From the News! - Your Daily News » Employment http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Jobless rate improves to 6.8% in October http://fromthenews.net/jobless-rate-improves-to-68-in-october.htm http://fromthenews.net/jobless-rate-improves-to-68-in-october.htm#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:06:33 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5247 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/jobless-rate-improves-to-68-in-october.htm/feed 0 Manpower head sees big layoffs globally http://fromthenews.net/manpower-head-sees-big-layoffs-globally.htm http://fromthenews.net/manpower-head-sees-big-layoffs-globally.htm#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:50:21 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4972 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/manpower-head-sees-big-layoffs-globally.htm/feed 0 EU envoy: No mass layoff of OFWs seen http://fromthenews.net/eu-envoy-no-mass-layoff-of-ofws-seen.htm http://fromthenews.net/eu-envoy-no-mass-layoff-of-ofws-seen.htm#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:00:39 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4878 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/eu-envoy-no-mass-layoff-of-ofws-seen.htm/feed 0 RP prepares to absorb up to 50,000 OFWs …’if they lose their jobs in global crisis’ http://fromthenews.net/rp-prepares-to-absorb-up-to-50000-ofws-%e2%80%99if-they-lose-their-jobs-in-global-crisis%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-prepares-to-absorb-up-to-50000-ofws-%e2%80%99if-they-lose-their-jobs-in-global-crisis%e2%80%99.htm#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:18:22 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4871 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-prepares-to-absorb-up-to-50000-ofws-%e2%80%99if-they-lose-their-jobs-in-global-crisis%e2%80%99.htm/feed 0 Amid glut, government mulls ceiling on new nursing students http://fromthenews.net/amid-glut-government-mulls-ceiling-on-new-nursing-students.htm http://fromthenews.net/amid-glut-government-mulls-ceiling-on-new-nursing-students.htm#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:09:09 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4974 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/amid-glut-government-mulls-ceiling-on-new-nursing-students.htm/feed 0 School courses don’t match jobs needed by industry http://fromthenews.net/school-courses-don%e2%80%99t-match-jobs-needed-by-industry.htm http://fromthenews.net/school-courses-don%e2%80%99t-match-jobs-needed-by-industry.htm#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:59:57 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4819 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/school-courses-don%e2%80%99t-match-jobs-needed-by-industry.htm/feed 0 Hanjin completes second ship in Subic yard http://fromthenews.net/hanjin-completes-second-ship-in-subic-yard.htm http://fromthenews.net/hanjin-completes-second-ship-in-subic-yard.htm#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:02:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4890 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/hanjin-completes-second-ship-in-subic-yard.htm/feed 0 Nurses now opting to work in RP call centers, as medical transcriptionists http://fromthenews.net/nurses-now-opting-to-work-in-rp-call-centers-as-medical-transcriptionists.htm http://fromthenews.net/nurses-now-opting-to-work-in-rp-call-centers-as-medical-transcriptionists.htm#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:39:43 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5055 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/nurses-now-opting-to-work-in-rp-call-centers-as-medical-transcriptionists.htm/feed 0 Labor sector is still in fairly good shape http://fromthenews.net/labor-sector-is-still-in-fairly-good-shape.htm http://fromthenews.net/labor-sector-is-still-in-fairly-good-shape.htm#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:38:23 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4721 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/labor-sector-is-still-in-fairly-good-shape.htm/feed 0 Online career guide now accessible at GMA Jobs Center http://fromthenews.net/online-career-guide-now-accessible-at-gma-jobs-center.htm http://fromthenews.net/online-career-guide-now-accessible-at-gma-jobs-center.htm#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 01:55:29 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4234 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

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