, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — Around two-thirds of employers in the Philippines have difficulty filling vacancies as most workers lack the appropriate socioemotional skills or those pertaining to leadership, work ethic and interpersonal skills, according to a report by the World Bank.

by JIM HARE, GARTNER, INC., Nov 4, 2017 While there is nearly universal agreement that artificial intelligence offers the promise of revolutionary benefits, recent survey findings from Gartner reveal almost 60 percent of organizations surveyed have yet to take advantage of the benefits of AI. Perhaps even more surprisingly, only a little more than 10…

By BusinessMirror, Oct 12, 2017 Sometimes it is difficult to truly understand what is going on when you are reading what seems like conflicting stories. A British newspaper runs a story headlined, “Robots will destroy our jobs—and we’re not ready for it”. One solution seems easy enough. Learn to repair the robots that take away…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Oct 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — Only one out of three Filipino college graduates is “employable,” which means about 65 percent of graduates in the country do not have the right skills and training to qualify for the jobs they are applying for, a study by India-based employment solutions…

by Yuhyun Park, Sep 6, 2016 A generation ago, IT and digital media were niche skills. Today, they are a core competency necessary to succeed in most careers. That’s why digital skills are an essential part of a comprehensive education framework. Without a national digital education programme, command of and access to technology will be…

by Charlotte Edmond, Sep 4, 2017 Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to one educational expert.

by ANNE FISHER , MONSTER, Aug 24, 2017 Politicians may be trying to bring back U.S. jobs from overseas, but even if that were possible, Ed Hess, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, says that millions of those jobs would probably go to robots now, anyway.

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by Stephane Kasriel, Jul 31, 2017 The jobs market is well into the 21st century. So why isn’t our education system? Today’s jobs are vastly different than they were a generation ago. All of us, from Gen Zers to Boomers, are facing a working world that is more changeable and unpredictable than ever.

by Mariejo S. Ramos, Inquirer, Jul 31, 2017 At least 43,000 Filipino professionals have signed an online petition that aims to revisit the requirements for renewing their licenses under Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act, which took effect last March.

By Rene E. Ofrene, Businessmirror, Jun 28, 2017 The “war for talents” refers to the fiercely competitive environment in the recruitment and retention of talented and highly-skilled employees.

“There will be no quantum leap in our ability to ‘up-skill’ people” by Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, May 22, 2017 Nearly a third of business leaders and technology analysts express “no confidence” that education and job training in the United States will evolve rapidly enough to match the next decade’s labor market demands, a new…

by Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News, May 3, 2017 The government is mulling the possibility of reducing the number of skilled workers being deployed to abroad to address a local shortage of manpower, JP Soriano reported on 24 Oras on Wednesday.

Students need more than tech prowess to thrive by Belinda Parmar, Apr 24, 2017 From Blade Runner to I, Robot, the big screens of Hollywood have predicted the rise of the machine. Automated intelligences will wait our tables and drive our cabs. They will serve us by performing menial tasks. But fact is now surpassing…

By Tracy Jan, Apr 3, 2017 If you were bright — and gifted in science and engineering — the H-1B visa was your ticket to the United States. But maybe not for long. The lottery for such “high-skilled” worker visas opened Monday, with the 85,000 slots expected to fill in a matter of days. Nearly…

by Danica M. Uy, Mar 25, 2017, Businessworld POTENTIAL Japanese investors have noted a skills shortfall in the Filipino workforce which makes them hesitant to pursue projects in the country, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

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by Danica M. Uy, Businessworld, Jan, 17, 2017 THE GOVERNMENT needs to address the quality of jobs available to workers despite the greater availability of work, economists said. On average, underemployment in the Philippines since 2010 has remained steady, with the recent high at 19.3% in 2013. In October 2016 underemployment was 18.0%, rising from…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Dec. 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) urged the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry to “upskill” its talent pool to fully take advantage of the growth opportunities in the next six years.

By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star), November 1, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines needs to address skills challenges in crucial industries like business process outsourcing, tourism and electronics and electrical manufacturing, to sustain its growth momentum according to a study by the Singapore Management University and global financial services firm JP Morgan.

The Obama Administration is expanding grant funding for tech apprenticeship programs. Here’s how your company can benefit. By Alison DeNisco, October 14, 2016 Apprenticeship programs date back to the Middle Ages, but the tech industry is now giving this model a fresh look to fill talent gaps and diversify workforces.

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FILIPINO firms are having difficulties hiring competent and skilled technical and professional personnel and call-center agents, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Skill mismatch is one of the main challenges faced by economies. Empirical evidence shows that, in far too many cases, workers are not well-matched with their current jobs. Some are over-skilled for their current jobs – they are capable of handling more complex tasks and their skills are underused – while others are under-skilled for…

MANILA, Philippines – There is a job skills mismatch in the Philippines and its impact is more crippling for the manufacturing sector than for services, according to a joint report by the International Labor Organization and Employers Confederation of the Philippines.