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Some employers see 'risk' in hiring K-12 grads: Jobstreet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 03:21 PM

Some employers are unwilling to hire K-12 graduates as they see the lack of a 4-year degree as a "risk," a job and employment website here said Wednesday.   Read more »

Rise of robots fuels slavery threat for Asian factory workers

Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 12 08:10 AM

More than half of workers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines - at least 137 million people - risk losing their jobs to automation in the next two decades, the United Nations' International Labor Organization says. Read more »

Employers feel effects of rising prices: Jobstreet

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 04:08 PM

Some companies had been investing on artificial intelligence to increase production without hiring new workers, while others either laid off workers or postponed their plans for expansion to save more money, Gioca said. Read more »

Protesters want Boracay reopened

Mark Demayo , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 03:47 PM

Protesters picket the Department of Environment and Natural Resources main office in Quezon City on Tuesday.  Read more »

1,000 Pinoy nars kailangan sa Saudi; requirements mas pinadali : POEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 09:38 PM

Hindi man singlaki ng sahod sa Europa ngunit mas madali naman daw ang rekisito para makapasa dahil hindi kasinghigpit ang qualifications na kailangan sa Saudi.  Read more »

BPOs combine machines with 'human touch' to thrive

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 09:04 AM

There's a "combination of machine plus human touch" in the country, which rivals India as the world's outsourcing capital, said Contact Center Association of the Philippines president Jojo Uligan. Read more »

2 alleged illegal recruiters for Japan jobs nabbed

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 10:06 PM

A couple believed to be illegal recruiters were nabbed in an entrapment operation in Antipolo City, police said Wednesday.   Read more »

Production machine operators, in demand sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 03:36 AM

Maraming kompanya ang nangangailangan ngayon ng production machine operators. Read more »

Libo-libong trabaho sa Europa naghihintay sa mga Pinoy, pero...

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 09:55 PM

European employers pa ang naghahanap ng paraan para mapapunta ang mga manggagawang Pilipino sa kanilang bansa. Read more »

Art of flaring

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 08:03 PM

Senior high school students from Pasay National High School practice the art of "flaring," a requirement of their class on Bartending, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) grounds in Manila, Monday.  Read more »

Financial Factors to Consider Before Resigning from Work

MoneyMax.ph
Updated as of Jun 22 11:57 AM

You’ll be making a major career shift when you quit your job. Think it through to know whether you should stay with your employer or move on. Read more »

Australian telecom giant Telstra to ax 8,000 jobs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 08:32 AM

The decision by the company, one of Australia's largest employers, is part of a shake-up targeting an extra Aus$1 billion (US$750 million) in cost-cutting by 2022, on top of Aus$1.5 billion previously announced. Read more »

Gov't to hold jobs caravan for 'Build, Build, Build'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 11:23 AM

The job fair will be held on Aug. 12 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, according to separate social media posts from the Bases Conversion Development Authority and the Department of Transportation. Read more »

Job seekers brave rain for Independence Day job fairs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 12:50 AM

Despite inclement weather all day, eager jobseekers tried their luck at the Independence Day job fairs organized by the labor department.  Read more »

Which jobs have many and few applicants?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 07:40 PM

Which job categories in the Philippines have more applicants than vacancies and vice-versa? Find out.    Read more »

Unemployment eases, underemployment rises in April

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 12:29 PM

Unemployment in April declined to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent during the same month last year, while underemployment rose to 17 percent from 16.1 percent. Read more »

These 6 industries have the most job openings

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 07:04 AM

Job seekers and college freshmen who are undecided over their career paths should consider these 6 industries that are poised to have the most openings and high salaries, according to recruitment portal Jobstreet.com. Read more »

Japan to welcome 500,000 foreign workers to help plug labor shortage

Kyodo News
Updated as of May 31 09:54 AM

In a sign the country is opening up its insular job market, the Japanese government decided Tuesday to welcome more than 500,000 foreign workers through fiscal 2025 to offset the labor shortage in industries such as agriculture and construction. Read more »

Magnolia denies engaging in labor-only contracting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 07:49 PM

Magnolia Inc. said it complies with labor laws.  Read more »

70,000 additional BPO jobs seen this year, as industry braces for AI

Jessica Fenol and Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 03:16 PM

The business process outsourcing industry expects to add as many as 70,000 jobs and $1 billion in revenues this year, as it retools its workforce to weather the shift to artificial intelligence, an industry group said Wednesday. Read more »