About nine of 10 Filipinos are as concerned about energy prices and future energy demand as they are with employment and education, according to a survey commissioned by the Shell Companies in the Philippines.
Filipinos are a force to reckon with in the online labor market.
Recently, the International Monetary Fund stated that developing countries such as the Philippines need to create more jobs to achieve a more inclusive growth—in the face of aging populations and globalization. This was highlighted in a report titled “Jobs and Growth: Analytical and Operational Considerations to the Fund.”
United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate Jack Enrile on Tuesday urged both the government and the private sectors to collaborate in creating more jobs as part of the over-all effort to boost economic growth and reduce poverty levels.
This school helps its graduates overcome that false sense of importance and capability common to those just entering the work force.
Customer service and sales solutions provider [24]7 Customer Inc. is beefing up its presence in the Philippines with plans to put up three more offices within the next three years.
A strong U.S. jobs report helped propel Asian stock markets higher on Monday.
Now is the best time to go job hunting in the Philippines because most local companies are planning to expand their businesses this year, according to JobStreet.com.
The number of people from poor households who joined the ranks of the employed had increased, but this development did not put a dent on poverty in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES).
US banking giant JPMorgan Chase plans to eliminate 19,000 jobs by the end of 2014 as it seeks to rein in costs, the company said Tuesday in an investor presentation.
Expectations that the country indeed will get an investment grade this year has created a mood for expansion and for hiring more workers among enterprises, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.
With $3 billion worth of investments needed just to create some 621,000 jobs, government will have to step up its effort to generate employment by addressing the frequent mismatch in skills and developing key business sectors, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said over the weekend.
