Reuters
Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines — More people landed jobs in October despite the global financial crisis as the jobless rate fell to 6.8 percent in October from 7.4 percent in July.

The percentage of underemployed or those who have jobs… Read the rest

Agence France-Presse
Inquirer.net

NEW DELHI — Employee numbers will be cut sharply in many Western nations as companies pare costs to survive the global financial crisis, according to an international recruitment company boss.

Layoff plans are expected… Read the rest

Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The global financial crisis is not likely to cause a mass layoff of the estimated 900,000 overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) in Europe, the head of the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to… Read the rest

TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The government has been preparing a contingency plan for some 50,000 Filipinos who could be affected by a possible US recession, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Wednesday night.

“The worst-case scenario, if there is… Read the rest

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

Government may soon impose a ceiling on the number of college students taking up nursing to curb the prevailing oversupply of nurses in the country.

Labor Undersecretary Carmelito Pineda said concerned government agencies have discussed… Read the rest

James Konstantin Galvez
Manila Times

Commission on Higher Education Commissioner Nenalyn Defensor said Thursday that the growing “mismatch” in the skills of graduates to current job market requirements, and the increasing problems on the quality of tertiary education… Read the rest

Cecille Garcia
Manila Standard

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp.-Philippines announced yesterday the completion of its second container ship, named CMA CGM Turquoise, with a market value of over $60 million.

Hanjin completed the ship just… Read the rest

Philippine Star

Many Filipino nurses are now opting to stay in the country, not to work in hospitals but in call centers.

The local recruitment industry reported yesterday that a number of licensed nurses are now employed either as call… Read the rest

Fred Rosario, Times columnist and Former Labor Attaché
Manila Times

The food and energy crises notwithstanding, the administration of President Gloria Arroyo is doing fairly good in the field of labor and employment. Many labor-short countries have been suffering… Read the rest

OFW Times

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said that a valuable, free Career Guide has been made accessible online for new graduates and jobseekers at the newly launched GMA (Greater Modular Access) Jobs Center kiosks now operational… Read the rest