PGMA: Match Jobs with Skills

President Gloria Macapagal – Arroyo stressed during the Jobs Forum on Overseas Employment last March 2, 2009 at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall in Malacañang to improve skill matching with the jobs available in the market. According to the data released by the Department of...

More Companies Will Continue to Hire, Raise Salary

Based on the latest Grant Thronton International Business Report (IBR), more privately held businesses (PHB’s) in the Philippines have a positive outlook for 2009 and will continue to expand their workforce and even raise salaries. The study reveals that 67 percent of...

Gov’t Employs Nurses for Rural Area Assignment

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that the government will be hiring nurses to serve rural communities, hospitals and other medical providers all over the country. In a statement release by the Department, DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque said...

Kuwait in need of 5,000 Pinoy Workers

Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Ricardo Endaya disclosed during a press conference that despite the increasing number of companies laying off workers, he is glad that Kuwait has not been greatly affected by the economic downturn. Instead, several companies have opened...

PNP to Hire 7,000 Cops

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Jesus A. Verzosa ordered the recruitment of more than 7,000 new police officers nationwide to augment the police force until 2010. In a press release by the PNP, the hiring of new Police Officers 1 (PO1) is part of the...

More Jobs Still Available – DOLE and POEA

Despite news on retrenchment and layoffs, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) announced that there are several job vacancies here and abroad. In an interview with DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque by...