LABOR Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz called on Filipino workers and job seekers on Tuesday to adapt to the changing industry landscape by “retooling and retraining” for employment security as she cites glaring problem of skills mismatch, where only 1,000 applicants were hired on the spot when there are, in fact, 135,000 job vacancies offered in Metro Manila. Read the rest of this entry »
DOLE jobs fairs expose ‘skills mismatch’
May 1, 2012
DOLE Davao says graduates short of skills that industry requires remains a problem
April 27, 2012
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here said there is still a problem of graduates not being able to meet the requirements of the industry in the Davao Region. Read the rest of this entry »
Demand for Pinoy pilots increasing
December 12, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Seeing continued strong demand for pilots worldwide, leading global aviation training services company Alpha Aviation has beefed up the capacity of their Clark-based Philippine unit to train more pilots with another Airbus A320 simulator. Read the rest of this entry »
TESDA, ALU-TUCP offer training in vocational courses
October 22, 2011
CEBU, Philippines – Members of the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Unions Congress of the Philippines and their dependents leaving in Cebu who cannot afford to pursue a college education can now avail of scholarships from the Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA) through the ALU-TUCP Workers College Foundation, Inc. Read the rest of this entry »
Making Filipino graduates more employable
October 10, 2011
Inside Business Agenda
MANILA, Philippines — When the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, it painted a picture of the global economy at a time characterized by significant uncertainty. Read the rest of this entry »
Call Center 101 to address BPO manpower problems
August 4, 2011
CEBU, Philippines – The obvious problem of human resource shortage in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has prompted a group of Cebuano entrepreneurs to open up a training center to equip potential manpower with employable skills. Read the rest of this entry »
Saudization. 13 Indians. 11 dead industrial dreams
July 31, 2011
A RECENT column,“Saudization? It might be a blessing,” got flogged a lot, the negative reactions coming from here and elsewhere. The main point of the over-the-top criticism was this: that I was a clueless jerk who had no understanding of the level of pain and dislocation the Saudization program would inflict on domestic helpers and other low-skilled Pinoy workers in the KSA. Read the rest of this entry »
BPO industry turns to academe to fill talent pool
July 20, 2011
Faced with a shallow skilled talent pool, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry has begun collaborating with the government and various schools to ensure the graduates joining the labor force have competencies aligned with the needs of the industry. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fewer Pinoys qualified to work abroad’
July 19, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino workers were hired abroad due to their lack of necessary skills and experience, local job recruitment industry leaders reported yesterday.
The recruitment leaders said they were only able to fill up about 40 percent of job orders from abroad mainly due to lack of highly skilled Filipino workers. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines seeks to be English ‘hub’
July 11, 2011
THE PHILIPPINES aims to become the hub for English and personnel management training for Japanese firms looking to relocate to Southeast Asia in the wake of the disaster that hit the Northeast Asian country last March, said a Trade official who attended a regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 8-9. Read the rest of this entry »
